Build A Bear Workshop Inc (BBW) Expected Move

Tracking the BBW expected move helps you see how far Build A Bear Workshop Inc's options market is pricing the stock to travel over a given period — whether that's the next day, week, or earnings cycle. Build A Bear Workshop Inc'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 BBW 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 BBW, 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 BBW 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 Build A Bear Workshop Inc is unlikely to go.

Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. operates as a multi-channel retailer of plush animals and related products. The company operates through three segments: Direct-to-Consumer, Commercial, and International Franchising. Its merchandise comprises various styles of plush products to be stuffed, pre-stuffed plush products, and sounds and scents that can be added to the stuffed animals, as well as range of clothing, shoes, accessories, and other toy and novelty items. The company operates its stores under the Build-A-Bear Workshop brand name; and sells its products through its e-commerce sites. As of January 29, 2022, it operated 346 stores, including 305 stores in the United States and Canada; and 41 stores in the United Kingdom and Ireland, as well as 72 franchised stores internationally.

The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.

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 BBW expected move across every expiration, benchmarks it against realized moves, and shows you when implied ranges are out of line with history. The Build A Bear Workshop Inc 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 BBW.