Married Put Protection
Married Put1 trade passes on XLK
- Probability of profit
- 45.0%
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As of the close on . In the app, data is refreshed intraday.
XLK closed at $194.53 on Sep 28, 2026 with 30-day implied volatility of 25.2%. That is in the lower half of its one-year range (IV rank 34), so premiums are on the modest side for XLK. Measured by IV percentile, IV is higher than 39% of the past year's readings. Options expiring Oct 30 (32 days out) price a one standard deviation move of about $14.58, or 7.5%.
The price is above both its 50-day (+5.2%) and 200-day (+18.7%) moving averages. It is 36.0% below its 52-week high and 52.6% above its 52-week low. The 14-day RSI of 61.1 is between 30 and 70, neither overbought nor oversold. The 14-day average true range is $3.31, about 1.7% of the price, a measure of a typical day's range.
Option volume at the close (21.2K contracts) was 0.8x its average, close to normal. A beta of 1.68 means XLK has tended to move about 1.7 times as much as the broad market. 1 of our preset screen found trades on XLK at the close, led by Married Put Protection with 1 trade.
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 | 28.9% | ±$5.89 (3.0%) | $188.64 to $200.42 | $4.71 |
| Oct 30, 202632 days | 25.3% | ±$14.58 (7.5%) | $179.95 to $209.11 | $11.63 |
| Nov 20, 202653 days | 26.5% | ±$19.68 (10.1%) | $174.85 to $214.21 | $15.68 |
| Dec 18, 202681 days | 26.7% | ±$24.50 (12.6%) | $170.03 to $219.03 | $19.50 |
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 XLK 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.
1 trade passes on XLK
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