Vanguard Morningstar Growth ETF (VUG) Expected Move

Tracking the VUG expected move helps you see how far Vanguard Morningstar Growth ETF's options market is pricing the stock to travel over a given period — whether that's the next day, week, or earnings cycle. Vanguard Morningstar Growth ETF'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 VUG 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 VUG, 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 VUG 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 Vanguard Morningstar Growth ETF is unlikely to go.

Seeks to track the performance of the CRSP US Large Cap Growth Index.Provides a convenient way to match the performance of many of the nation’s largest growth stocks.Follows a passively managed, full-replication approach.With respect to 75% of its total assets, the fund may not: (1) purchase more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of any one issuer or (2) purchase securities of any issuer if, as a result, more than 5% of the fund’s total assets would be invested in that issuer’s securities; except as may be necessary to approximate the composition of its target index. This limitation does not apply to obligations of the U.S.

government or its agencies or instrumentalities.

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 VUG expected move across every expiration, benchmarks it against realized moves, and shows you when implied ranges are out of line with history. The Vanguard Morningstar Growth ETF 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 VUG.