FirstCash Holdings Inc (FCFS) Expected Move

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

FirstCash Holdings, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates retail pawn stores in the United States, Mexico, and rest of Latin America. Its pawn stores lend money on the collateral of pledged personal property, including jewelry, electronics, tools, appliances, sporting goods, and musical instruments; and retails merchandise acquired through collateral forfeitures on forfeited pawn loans and over-the-counter purchases of merchandise directly from customers. The company is also involved in melting scrap jewelry, as well as sells gold, silver, and diamonds in commodity markets. As of December 31, 2021, it operated 1,081 stores in the United States and the District of Columbia; 1,656 stores in Mexico; 60 stores in Guatemala; 13 stores in El Salvador; and 15 stores in Colombia.

The company was incorporated in 1988 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas.

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 FCFS expected move across every expiration, benchmarks it against realized moves, and shows you when implied ranges are out of line with history. The FirstCash Holdings 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 FCFS.