Financials

Ally Financial Inc. (ALLY) options and signal

Figures as of 28 Sep 2026

ALLY is Ally Financial Inc., a Financials name the model ranks every trading day. The options figures are from the close on 28 Sep 2026. The model's figures are from 25 Sep 2026, one trading day behind the latest, as the Free plan shows them. Every model figure is paper trading.

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At a glance

FigureValueDate
IV rank57 of 10028 Sep
At the money IV32.9%28 Sep
Priced move to 16 Oct7.8% down, 8.5% up28 Sep
Call wall and put wallBoth 3828 Sep
Signal and the desk's viewNo signal, view bullish25 Sep
Last close38.1928 Sep
Next report20 Oct 202628 Sep

Options Snapshot

ALLY's IV rank is 57 of 100 on 28 Sep 2026.

FigureValue
IV rank57 of 100
At the money IV32.9%, near month, 18 days
Put/call ratio, open interest0.78
Call open interest, strikes captured near the price35,500 contracts
Put open interest, strikes captured near the price27,800 contracts
Cost to trade at the moneyFair, 25.4% of the option's mid price

IV rank is where the at the money IV sits among ALLY's own weekly readings, 0 the lowest and 100 the highest.

From the option chain at the close on 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Priced Range

On 28 Sep 2026, ALLY options priced a move of 7.8 percent down and 8.5 percent up by 16 Oct 2026.

ExpiryDaysDownUpRange
16 Oct 2026187.8%8.5%35.21 to 41.45
20 Nov 20265313.5%13.9%33.05 to 43.50
18 Dec 20268116.1%16.0%32.06 to 44.29
15 Jan 202710918.2%18.3%31.23 to 45.18
19 Mar 202717222.4%25.2%29.63 to 47.83

The range is one standard deviation either side of the close of 38.19, as the option prices imply it.

A priced move restates option prices at the close and says nothing certain about where the price goes.

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Gamma Map

On 28 Sep 2026, ALLY's call wall and put wall are both at the 38 strike.

FigureValue
Call wall, most open call gamma38
Put wall, most open put gamma38
Net dollar gamma, calls minus putsminus $485,950
Total dollar gamma, both sides$5.99 million
Close38.19

Dollar gamma is stated for a one percent move in the price.

Net is calls minus puts under the standard convention, not a record of who holds the contracts.

Net gamma changes sign at 2 strikes, so no single flip strike is named.

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Volatility History

On 28 Sep 2026, ALLY's at the money IV is 32.9 percent against 20 day realized volatility of 22.8 percent.

FigureValue
At the money IV32.9%
Realized volatility, 20 trading days22.8%
Realized volatility, 60 trading days23.2%
IV against its own weekly recordIn the middle
Weekly readings on record625, from 25 Apr 2014
Weeks the price moved more than the one week priced move28.4% of 236 weeks

Realized volatility is worked out from the daily closes the desk holds, not from the option chain.

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Volatility Weather

On 28 Sep 2026, ALLY's at the money IV runs from 32.9 percent at 18 days to 48.2 percent at 172 days.

Days to expiryAt the money IV
1832.9%
5339.8%
8132.7%
10934.5%
17248.2%

Far expiries price more volatility than near ones, an upward sloping term structure.

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Volatility Smile

On 28 Sep 2026, at the 53 day expiry, ALLY's IV ten percent below the price sits 0.9 points above at the money IV.

Strike areaImplied volatilityAgainst at the money
10% below the price40.7%+0.9 points
At the money39.8%0.0 points
10% above the price37.2%-2.5 points

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Volatility Surface

On 28 Sep 2026, ALLY's surface spans 5 expiries out to 172 days, with IV from 31.6 to 96.4 percent near the price.

FigureValue
Expiries captured5
Nearest expiry16 Oct 2026, 18 days
Farthest expiry19 Mar 2027, 172 days
Points within 10% of the price, 7 days out or more39
Lowest IV among them31.6%
Highest IV among them96.4%

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Expiry Ladder

On 28 Sep 2026, ALLY has 5 captured expiries, from 16 Oct 2026 to 19 Mar 2027.

ExpiryDaysAt the money IVCall open interestPut open interest
16 Oct 20261832.9%23,4819,735
20 Nov 20265339.8%4,0894,471
18 Dec 20268132.7%1,1345,024
15 Jan 202710934.5%6,2677,769
19 Mar 202717248.2%489840

Open interest is summed over the strikes captured near the price on each expiry.

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Strike Table

On 28 Sep 2026, ALLY's largest open interest sits at the 40 strike, with 12,065 contracts across the captured expiries.

StrikeCall open interestPut open interestTotal
402,4389,62712,065
458,6284889,116
382,6595,7298,388
437,1812747,455
422,9758193,794
359232,2503,173

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Since Yesterday

From 25 Sep 2026 to 28 Sep 2026, ALLY's at the money IV moved from 32.1 percent to 32.9 percent.

Figure25 Sep28 SepChange
At the money IV32.1%32.9%+0.7 points
Open interest, strikes captured near the price61,84963,299+1,450
Put/call ratio, open interest0.800.79-0.01

Open interest changes cannot identify buyers or sellers.

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Changed Hands

On 28 Sep 2026, 2,506 ALLY option contracts traded, 0.6 times its own recent average.

FigureValue
Calls traded1,299
Puts traded1,207
Against its recent average0.6 times
Busier than1 of its last 20 trading days
Open interest, whole chain69,086 contracts
Volume to open interest0.04
Unusual volume flagNo

Traded volume and open interest are shown side by side and never combined. Open interest changes cannot identify buyers or sellers.

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Positioning Replay

The replay holds 33 trading days of ALLY's option positioning, from 11 Aug 2026 to 28 Sep 2026.

DateCloseNet dollar gammaTop call strikeTop put strike
11 Aug 202643.95$1.58 million4740
21 Sep 202639.89$297,6844340
28 Sep 202638.19minus $485,9503838

Each frame restates one nightly capture. Net is calls minus puts, a convention, not who holds the contracts.

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Read-out

On 25 Sep 2026 the desk's view of ALLY was bullish, paper trading.

FigureValue
SideBullish at 45 trading days, no signal
Level above the close39.84, the swing high of 15 Sep 2026
Level below the close38.06, the swing low of 28 Sep 2026, a close past it runs against the view
The chartSits against the view
Strategy familyCash-secured put (sell a put below the price)
Price targetNone. The desk has no price model.

The levels are prices the shares turned at on the chart, with the date of each.

Paper trading. The model's figures from 25 Sep 2026, one trading day behind, as the Free plan shows them.

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Rank by Timeframe

On 25 Sep 2026 ALLY sat at the 97th percentile of the model's 45 trading day ranking, paper trading.

TimeframePercentileSide
10 trading days66 of 100Neutral
20 trading days87 of 100Bullish
45 trading days97 of 100Bullish

100 is the top of the ranking. A name in the middle three fifths is neutral.

Paper trading. The model's figures from 25 Sep 2026, one trading day behind, as the Free plan shows them.

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Timeframe Agreement

On 25 Sep 2026, 2 of 3 timeframes put ALLY on the bullish side, paper trading.

GroupTimeframesSideOn that side
Near10 day, 20 dayBullish1 of 2
Long45 dayBullish1 of 1

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Signal History

On 25 Sep 2026 ALLY had carried no signal for at least 18 trading days, paper trading.

Trading daySignal45 day percentile
25 Sep 2026None97 of 100
24 Sep 2026None90 of 100
23 Sep 2026None86 of 100
22 Sep 2026None91 of 100
21 Sep 2026None90 of 100
18 Sep 2026None89 of 100
17 Sep 2026None87 of 100
16 Sep 2026None97 of 100

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Sector Split

On 25 Sep 2026, 63 of 135 Financials names were bullish and 32 were bearish, paper trading.

SectorNamesBullishBearishNeutral
Financials135633240

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Price Chart

ALLY closed at 38.19 on 28 Sep 2026.

FigureValue
Last close38.19
Change over 5 trading days-4.3%
Change over 21 trading days-10.6%
Change over 63 trading days-19.2%
Change over 252 trading days-6.5%
52 week high47.29
52 week low35.92
20 day moving average41.00
50 day moving average42.61
200 day moving average42.80
RSI, 14 days26

Worked out from the desk's own daily bars, adjusted for share splits.

From the daily bars through 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Earnings Radar

ALLY reports next on 20 Oct 2026, a date confirmed by the company.

FigureValue
Next report20 Oct 2026, before the open
DateConfirmed by the company
Move after the report of 21 Jul 2026-2.4%
Move after the report of 17 Apr 2026+8.1%
Move after the report of 21 Jan 2026+0.0%
Move after the report of 17 Oct 2025+3.6%

Earnings calendar as of 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Company Events

ALLY filed 1 current report in the 14 days to 28 Sep 2026, the latest on 16 Sep 2026.

FiledReportWhat it covers
16 Sep 2026Current reportOther Events

Filings as of 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Seasonality

In the 12 Septembers on record, ALLY's average change was minus 3.3 percent, and it rose in 25.0 percent of them.

MonthAverage changeMiddle changeShare of years upYears
September-3.3%-3.6%25.0%12
October-2.3%-2.1%16.7%12
November+5.8%+4.9%83.3%12

Each figure is a month end to month end change in past years. A past month says nothing certain about the next one.

Monthly history through 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Headlines

The desk's news feeds carried 2 headlines naming ALLY in the 3 days to 28 Sep 2026.

FigureValue
Headlines in the window2
Latest28 Sep 2026

The titles are in the Headlines window, with the time each was published.

Headlines as of 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Questions

What is ALLY's IV rank?
ALLY's IV rank is 57 of 100 on 28 Sep 2026.
What move are ALLY options pricing?
On 28 Sep 2026, ALLY options priced a move of 7.8 percent down and 8.5 percent up by 16 Oct 2026.
Where are ALLY's call wall and put wall?
On 28 Sep 2026, ALLY's call wall and put wall are both at the 38 strike.
What was the desk's latest view of ALLY on the Free plan?
On 25 Sep 2026 the desk's view of ALLY was bullish, paper trading.
When does ALLY report earnings next?
ALLY reports next on 20 Oct 2026, a date confirmed by the company.

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