First Citizens Bancshares Inc (NC)

FCNCANASDAQ · USD
2,111.00USD-9.58 (-0.46%)
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First Citizens Bancshares Inc (NC) (FCNCA) Expected Move

FCNCA expected move through Oct 16, 2026 is 5.0%, with 27 days to expiration. The implied range is $2,004.73 to $2,217.28, based on the previous trading day's options prices.

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Tracking the FCNCA expected move helps you see how far First Citizens Bancshares Inc (NC)'s options market is pricing the stock to travel over a given period — whether that's the next day, week, or earnings cycle. First Citizens Bancshares Inc (NC)'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 FCNCA 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 FCNCA, 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 FCNCA 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 First Citizens Bancshares Inc (NC) is unlikely to go.

First Citizens BancShares, Inc. operates as the holding company for First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company that provides retail and commercial banking services to individuals, businesses, and professionals. The company's deposit products include checking, savings, money market, and time deposit accounts. Its loan product portfolio comprises commercial construction and land development, commercial mortgage, commercial and industrial, and lease financing loans, as well as small business administration paycheck protection program loans; and consumer loans, such as residential and revolving mortgage, construction and land development, consumer auto, and other consumer loans.

The company also offers treasury services products, cardholder and merchant services, wealth management services, and various other products and services; investment products, including annuities, discount brokerage services, and third-party mutual funds, as well as investment management and advisory services; and defined benefit and defined contribution, insurance, private banking, trust, fiduciary, philanthropy, and special asset services. The company provides its products and services through its branch network, as well as through digital banking, telephone banking, and various ATM networks. As of December 31, 2021, it operated 529 branches in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, North Carolina, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, and West Virginia. First Citizens BancShares, Inc. was founded in 1898 and is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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 FCNCA expected move across every expiration, benchmarks it against realized moves, and shows you when implied ranges are out of line with history. The First Citizens Bancshares Inc (NC) 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 FCNCA.

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ExpirationDTEExpected move (USD)Expected move (%)Upper priceLower price
Oct 16, 202627$106.285.0%$2,217.28$2,004.73
Nov 20, 202662$185.438.7%$2,296.43$1,925.58
Feb 19, 2027153$295.0513.9%$2,406.05$1,815.95
May 21, 2027244$384.0518.1%$2,495.05$1,726.95

As of September 17, 2026

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