Communication Services

AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (ASTS) options and signal

Figures as of 28 Sep 2026

ASTS is AST SpaceMobile, Inc., a Communication Services 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
Trade CardLong straddle, 30 Oct25 Sep
IV rank3 of 10028 Sep
At the money IV77.0%28 Sep
Priced move to 30 Oct19.7% down, 23.1% up28 Sep
Call wall and put wall65 and 5528 Sep
Signal and the desk's viewNo signal, view neutral25 Sep
Last close61.0028 Sep
Next report9 Nov 202628 Sep

Trade Cards

On 25 Sep 2026 the Trade Card for ASTS was a long straddle expiring 30 Oct 2026, paper trading.

FigureValue
SignalNeutral
StrategyLong straddle, debit
LegsBuy the 61 call, Buy the 61 put
Expiry30 Oct 2026, 35 days to expiry
LimitA debit of at most $10.28
Probability of profit42%, the option market's odds at expiry, from delta
Max loss$1,028 per contract
Breakeven50.72 and 71.28
IV rank at that expiry1 of 100

Probability of profit is the option market's own odds from delta, not the model's.

Priced on the option chain at the close on 25 Sep 2026.

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Options Snapshot

ASTS's IV rank is 3 of 100 on 28 Sep 2026.

FigureValue
IV rank3 of 100
At the money IV77.0%, near month, 32 days
Put/call ratio, open interest0.72
Call open interest, strikes captured near the price285,000 contracts
Put open interest, strikes captured near the price205,000 contracts
Cost to trade at the moneyFair, 31.1% of the option's mid price

IV rank is where the at the money IV sits among ASTS'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, ASTS options priced a move of 19.7 percent down and 23.1 percent up by 30 Oct 2026.

ExpiryDaysDownUpRange
2 Oct 202647.4%7.8%56.49 to 65.75
9 Oct 20261112.0%12.7%53.68 to 68.76
23 Oct 20262518.4%20.5%49.80 to 73.50
30 Oct 20263219.7%23.1%49.00 to 75.10
20 Nov 20265330.8%32.1%42.20 to 80.60
15 Jan 202710942.5%44.4%35.10 to 88.10
19 Mar 202717255.1%58.4%27.40 to 96.60

The range is one standard deviation either side of the close of 61.00, as the option prices imply it.

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

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

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Gamma Map

On 28 Sep 2026, ASTS's call wall is the 65 strike and its put wall is the 55 strike.

FigureValue
Call wall, most open call gamma65
Put wall, most open put gamma55
Flip strike, where net gamma changes sign62.84
Net dollar gamma, calls minus puts$2.06 million
Total dollar gamma, both sides$35.54 million
Close61.00

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.

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Volatility History

On 28 Sep 2026, ASTS's at the money IV is 77.0 percent against 20 day realized volatility of 73.9 percent.

FigureValue
At the money IV77.0%
Realized volatility, 20 trading days73.9%
Realized volatility, 60 trading days86.5%
IV against its own weekly recordLow, in the bottom fifth
Weekly readings on record261, from 16 Apr 2021
Weeks the price moved more than the one week priced move22.9% 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, ASTS's at the money IV runs from 71.7 percent at 4 days to 80.3 percent at 172 days.

Days to expiryAt the money IV
471.7%
1174.0%
1866.5%
2575.7%
3976.4%
5380.8%
10977.8%
17280.3%

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

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

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Volatility Smile

On 28 Sep 2026, at the 32 day expiry, ASTS's IV ten percent below the price sits 5.1 points below at the money IV.

Strike areaImplied volatilityAgainst at the money
10% below the price71.9%-5.1 points
At the money77.0%0.0 points
10% above the price77.9%+0.9 points

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Volatility Surface

On 28 Sep 2026, ASTS's surface spans 10 expiries out to 172 days, with IV from 65.9 to 80.4 percent near the price.

FigureValue
Expiries captured10
Nearest expiry2 Oct 2026, 4 days
Farthest expiry19 Mar 2027, 172 days
Points within 10% of the price, 7 days out or more77
Lowest IV among them65.9%
Highest IV among them80.4%

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Expiry Ladder

On 28 Sep 2026, ASTS has 10 captured expiries, from 2 Oct 2026 to 19 Mar 2027.

ExpiryDaysAt the money IVCall open interestPut open interest
2 Oct 2026471.7%21,46922,581
9 Oct 20261174.0%8,5789,491
16 Oct 20261866.5%48,99850,226
23 Oct 20262575.7%7,2545,209
30 Oct 20263277.0%4,76110,442
6 Nov 20263976.4%124414
20 Nov 20265380.8%51,77834,513
15 Jan 202710977.8%96,10042,398
19 Feb 202714480.5%6,1176,633
19 Mar 202717280.3%39,65822,682

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

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Strike Table

On 28 Sep 2026, ASTS's largest open interest sits at the 65 strike, with 49,663 contracts across the captured expiries.

StrikeCall open interestPut open interestTotal
6529,97919,68449,663
7033,08214,87247,954
7530,45316,60147,054
8029,7468,19037,936
556,09830,97037,068
5011,65225,38637,038

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Since Yesterday

From 25 Sep 2026 to 28 Sep 2026, ASTS's at the money IV moved from 72.3 percent to 77.0 percent.

Figure25 Sep28 SepChange
At the money IV72.3%77.0%+4.8 points
Open interest, strikes captured near the price480,844489,426+8,582
Put/call ratio, open interest0.670.72+0.04

Open interest changes cannot identify buyers or sellers.

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Changed Hands

On 28 Sep 2026, 59,258 ASTS option contracts traded, 0.6 times its own recent average.

FigureValue
Calls traded39,306
Puts traded19,952
Against its recent average0.6 times
Busier than1 of its last 20 trading days
Open interest, whole chain710,814 contracts
Volume to open interest0.08
Unusual volume flagYes, 1 contract traded well above open interest
Largest flagged contractThe 71 call expiring 16 Oct, 658 traded against 308 open

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

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

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Positioning Replay

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

DateCloseNet dollar gammaTop call strikeTop put strike
11 Aug 202671.63$5.3 million7570
21 Sep 202661.89$1.11 million6555
28 Sep 202661.00$2.06 million6555

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 ASTS was neutral, paper trading.

FigureValue
SideNeutral at 45 trading days, no signal
Level above the close63.70, the swing high of 17 Sep 2026
Level below the close58.32, the swing low of 24 Sep 2026
Strategy familyLong straddle (buy a call and a put at the same strike)
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 ASTS sat at the 41st percentile of the model's 45 trading day ranking, paper trading.

TimeframePercentileSide
10 trading days11 of 100Bearish
20 trading days65 of 100Neutral
45 trading days41 of 100Neutral

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

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Timeframe Agreement

On 25 Sep 2026 ASTS's near timeframes were bearish and its long timeframe was neutral, paper trading.

GroupTimeframesSideOn that side
Near10 day, 20 dayBearish1 of 2
Long45 dayNeutral0 of 1

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Signal History

On 25 Sep 2026 ASTS had carried no signal for 12 trading days, paper trading.

Trading daySignal45 day percentile
25 Sep 2026None41 of 100
24 Sep 2026None81 of 100
23 Sep 2026None18 of 100
22 Sep 2026None8 of 100
21 Sep 2026None90 of 100
18 Sep 2026None90 of 100
17 Sep 2026None57 of 100
16 Sep 2026None6 of 100

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Sector Split

On 25 Sep 2026, 10 of 37 Communication Services names were bullish and 12 were bearish, paper trading.

SectorNamesBullishBearishNeutral
Communication Services37101215

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Price Chart

ASTS closed at 61.00 on 28 Sep 2026.

FigureValue
Last close61.00
Change over 5 trading days-1.4%
Change over 21 trading days-0.7%
Change over 63 trading days-29.7%
Change over 252 trading days+23.5%
52 week high133.86
52 week low47.50
20 day moving average60.94
50 day moving average62.86
200 day moving average81.47
RSI, 14 days48

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

ASTS reports next on 9 Nov 2026, and options priced an earnings move of 24.3 percent through 20 Nov 2026.

FigureValue
Next report9 Nov 2026, after the close
DateConfirmed by the company
Priced earnings move24.3%, a straddle of $14.82 at the 60 strike, expiring 20 Nov 2026
Move after the report of 10 Aug 2026+4.2%
Move after the report of 11 May 2026-11.6%
Move after the report of 2 Mar 2026+6.6%
Move after the report of 10 Nov 2025-1.2%

The priced earnings move is the straddle's cost over the share price. It restates option prices and says nothing certain about the report.

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

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Company Events

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

FiledReportWhat it covers
28 Sep 2026Current reportDeparture of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

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

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Seasonality

In the 6 Septembers on record, ASTS's average change was minus 10.9 percent, and it rose in 16.7 percent of them.

MonthAverage changeMiddle changeShare of years upYears
September-10.9%-6.5%16.7%6
October+7.5%-0.0%50.0%6
November-2.3%-5.5%33.3%6

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 6 headlines naming ASTS in the 3 days to 28 Sep 2026.

FigureValue
Headlines in the window6
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 ASTS's IV rank?
ASTS's IV rank is 3 of 100 on 28 Sep 2026.
What move are ASTS options pricing?
On 28 Sep 2026, ASTS options priced a move of 19.7 percent down and 23.1 percent up by 30 Oct 2026.
Where are ASTS's call wall and put wall?
On 28 Sep 2026, ASTS's call wall is the 65 strike and its put wall is the 55 strike.
What was the latest Trade Card for ASTS on the Free plan?
On 25 Sep 2026 the Trade Card for ASTS was a long straddle expiring 30 Oct 2026, paper trading.
When does ASTS report earnings next?
ASTS reports next on 9 Nov 2026, and options priced an earnings move of 24.3 percent through 20 Nov 2026.

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