Consumer Discretionary

GameStop Corp. (GME) options and signal

Figures as of 28 Sep 2026

GME is GameStop Corp., a Consumer Discretionary 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.

Membership gets tonight's signals the night they publish. Free gets every options screen, never delayed, and the signals one trading day behind.

Start free See the plans

At a glance

FigureValueDate
Trade CardBull put spread, 18 Dec25 Sep
IV rank57 of 10028 Sep
At the money IV55.0%28 Sep
Priced move to 30 Oct14.9% down, 16.6% up28 Sep
Call wall and put wall25 and 2328 Sep
Signal and the desk's viewNo signal, view bullish25 Sep
Last close23.9628 Sep
Next report8 Dec 202628 Sep

Trade Cards

On 25 Sep 2026 the Trade Card for GME was a bull put spread expiring 18 Dec 2026, paper trading.

FigureValue
SignalNeutral
StrategyBull put spread, credit
LegsSell the 22 put, Buy the 19 put
Expiry18 Dec 2026, 84 days to expiry
LimitA credit of at least $0.93
Probability of profit68%, the option market's odds at expiry, from delta
Max loss$207 per contract
Max profit$93 per contract
Breakeven21.07
IV rank at that expiry57 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.

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

Open Trade Cards in RingMasterThe Trade Cards guide

Options Snapshot

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

FigureValue
IV rank57 of 100
At the money IV55.0%, near month, 32 days
Put/call ratio, open interest0.25
Call open interest, strikes captured near the price811,000 contracts
Put open interest, strikes captured near the price205,000 contracts
Cost to trade at the moneyFair, 20.8% of the option's mid price

IV rank is where the at the money IV sits among GME'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.

Open Options Snapshot in RingMasterThe Options Snapshot guide

Priced Range

On 28 Sep 2026, GME options priced a move of 14.9 percent down and 16.6 percent up by 30 Oct 2026.

ExpiryDaysDownUpRange
2 Oct 202645.1%6.3%22.75 to 25.46
9 Oct 2026118.0%9.7%22.05 to 26.28
23 Oct 20262512.1%14.4%21.06 to 27.42
30 Oct 20263214.9%16.6%20.39 to 27.93
20 Nov 20265321.1%20.4%18.90 to 28.84
18 Dec 20268123.9%26.9%18.23 to 30.40
19 Mar 202717234.6%37.7%15.68 to 33.00

The range is one standard deviation either side of the close of 23.96, 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.

Open Priced Range in RingMasterThe Priced Range guide

Gamma Map

On 28 Sep 2026, GME's call wall is the 25 strike and its put wall is the 23 strike.

FigureValue
Call wall, most open call gamma25
Put wall, most open put gamma23
Net dollar gamma, calls minus puts$27.45 million
Total dollar gamma, both sides$42.77 million
Close23.96

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.

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

Open Gamma Map in RingMasterThe Gamma Map guide

Volatility History

On 28 Sep 2026, GME's at the money IV is 55.0 percent against 20 day realized volatility of 42.8 percent.

FigureValue
At the money IV55.0%
Realized volatility, 20 trading days42.8%
Realized volatility, 60 trading days42.3%
IV against its own weekly recordIn the middle
Weekly readings on record846, from 8 Jan 2010
Weeks the price moved more than the one week priced move18.2% of 236 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.

Open Volatility History in RingMasterThe Volatility History guide

Volatility Weather

On 28 Sep 2026, GME's at the money IV runs from 51.5 percent at 4 days to 53.9 percent at 172 days.

Days to expiryAt the money IV
451.5%
1150.9%
1851.0%
2552.4%
3953.1%
5351.3%
8153.1%
17253.9%

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.

Open Volatility Weather in RingMasterThe Volatility Weather guide

Volatility Smile

On 28 Sep 2026, at the 32 day expiry, GME's IV ten percent below the price sits 2.3 points below at the money IV.

Strike areaImplied volatilityAgainst at the money
10% below the price52.7%-2.3 points
At the money55.0%0.0 points
10% above the price55.7%+0.6 points

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

Open Volatility Smile in RingMasterThe Volatility Smile guide

Volatility Surface

On 28 Sep 2026, GME's surface spans 10 expiries out to 172 days, with IV from 48.4 to 60.7 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 more62
Lowest IV among them48.4%
Highest IV among them60.7%

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

Open Volatility Surface in RingMasterThe Volatility Surface guide

Expiry Ladder

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

ExpiryDaysAt the money IVCall open interestPut open interest
2 Oct 2026451.5%86,86015,664
9 Oct 20261150.9%27,8823,673
16 Oct 20261851.0%153,27245,368
23 Oct 20262552.4%17,0603,196
30 Oct 20263255.0%80,5005,111
6 Nov 20263953.1%2,136709
20 Nov 20265351.3%30,0156,527
18 Dec 20268153.1%139,41955,950
15 Jan 202710951.6%231,33363,650
19 Mar 202717253.9%42,9085,577

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

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

Open Expiry Ladder in RingMasterThe Expiry Ladder guide

Strike Table

On 28 Sep 2026, GME's largest open interest sits at the 25 strike, with 203,313 contracts across the captured expiries.

StrikeCall open interestPut open interestTotal
25190,92112,392203,313
30127,37914,868142,247
2067,23535,704102,939
2337,98622,74060,726
2236,45319,64756,100
2445,3658,66254,027

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

Open Strike Table in RingMasterThe Strike Table guide

Since Yesterday

From 25 Sep 2026 to 28 Sep 2026, GME's at the money IV moved from 52.8 percent to 55.0 percent.

Figure25 Sep28 SepChange
At the money IV52.8%55.0%+2.2 points
Open interest, strikes captured near the price961,5621.02 million+55,248
Put/call ratio, open interest0.240.25+0.01

Open interest changes cannot identify buyers or sellers.

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

Open Since Yesterday in RingMasterThe Since Yesterday guide

Changed Hands

On 28 Sep 2026, 200,774 GME option contracts traded, 0.6 times its own recent average.

FigureValue
Calls traded169,264
Puts traded31,510
Against its recent average0.6 times
Busier than8 of its last 18 trading days
Open interest, whole chain1.41 million contracts
Volume to open interest0.14
Unusual volume flagYes, 1 contract traded well above open interest
Largest flagged contractThe 24 call expiring 6 Nov, 904 traded against 285 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.

Open Changed Hands in RingMasterThe Changed Hands guide

Positioning Replay

The replay holds 19 trading days of GME's option positioning, from 1 Sep 2026 to 28 Sep 2026.

DateCloseNet dollar gammaTop call strikeTop put strike
1 Sep 202618.81$7.74 million2018
21 Sep 202622.76$20.86 million2520
28 Sep 202623.96$27.45 million2523

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.

Open Positioning Replay in RingMasterThe Positioning Replay guide

Read-out

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

FigureValue
SideBullish at 45 trading days, no signal
Level above the close25.25, the swing high of 24 Sep 2026
Level below the close18.72, the swing low of 8 Sep 2026, a close past it runs against the view
The chartSits with the view
Strategy familyBull put spread (sell a put spread 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.

Open Read-out in RingMasterThe Read-out guide

Rank by Timeframe

On 25 Sep 2026 GME sat at the 67th percentile of the model's 45 trading day ranking, paper trading.

TimeframePercentileSide
10 trading days7 of 100Bearish
20 trading days15 of 100Bearish
45 trading days67 of 100Neutral

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.

Open Rank by Timeframe in RingMasterThe Rank by Timeframe guide

Timeframe Agreement

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

GroupTimeframesSideOn that side
Near10 day, 20 dayBearish2 of 2
Long45 dayNeutral0 of 1

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

Open Timeframe Agreement in RingMasterThe Timeframe Agreement guide

Signal History

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

Trading daySignal45 day percentile
25 Sep 2026None67 of 100
24 Sep 2026None48 of 100
23 Sep 2026None56 of 100
22 Sep 2026None44 of 100
21 Sep 2026None68 of 100
18 Sep 2026None84 of 100
17 Sep 2026None58 of 100
16 Sep 2026None72 of 100

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

Open Signal History in RingMasterThe Signal History guide

Sector Split

On 25 Sep 2026, 27 of 106 Consumer Discretionary names were bullish and 33 were bearish, paper trading.

SectorNamesBullishBearishNeutral
Consumer Discretionary106273346

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

Open Sector Split in RingMasterThe Sector Split guide

Price Chart

GME closed at 23.96 on 28 Sep 2026.

FigureValue
Last close23.96
Change over 5 trading days+5.3%
Change over 21 trading days+31.3%
Change over 63 trading days+8.8%
Change over 252 trading days-5.2%
52 week high28.10
52 week low17.79
20 day moving average21.43
50 day moving average20.31
200 day moving average22.21
RSI, 14 days68

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.

Open Price Chart in RingMasterThe Price Chart guide

Earnings Radar

GME reports next on 8 Dec 2026, a date worked out from past quarters.

FigureValue
Next report8 Dec 2026
DateWorked out from past quarters

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

Open Earnings Radar in RingMasterThe Earnings Radar guide

Seasonality

In the 23 Septembers on record, GME's average change was plus 4.7 percent, and it rose in 47.8 percent of them.

MonthAverage changeMiddle changeShare of years upYears
September+4.7%-1.1%47.8%23
October+0.5%+3.8%56.5%23
November+2.3%+0.5%56.5%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.

Open Seasonality in RingMasterThe Seasonality guide

Questions

What is GME's IV rank?
GME's IV rank is 57 of 100 on 28 Sep 2026.
What move are GME options pricing?
On 28 Sep 2026, GME options priced a move of 14.9 percent down and 16.6 percent up by 30 Oct 2026.
Where are GME's call wall and put wall?
On 28 Sep 2026, GME's call wall is the 25 strike and its put wall is the 23 strike.
What was the latest Trade Card for GME on the Free plan?
On 25 Sep 2026 the Trade Card for GME was a bull put spread expiring 18 Dec 2026, paper trading.
When does GME report earnings next?
GME reports next on 8 Dec 2026, a date worked out from past quarters.

More Consumer Discretionary names

Guides and the full list

Membership gets tonight's signals the night they publish. Free gets every options screen, never delayed, and the signals one trading day behind.

Start free See the plans