Long Call Butterflies for Pinning
Call Butterfly20 trades pass on GM
- Return on risk
- 104.1% to 1,000%+
- Probability of profit
- 10.7% to 100.0%
General Motors Co · Consumer
As of the close on . In the app, data is refreshed intraday.
GM closed at $79.31 on Oct 1, 2026 with 30-day implied volatility of 40.6%. That is in the upper half of its one-year range (IV rank 71), so premiums are somewhat richer than usual for GM. Measured by IV percentile, IV is higher than 79% of the past year's readings. Options expiring Oct 30 (29 days out) price a one standard deviation move of about $9.04, or 11.4%.
The price is below both its 50-day (-7.0%) and 200-day (-1.7%) moving averages. It is 12.2% below its 52-week high and 43.3% above its 52-week low. The 14-day RSI of 41.1 is between 30 and 70, neither overbought nor oversold. The 14-day average true range is $2.66, about 3.4% of the price, a measure of a typical day's range.
Option volume at the close (15.3K contracts) was 1.1x its average, close to normal. A beta of 1.15 means GM has tended to move about 1.1 times as much as the broad market. 2 of our preset screens found trades on GM at the close, led by Long Call Butterflies for Pinning with 20 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 9, 20268 days | 33.6% | ±$3.95 (5.0%) | $75.36 to $83.26 | $3.16 |
| Oct 30, 202629 days | 40.5% | ±$9.04 (11.4%) | $70.27 to $88.35 | $7.20 |
| Nov 20, 202650 days | 37.7% | ±$11.05 (13.9%) | $68.26 to $90.36 | $8.82 |
| Dec 18, 202678 days | 36.2% | ±$13.28 (16.7%) | $66.03 to $92.59 | $10.58 |
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 GM 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.
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