Tracking the CLDT expected move helps you see how far Chatham Lodging Trust's options market is pricing the stock to travel over a given period — whether that's the next day, week, or earnings cycle. Chatham Lodging Trust'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 CLDT 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 CLDT, 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 CLDT 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 Chatham Lodging Trust is unlikely to go.
Chatham Lodging Trust is a self-advised, publicly traded real estate investment trust focused primarily on investing in upscale, extended-stay hotels and premium-branded, select-service hotels. At September, 30, 2020, The company owns interests in 86 hotels totaling 12,040 rooms/suites, comprised of 40 properties it wholly owns with an aggregate of 6,092 rooms/suites in 15 states and the District of Columbia and a minority investment in the Innkeepers joint ventures that owns 46 hotels with an aggregate of 5,948 rooms/suites.
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 CLDT expected move across every expiration, benchmarks it against realized moves, and shows you when implied ranges are out of line with history. The Chatham Lodging Trust 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 CLDT.
