Tracking the DFJ expected move helps you see how far WisdomTree Japan SmallCap Dividend Fund's options market is pricing the stock to travel over a given period — whether that's the next day, week, or earnings cycle. WisdomTree Japan SmallCap Dividend Fund'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 DFJ 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 DFJ, 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 DFJ 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 WisdomTree Japan SmallCap Dividend Fund is unlikely to go.
Under normal circumstances, at least 95% of the fund's total assets (exclusive of collateral held from securities lending) will be invested in component securities of the index and investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the economic characteristics of such component securities. The index is a fundamentally weighted index that is comprised of dividend-paying small capitalization companies in Japan. The fund is non-diversified.
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 DFJ expected move across every expiration, benchmarks it against realized moves, and shows you when implied ranges are out of line with history. The WisdomTree Japan SmallCap Dividend Fund 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 DFJ.
