Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc (KTOS) Expected Move

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

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. operates as a government contractor of the U.S. Department of Defense. The company operates through two segments, Kratos Government Solutions and Unmanned Systems. The Kratos Government Solutions segment offers microwave electronic products, space and satellite communications, training and cybersecurity/ warfare, C5ISR/ modular systems, turbine technologies, and defense and rocket support services. The Unmanned Systems segment provides unmanned aerial systems, and unmanned ground and seaborne systems. It serves national security related agencies, the department of defense, intelligence agencies, and classified agencies, as well as international government agencies and domestic and international commercial customers.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

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 KTOS expected move across every expiration, benchmarks it against realized moves, and shows you when implied ranges are out of line with history. The Kratos Defense & Security Solutions 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 KTOS.