Cash-Secured Put Entries on Mega Caps
Cash-Secured Put2 trades pass on AMAT
- Annualized return
- 9.3% to 10.2%
- Probability of profit
- 91.6% to 94.7%
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AMAT closed at $486.76 on Sep 28, 2026 with 30-day implied volatility of 54.5%. That is in the lower half of its one-year range (IV rank 31), so premiums are on the modest side for AMAT. Measured by IV percentile, IV is higher than 50% of the past year's readings. Options expiring Oct 30 (32 days out) price a one standard deviation move of about $77.84, or 16.0%.
The price is above its 200-day moving average (+15.8%) but below its 50-day (-1.2%), a pullback inside a longer uptrend. It is 32.7% below its 52-week high and 143.9% above its 52-week low. The 14-day RSI of 55.4 is between 30 and 70, neither overbought nor oversold. The 14-day average true range is $20.30, about 4.2% of the price, a measure of a typical day's range.
Option volume at the close (24.4K contracts) was 0.8x its average, quieter than usual. A beta of 2.66 means AMAT has tended to move about 2.7 times as much as the broad market. 1 of our preset screen found trades on AMAT at the close, led by Cash-Secured Put Entries on Mega Caps with 2 trades.
Expected move = price x at-the-money IV x the square root of (days to expiration / 365), a one standard deviation range. The straddle is the at-the-money call plus put, the market's own price for a move. Compare expected moves across stocks.
| Expiration | IV | Expected move | 1 SD range | Straddle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 20264 days | 64.6% | ±$32.92 (6.8%) | $453.84 to $519.68 | $26.28 |
| Oct 30, 202632 days | 54.0% | ±$77.84 (16.0%) | $408.92 to $564.60 | $61.88 |
| Nov 20, 202653 days | 58.4% | ±$108.35 (22.3%) | $378.41 to $595.11 | $86.28 |
| Dec 18, 202681 days | 56.4% | ±$129.36 (26.6%) | $357.40 to $616.12 | $102.75 |
Each expiration has its own implied volatility, and short-dated IV reacts more to near-term events, so the nearest expiration can differ a lot from the 30-day figure.
Counts and ranges for AMAT from our preset scans at the last close. Open a preset in the app to see each trade with its strikes, prices, and risk, refreshed intraday. Income strategies show annualized return; the rest show return on risk.
2 trades pass on AMAT
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