Acacia Research Corp (ACTG) Expected Move

Tracking the ACTG expected move helps you see how far Acacia Research Corp's options market is pricing the stock to travel over a given period — whether that's the next day, week, or earnings cycle. Acacia Research Corp's expected move is derived directly from option premiums and gives you an objective range to plan trades, set strikes, and manage risk. Use our scanner to monitor the ACTG expected move for this week's options, in real time.

The expected move is typically calculated from at-the-money straddle prices (or a blend of straddles and strangles) and represents roughly a one-standard-deviation range over the chosen timeframe. For ACTG, comparing the implied expected move to actual realized moves over similar windows tells you whether the options market has historically overestimated or underestimated volatility. The ACTG expected move for this week's options pricing is especially useful for short-dated traders, earnings players, and anyone selling premium who needs to know where the market thinks Acacia Research Corp is unlikely to go.

Acacia Research Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, invests in intellectual property and related absolute return assets; and engages in the licensing and enforcement of patented technologies. The company operates through two segments, Intellectual Property Operations and Industrial Operations. The company owns or controls the rights to various patent portfolios, which include U.S. patents and foreign counterparts covering technologies used in a range of industries. It has executed approximately 1,600 license agreements, and approximately 200 patent portfolio licensing and enforcement programs.

Iron condors, weekly premium sales, directional swing trades — they all live or die by where the market thinks the stock won't go. Our scanner tracks the ACTG expected move across every expiration, benchmarks it against realized moves, and shows you when implied ranges are out of line with history. The Acacia Research Corp expected move for this week's options is the fastest read on short-term risk, which gives you a quick way to interpret what the options market thinks about ACTG.