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Same Thursday, Very Different Stories: Reading Implied Moves for Western Digital, Nokia and Spotify

Western Digital, Nokia, Spotify and Bloom Energy all report Thursday, Oct. 22, with implied moves of roughly 9% to 12%. Their histories look very different. Here's how to read an implied move against its own history.

October 20, 2026 ET

Options Strategies Market Commentary
Five Retailers, One Week: How Options Markets Are Pricing HD, LOW, TGT, TJX and WMT Earnings

Home Depot, Lowe's, Target, TJX and Walmart report earnings within a single week, right before August's monthly options expiration. Here's how to read what the options market is pricing in — and why a routine expiration can still produce outsized price swings.

August 16, 2026 ET