MGIC Investment Corp (MTG) Expected Move

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

MGIC Investment Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides private mortgage insurance, other mortgage credit risk management solutions, and ancillary services to lenders and government sponsored entities in the United States, Puerto Rico, and Guam. The company offers primary mortgage insurance that provides mortgage default protection on individual loans, as well as covers unpaid loan principal, delinquent interest, and various expenses associated with the default and subsequent foreclosure. It also provides contract underwriting services, as well as reinsurance. The company serves originators of residential mortgage loans, including savings institutions, commercial banks, mortgage brokers, credit unions, mortgage bankers, and other lenders.

MGIC Investment Corporation was founded in 1957 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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 MTG expected move across every expiration, benchmarks it against realized moves, and shows you when implied ranges are out of line with history. The MGIC Investment Corp 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 MTG.