The Week Ahead In Options: Expected Moves, Earnings

Stocks open the new week higher following a bounce on Friday. With that comes a slight contraction of expected moves in the major ETFs from last week:

Expected moves via Options AI technology,

• VIX is ~26.50 this morning.
• Last week's expected move in SPY: 2.5%
• Last week’s actual move SPY: 0.9%
• This week's expected move in SPY: 2.2%:

• Last week's expected move in QQQ: 3.2%
• Last week's actual move in QQQ: 3.2%
• This week's expected move in QQQ: 2.9%

A look at some of the weekly expected moves for some stocks in the news this morning, Snap SNAP, Spotify SPOT, Caesars Entertainment CZR, Chevron CVX, United Parcel Service UPS:

Earnings Calendar

Earnings announcements are light in the lull between quarters. This week's earnings of note, expected move and its actual move last earnings.

Tuesday 4:00pm - Micron MU | expected move: 6.9%  (last earnings: +4.8%)

Thursday 6:00am - PepsiCo PEP | expected move: 2.6%  (last earnings: +0.3%)

Thursday 7:00am - Bed Bath & Beyond BBBY | expected move: 14.3%  (last earnings: -24.5%)

Thursday 7:30am - Conagra Brands CAG | expected move: 5.1%  (last earnings: +4.4%)