How far can it move today?
The market already told you.
The Daily Implied Move reads the options market’s own forecast of today’s range and puts it on your desk before the open — so you size positions, set targets, and place stops against what’s actually priced, not a guess.
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| Ticker | Spot | ± Move | ± % |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPY | 548.20 | ±$3.40 | 0.62% |
| QQQ | 472.85 | ±$3.95 | 0.84% |
| IWM | 201.40 | ±$2.05 | 1.02% |
| NVDA | 131.26 | ±$4.10 | 3.12% |
| TSLA | 182.47 | ±$6.85 | 3.75% |
The day’s range, priced and framed before you trade.
The implied move is the options market’s own forecast of how far price can travel today. The app hands it to you in four reads.
The expected move
How far price is expected to travel today — in points and percent — straight from what the options market is pricing.
Upper & lower levels
The two prices that bracket the session’s expected range, so you have hard reference points before the bell.
Where price sits
How far into the day’s range price has already traveled — so you can see when a move is getting stretched.
A frame for the day
Whether the market is pricing a wide, volatile session or a tight one — before you decide how much to risk.
Stop guessing the day’s range. It’s already priced.
Most traders set targets and stops on feel. The implied move replaces the guess with the market’s own number — so you can right-size your position, keep targets inside a realistic band, place stops beyond the noise, and recognize exhaustion the moment price presses the edge of the range.
Reading the range before the move.
On May 1, the 2nd Skies positioning read flagged 725 as the next significant level on the board — noted in the morning commentary at 6:49am MT, before the open.
We’re in a solid pocket of positive gamma with 725 the next big strike on the board. VIX continuing lower only helps the rally via the Vanna lever… until we get a close below 715 in SPY, we like staying bullish.
→ SPY hit 725 by Friday’s close. Timestamped, documented, and read before the move — this is what trading the structure looks like.
The Daily Implied Move comes with the 2nd Skies Terminal.
One subscription unlocks the whole suite — GammaLens, OptionsLens, and the Daily Implied Move.
GammaLens, OptionsLens, and the Daily Implied Move — the full institutional-data suite, in one subscription.
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Chris Capre — trader, educator, neuroscientist-in-training.
Former Wall Street broker and hedge fund trader. Chris built 2nd Skies Trading in 2007 with one purpose: teach traders how markets actually work — through positioning, flows, and price action, not lagging indicators and retail mythology. He is currently completing an MSc in Biomedical Neuroscience at the University of Florida, with a focus on how the brain drives trading performance.
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Good to know.
When does it update?
Before the open, every session — the expected range for the day ahead, so it’s in front of you before your first trade.
What is the implied move, exactly?
It’s the range the options market is pricing for the session — how far price is expected to move, up or down, derived from current option prices. In plain terms: the market’s own forecast of today’s range, expressed as points and a percent.
How is this different from GammaLens and OptionsLens?
Three different reads. GammaLens shows live gamma positioning — the top call and put strikes, in real time. OptionsLens is the daily open-interest snapshot — where the most contracts sit. The Daily Implied Move is the day’s expected price range. All three come with the Terminal.
How do I get it?
It’s part of the 2nd Skies Terminal at $249/year, or included in the full PFP course. There’s no separate Daily-IM-only purchase — one Terminal subscription unlocks every app.
Trade inside the range the market’s already pricing.
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