HYD options

Options Snapshot

HYD's at the money implied volatility is 11.9 percent on 6 Oct 2026.

From the option chain at the close on 6 Oct 2026. Current on every plan.

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Expected Move

On 6 Oct 2026, the option prices for HYD implied an expected move of 45.12 to 49.67 by 20 Nov 2026. That is 5.8 percent down and 3.7 percent up.

The range is one standard deviation either side of the close of 47.90, as the option prices imply it.

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

From the option chain at the close on 6 Oct 2026. Current on every plan.

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Gamma Map

On 6 Oct 2026, HYD's call wall is the 48 strike and its put wall is the 47 strike.

Gamma exposure (GEX) is dollar gamma, 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.

Zero gamma is where calls minus puts gamma would change sign if the price moved there, holding tonight's contracts fixed. It assumes hedgers hold the calls and sold the puts, which the chain cannot show. On our August to October 2026 captures, names below it moved no more than names above it.

From the option chain at the close on 6 Oct 2026. Current on every plan.

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Volatility History

On 6 Oct 2026, HYD's at the money IV is 11.9 percent against 20 day realized volatility of 5.9 percent.

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

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Volatility Weather

On 6 Oct 2026, HYD's at the money IV runs from 10.6 percent at 10 days to 14.3 percent at 164 days.

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

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Volatility Smile

On 6 Oct 2026, at the 45 day expiry, HYD's IV ten percent below the price sits 8.6 points above at the money IV.

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Volatility Surface

On 6 Oct 2026, HYD's surface spans 4 expiries out to 164 days, with IV from 8.2 to 28.1 percent near the price.

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Expiry Ladder

On 6 Oct 2026, HYD has 4 captured expiries, from 16 Oct 2026 to 19 Mar 2027.

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

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Strike Table

On 6 Oct 2026, HYD's largest open interest sits at the 47 strike, with 5,091 contracts across the captured expiries.

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Changed Hands

On 6 Oct 2026, 2,581 HYD option contracts traded.

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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Price Chart

HYD closed at 47.90 on 6 Oct 2026.

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

From the daily bars through 6 Oct 2026. Current on every plan.

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Seasonality

In the 17 Octobers on record, HYD's average change was minus 0.8 percent, and it rose in 23.5 percent of them.

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 6 Oct 2026. Current on every plan.

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Headlines

The desk's news feeds carried 1 headline naming HYD in the 3 days to 6 Oct 2026.

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

Headlines as of 6 Oct 2026. Current on every plan.

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