Tracking the HIW expected move helps you see how far Highwoods Properties Inc's options market is pricing the stock to travel over a given period — whether that's the next day, week, or earnings cycle. Highwoods Properties 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 HIW 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 HIW, 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 HIW 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 Highwoods Properties Inc is unlikely to go.
Highwoods Properties, Inc., headquartered in Raleigh, is a publicly-traded (NYSE:HIW) real estate investment trust (REIT) and a member of the S&P MidCap 400 Index. Highwoods is a fully-integrated office REIT that owns, develops, acquires, leases and manages properties primarily in the best business districts (BBDs) of Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville, Orlando, Pittsburgh, Raleigh, Richmond and Tampa.
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 HIW expected move across every expiration, benchmarks it against realized moves, and shows you when implied ranges are out of line with history. The Highwoods Properties 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 HIW.
