Blog · Productivity · 2026-08-30

Read What the Options Market Expects

Use live option chains to calculate event-implied moves and compare them with the prevailing headline narrative.

Premise

Do not ask a bot to predict the next stock move. Ask it to calculate what traders already priced into options, then compare that range with what commentators expect.

Setup

  1. Connect a reliable read-only source for live quotes, option chains, and Greeks.
  2. Allow web research only for dated catalysts and current headlines.
  3. Give it tickers with upcoming earnings or macro events.
  4. Verify the first calculations against your broker’s chain.

Boundaries

  • This desk never recommends or places trades.
  • Missing live data ends the analysis instead of triggering an estimate.

Calculate the expected event move from the at-the-money straddle and show it in dollars and percent. Cite quote time, selected strikes, expiry, catalyst source, and headline sources.

Conclude with exactly three statements: what options currently price; what the dominant public narrative says; and what disagreement would need to resolve.

Do not forecast direction, advise a trade, or place an order. Never invent quotes, chains, Greeks, catalysts, or headlines. If required data is missing or stale, name the gap and stop.

Prompt

Act as a read-only market expectations desk. For each ticker I provide, retrieve the live underlying price and identify the nearest option expiry after the next verified catalyst.