Industrials

BWX Technologies, Inc. (BWXT) options and signal

Figures as of 28 Sep 2026

BWXT is BWX Technologies, Inc., an Industrials 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 CardCash-secured put, 20 Nov25 Sep
IV rank75 of 10028 Sep
At the money IV45.2%28 Sep
Priced move to 16 Oct10.0% down, 10.3% up28 Sep
Call wall and put wall150 and 13528 Sep
Signal and the desk's viewBullish signal, view bullish25 Sep
Last close134.3528 Sep
Next report2 Nov 202628 Sep

Trade Cards

On 25 Sep 2026 the Trade Card for BWXT was a cash-secured put expiring 20 Nov 2026, paper trading.

FigureValue
SignalBullish, over 20 trading days
StrategyCash-secured put, credit
LegsSell the 125 put
Expiry20 Nov 2026, 56 days to expiry
LimitA credit of at least $3.90
Probability of profit68%, the option market's odds at expiry, from delta
Max loss$12,110 per contract
Max profit$390 per contract
Breakeven121.10
IV rank at that expiry76 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

BWXT's IV rank is 75 of 100 on 28 Sep 2026.

FigureValue
IV rank75 of 100
At the money IV45.2%, near month, 18 days
Put/call ratio, open interest0.79
Call open interest, strikes captured near the price9,310 contracts
Put open interest, strikes captured near the price7,310 contracts
Cost to trade at the moneyTight, 10.6% of the option's mid price

IV rank is where the at the money IV sits among BWXT'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, BWXT options priced a move of 10.0 percent down and 10.3 percent up by 16 Oct 2026.

ExpiryDaysDownUpRange
16 Oct 20261810.0%10.3%120.95 to 148.15
20 Nov 20265318.1%18.6%110.05 to 159.35
15 Jan 202710923.2%26.3%103.15 to 169.75
19 Feb 202714428.4%31.4%96.15 to 176.55

The range is one standard deviation either side of the close of 134.35, 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, BWXT's call wall is the 150 strike and its put wall is the 135 strike.

FigureValue
Call wall, most open call gamma150
Put wall, most open put gamma135
Net dollar gamma, calls minus putsminus $387,028
Total dollar gamma, both sides$3.78 million
Close134.35

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 3 strikes, so no single flip strike is named.

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Volatility History

On 28 Sep 2026, BWXT's at the money IV is 45.2 percent against 20 day realized volatility of 35.6 percent.

FigureValue
At the money IV45.2%
Realized volatility, 20 trading days35.6%
Realized volatility, 60 trading days39.6%
IV against its own weekly recordIn the middle
Weekly readings on record504, from 3 Jul 2015
Weeks the price moved more than the one week priced move22.5% of 227 weeks

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

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

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Volatility Weather

On 28 Sep 2026, BWXT's at the money IV runs from 45.2 percent at 18 days to 47.8 percent at 144 days.

Days to expiryAt the money IV
1845.2%
5346.8%
10946.0%
14447.8%

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, BWXT's IV ten percent below the price sits 3.6 points above at the money IV.

Strike areaImplied volatilityAgainst at the money
10% below the price50.5%+3.6 points
At the money46.8%0.0 points
10% above the price49.3%+2.5 points

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Volatility Surface

On 28 Sep 2026, BWXT's surface spans 4 expiries out to 144 days, with IV from 45.1 to 50.7 percent near the price.

FigureValue
Expiries captured4
Nearest expiry16 Oct 2026, 18 days
Farthest expiry19 Feb 2027, 144 days
Points within 10% of the price, 7 days out or more20
Lowest IV among them45.1%
Highest IV among them50.7%

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Expiry Ladder

On 28 Sep 2026, BWXT has 4 captured expiries, from 16 Oct 2026 to 19 Feb 2027.

ExpiryDaysAt the money IVCall open interestPut open interest
16 Oct 20261845.2%4,2712,457
20 Nov 20265346.8%1,7972,598
15 Jan 202710946.0%2,4711,869
19 Feb 202714447.8%775384

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

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Strike Table

On 28 Sep 2026, BWXT's largest open interest sits at the 150 strike, with 2,041 contracts across the captured expiries.

StrikeCall open interestPut open interestTotal
1501,2567852,041
1355031,3701,873
1601,4763011,777
1708204001,220
1657923701,162
155540398938

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Since Yesterday

From 25 Sep 2026 to 28 Sep 2026, BWXT's at the money IV moved from 42.2 percent to 45.2 percent.

Figure25 Sep28 SepChange
At the money IV42.2%45.2%+3.0 points
Open interest, strikes captured near the price15,90016,622+722
Put/call ratio, open interest0.630.78+0.15

Open interest changes cannot identify buyers or sellers.

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Changed Hands

On 28 Sep 2026, 3,169 BWXT option contracts traded, 1.4 times its own recent average.

FigureValue
Calls traded2,154
Puts traded1,015
Against its recent average1.4 times
Busier than18 of its last 20 trading days
Open interest, whole chain26,204 contracts
Volume to open interest0.12
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 BWXT's option positioning, from 11 Aug 2026 to 28 Sep 2026.

DateCloseNet dollar gammaTop call strikeTop put strike
11 Aug 2026169.71minus $1.13 million170170
21 Sep 2026147.47$229,122160150
28 Sep 2026134.35minus $387,028150135

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 BWXT was bullish, paper trading.

FigureValue
SideBullish at 20 trading days, signal on
Level above the close144.33, the swing high of 16 Sep 2026
Level below the close133.90, 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.

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Rank by Timeframe

On 25 Sep 2026 BWXT sat at the 95th percentile of the model's 45 trading day ranking, paper trading.

TimeframePercentileSide
10 trading days96 of 100Bullish
20 trading days100 of 100Bullish
45 trading days95 of 100Bullish

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, 3 of 3 timeframes put BWXT on the bullish side, paper trading.

GroupTimeframesSideOn that side
Near10 day, 20 dayBullish2 of 2
Long45 dayBullish1 of 1

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Signal History

On 25 Sep 2026 BWXT's bullish signal had held 3 trading days in a row, paper trading.

Trading daySignal45 day percentile
25 Sep 2026Bullish95 of 100
24 Sep 2026Bullish82 of 100
23 Sep 2026Bullish92 of 100
22 Sep 2026None79 of 100
21 Sep 2026Bullish99 of 100
18 Sep 2026Bullish94 of 100
17 Sep 2026Bullish99 of 100
16 Sep 2026Bullish97 of 100

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Sector Split

On 25 Sep 2026, 51 of 147 Industrials names were bullish and 37 were bearish, paper trading.

SectorNamesBullishBearishNeutral
Industrials147513759

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Price Chart

BWXT closed at 134.35 on 28 Sep 2026.

FigureValue
Last close134.35
Change over 5 trading days-8.9%
Change over 21 trading days-13.8%
Change over 63 trading days-29.0%
Change over 252 trading days-23.8%
52 week high241.82
52 week low133.90
20 day moving average149.36
50 day moving average159.46
200 day moving average190.54
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

BWXT reports next on 2 Nov 2026, and options priced an earnings move of 13.9 percent through 20 Nov 2026.

FigureValue
Next report2 Nov 2026, after the close
DateConfirmed by the company
Priced earnings move13.9%, a straddle of $18.65 at the 135 strike, expiring 20 Nov 2026
Move after the report of 3 Aug 2026-0.8%
Move after the report of 4 May 2026-4.9%
Move after the report of 23 Feb 2026+3.0%
Move after the report of 3 Nov 2025-7.2%

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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Public Filings

The filings the desk holds carry 1 recent trade in BWXT shares.

FiledWhoTradeSize
9 Sep 2026. April McClain Delaney, member of CongressBought$1,001 to $15,000

Every filing is reproduced as filed, and each one reaches the public days or weeks after the trade.

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

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Seasonality

In the 16 Septembers on record, BWXT's average change was minus 0.1 percent, and it rose in 50.0 percent of them.

MonthAverage changeMiddle changeShare of years upYears
September-0.1%+0.3%50.0%16
October+4.7%+4.3%75.0%16
November-0.3%+3.5%68.8%16

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 BWXT 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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The Desk Analyst

The Free plan shows the first paragraph of The Desk Analyst's column on BWXT for 25 Sep 2026, quoted below.

The close for BWXT is 138.47.

This price is 27.4% below the 200-day simple moving average of 190.75.

Other moving averages are all above the current price: the SMA5 is 142.19, the SMA20 is 150.28, the SMA50 is 160.2, and the SMA100 is 178.18.

Paper trading. Column for 25 Sep 2026, general commentary published the same way to every reader.

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Questions

What is BWXT's IV rank?
BWXT's IV rank is 75 of 100 on 28 Sep 2026.
What move are BWXT options pricing?
On 28 Sep 2026, BWXT options priced a move of 10.0 percent down and 10.3 percent up by 16 Oct 2026.
Where are BWXT's call wall and put wall?
On 28 Sep 2026, BWXT's call wall is the 150 strike and its put wall is the 135 strike.
What was the latest Trade Card for BWXT on the Free plan?
On 25 Sep 2026 the Trade Card for BWXT was a cash-secured put expiring 20 Nov 2026, paper trading.
When does BWXT report earnings next?
BWXT reports next on 2 Nov 2026, and options priced an earnings move of 13.9 percent through 20 Nov 2026.

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