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What is Implied Move?

the percent swing the options market is pricing in through a given date.

The number

Implied Move is the percent swing the options market is pricing in through a given date.

What it means

it's what options traders will pay for, the market's own forecast of how wild things get.

Why it matters

when it's wide, somebody knows something, or everybody's scared.

From the desk

The desk watches this alongside the nine Pulse Score signals when reading a coin. See Methodology for how the score fuses its inputs.

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the strike price where the most options expire worthless

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put open interest divided by call open interest

Explainer generated Sep 24, 2026 from the desk glossary. Not financial advice.