Cash-Secured Put Entries on Mega Caps
Cash-Secured Put4 trades pass on RTX
- Annualized return
- 5.5% to 18.4%
- Probability of profit
- 76.1% to 86.8%
RTX Corp · Industrials
As of the close on . In the app, data is refreshed intraday.
RTX closed at $184.68 on Oct 2, 2026 with 30-day implied volatility of 32.0%. That is in the upper half of its one-year range (IV rank 67), so premiums are somewhat richer than usual for RTX. Measured by IV percentile, IV is higher than 79% of the past year's readings. Options expiring Oct 30 (28 days out) price a one standard deviation move of about $16.72, or 9.1%.
The price is below both its 50-day (-10.6%) and 200-day (-5.2%) moving averages. It is 18.1% below its 52-week high and 17.6% above its 52-week low. The 14-day RSI of 23.8 is under 30, a level often described as oversold. The 14-day average true range is $3.61, about 2.0% of the price, a measure of a typical day's range.
Option volume at the close (12.1K contracts) was 1.7x its average, busier than usual. A beta of 0.35 means RTX has tended to move about 0.3 times as much as the broad market. 1 of our preset screen found trades on RTX at the close, led by Cash-Secured Put Entries on Mega Caps with 4 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, 20267 days | 22.2% | ±$5.67 (3.1%) | $179.01 to $190.35 | $4.53 |
| Oct 30, 202628 days | 32.7% | ±$16.72 (9.1%) | $167.96 to $201.40 | $13.33 |
| Nov 20, 202649 days | 28.3% | ±$19.15 (10.4%) | $165.53 to $203.83 | $15.25 |
| Dec 18, 202677 days | 28.4% | ±$24.13 (13.1%) | $160.55 to $208.81 | $19.20 |
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 RTX 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.
4 trades pass on RTX
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