Financials

FactSet Research Systems Inc (FDS) options and signal

Figures as of 28 Sep 2026

FDS is FactSet Research Systems 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

Figure	Value	Date
IV rank	100 of 100	28 Sep
At the money IV	55.3%	28 Sep
Priced move to 16 Oct	12.1% down, 12.1% up	28 Sep
Call wall and put wall	280 and 260	28 Sep
Signal and the desk's view	No signal, view bearish	25 Sep
Last close	267.67	28 Sep
Next report	30 Sep 2026	28 Sep

Options Snapshot

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

Figure	Value
IV rank	100 of 100
At the money IV	55.3%, near month, 18 days
Put/call ratio, open interest	2.65
Call open interest, strikes captured near the price	3,020 contracts
Put open interest, strikes captured near the price	7,990 contracts
Cost to trade at the money	Fair, 18.5% of the option's mid price

IV rank is where the at the money IV sits among FDS'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, FDS options priced a move of 12.1 percent down and 12.1 percent up by 16 Oct 2026.

Expiry	Days	Down	Up	Range
16 Oct 2026	18	12.1%	12.1%	235.37 to 299.97
20 Nov 2026	53	20.5%	20.3%	212.87 to 321.97
18 Dec 2026	81	24.4%	25.8%	202.27 to 336.67
15 Jan 2027	109	28.1%	29.0%	192.37 to 345.27
19 Feb 2027	144	33.5%	34.7%	178.07 to 360.57
19 Mar 2027	172	35.1%	37.1%	173.67 to 367.07

The range is one standard deviation either side of the close of 267.67, 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, FDS's call wall is the 280 strike and its put wall is the 260 strike.

Figure	Value
Call wall, most open call gamma	280
Put wall, most open put gamma	260
Net dollar gamma, calls minus puts	minus $3.51 million
Total dollar gamma, both sides	$5.83 million
Close	267.67

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.

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

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Volatility History

On 28 Sep 2026, FDS's at the money IV is 55.3 percent against 20 day realized volatility of 45.0 percent.

Figure	Value
At the money IV	55.3%
Realized volatility, 20 trading days	45.0%
Realized volatility, 60 trading days	47.1%
IV against its own weekly record	High, in the top fifth
Weekly readings on record	865, from 8 Jan 2010
Weeks the price moved more than the one week priced move	29.8% of 252 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, FDS's at the money IV runs from 55.3 percent at 18 days to 51.9 percent at 172 days.

Days to expiry	At the money IV
18	55.3%
53	51.5%
81	53.5%
109	52.9%
144	52.0%
172	51.9%

Near expiries price more volatility than far ones, an inverted 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 53 day expiry, FDS's IV ten percent below the price sits 1.6 points above at the money IV.

Strike area	Implied volatility	Against at the money
10% below the price	53.1%	+1.6 points
At the money	51.5%	0.0 points
10% above the price	50.1%	-1.4 points

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Volatility Surface

On 28 Sep 2026, FDS's surface spans 6 expiries out to 172 days, with IV from 29.4 to 56.5 percent near the price.

Figure	Value
Expiries captured	6
Nearest expiry	16 Oct 2026, 18 days
Farthest expiry	19 Mar 2027, 172 days
Points within 10% of the price, 7 days out or more	30
Lowest IV among them	29.4%
Highest IV among them	56.5%

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Expiry Ladder

On 28 Sep 2026, FDS has 6 captured expiries, from 16 Oct 2026 to 19 Mar 2027.

Expiry	Days	At the money IV	Call open interest	Put open interest
16 Oct 2026	18	55.3%	1,439	5,812
20 Nov 2026	53	51.5%	414	323
18 Dec 2026	81	53.5%	442	968
15 Jan 2027	109	52.9%	94	138
19 Feb 2027	144	52.0%	210	294
19 Mar 2027	172	51.9%	426	456

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

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Strike Table

On 28 Sep 2026, FDS's largest open interest sits at the 260 strike, with 3,210 contracts across the captured expiries.

Strike	Call open interest	Put open interest	Total
260	46	3,164	3,210
250	67	1,148	1,215
300	261	520	781
280	510	116	626
310	152	422	574
210	1	538	539

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Since Yesterday

From 25 Sep 2026 to 28 Sep 2026, FDS's at the money IV moved from 55.9 percent to 55.3 percent.

Figure	25 Sep	28 Sep	Change
At the money IV	55.9%	55.3%	-0.6 points
Open interest, strikes captured near the price	10,935	11,016	+81
Put/call ratio, open interest	2.62	2.64	+0.02

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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Changed Hands

On 28 Sep 2026, 3,458 FDS option contracts traded, 1.4 times its own recent average.

Figure	Value
Calls traded	1,004
Puts traded	2,454
Against its recent average	1.4 times
Busier than	17 of its last 20 trading days
Open interest, whole chain	11,437 contracts
Volume to open interest	0.30
Unusual volume flag	No

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 FDS's option positioning, from 11 Aug 2026 to 28 Sep 2026.

Date	Close	Net dollar gamma	Top call strike	Top put strike
11 Aug 2026	282.95	$22,699	260	250
21 Sep 2026	284.10	minus $2.27 million	280	260
28 Sep 2026	267.67	minus $3.51 million	280	260

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

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

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Read-out

On 25 Sep 2026 the desk's view of FDS was bearish, paper trading.

Figure	Value
Side	Bearish at 45 trading days, no signal
Level above the close	284.89, the swing high of 15 Sep 2026, a close past it runs against the view
Level below the close	255.87, the swing low of 11 Sep 2026
The chart	Sits against the view
Strategy family	Bear call spread (sell a call spread above the price)
Price target	None. 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 FDS sat at the 16th percentile of the model's 45 trading day ranking, paper trading.

Timeframe	Percentile	Side
10 trading days	72 of 100	Neutral
20 trading days	48 of 100	Neutral
45 trading days	16 of 100	Bearish

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, 1 of 3 timeframes put FDS on the bearish side, paper trading.

Group	Timeframes	Side	On that side
Near	10 day, 20 day	Neutral	0 of 2
Long	45 day	Bearish	1 of 1

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

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Signal History

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

Trading day	Signal	45 day percentile
25 Sep 2026	None	16 of 100
24 Sep 2026	None	10 of 100
23 Sep 2026	None	24 of 100
22 Sep 2026	None	16 of 100
21 Sep 2026	None	18 of 100
18 Sep 2026	None	21 of 100
17 Sep 2026	None	28 of 100
16 Sep 2026	None	25 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.

Sector	Names	Bullish	Bearish	Neutral
Financials	135	63	32	40

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

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Price Chart

FDS closed at 267.67 on 28 Sep 2026.

Figure	Value
Last close	267.67
Change over 5 trading days	-5.8%
Change over 21 trading days	-12.1%
Change over 63 trading days	+14.6%
Change over 252 trading days	-5.7%
52 week high	320.48
52 week low	185.00
20 day moving average	283.79
50 day moving average	280.98
200 day moving average	249.54
RSI, 14 days	41

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

FDS reports next on 30 Sep 2026, a date confirmed by the company.

Figure	Value
Next report	30 Sep 2026, before the open
Date	Confirmed by the company
Move after the report of 28 Jun 2026	+0.8%
Move after the report of 30 Mar 2026	+6.1%
Move after the report of 29 Dec 2025	-0.7%
Move after the report of 23 Jun 2025	+3.5%

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

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Company Events

FDS filed 1 current report in the 14 days to 28 Sep 2026, the latest on 25 Sep 2026.

Filed	Report	What it covers
25 Sep 2026	Current report	Departure 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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Short Volume

On 25 Sep 2026, 65.4 percent of FDS's reported volume at the covered venues was marked short.

Figure	Value
Short sale share, 25 Sep	65.4%
Five day average	65.6%
52 week median	61.7%

Short sale volume counts trades marked short at the covered venues, mostly off exchange. It is not the same as short interest.

Short volume as of 25 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Seasonality

In the 23 Septembers on record, FDS's average change was plus 0.8 percent, and it rose in 60.9 percent of them.

Month	Average change	Middle change	Share of years up	Years
September	+0.8%	+1.2%	60.9%	23
October	+0.8%	+0.0%	52.2%	23
November	+3.3%	+3.9%	82.6%	23

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 FDS in the 3 days to 28 Sep 2026.

Figure	Value
Headlines in the window	2
Latest	28 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 FDS's IV rank?: FDS's IV rank is 100 of 100 on 28 Sep 2026.
What move are FDS options pricing?: On 28 Sep 2026, FDS options priced a move of 12.1 percent down and 12.1 percent up by 16 Oct 2026.
Where are FDS's call wall and put wall?: On 28 Sep 2026, FDS's call wall is the 280 strike and its put wall is the 260 strike.
What was the desk's latest view of FDS on the Free plan?: On 25 Sep 2026 the desk's view of FDS was bearish, paper trading.
When does FDS report earnings next?: FDS reports next on 30 Sep 2026, a date confirmed by the company.

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