$Intel(INTC)$ A super green day looks likely when markets open. Oil is down, so this should move up.
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Headline read: the surface looks aggressively bullish, but the positioning underneath is more two-sided than the 5.37 call/put ratio suggests — and the earnings-week expiry is not where the big money is.
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Intel (INTC)
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trades at $87.82 (2026-10-26, +0.99%), with the report due 2026-10-29 after the close — so the 2026-10-30 weekly is the earnings event expiry. Note the stock has fallen sharply into the print: it was ~$123 in late September and dropped ~8% on 2026-10-22 alone
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1. Volatility: elevated but not extreme, and not priced for a tail
Metric Value Context
30-day IV 70.78% 52-wk avg 72.62%, median 69.15%
IV rank / percentile 36.1 / 56.2 Middle of the 52-wk range
IV/HV ratio 1.44 30d IV 70.8% vs HV 49.1%
Chain expected move 11.72 pts ≈ 13.4% of spot
The 6.4% figure you're quoting is the single-session implied move; the chain-level 11.72-point expected move is the full-period (to the