Financials

JPMorgan Chase (JPM) options and signal

Figures as of 28 Sep 2026

JPM is JPMorgan Chase, 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

FigureValueDate
Trade CardBull put spread, 18 Dec25 Sep
IV rank80 of 10028 Sep
At the money IV29.4%28 Sep
Priced move to 30 Oct8.7% down, 8.5% up28 Sep
Call wall and put wall360 and 33028 Sep
Signal and the desk's viewNo signal, view bullish25 Sep
Last close336.5928 Sep
Next report13 Oct 202628 Sep

Trade Cards

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

FigureValue
SignalNeutral
StrategyBull put spread, credit
LegsSell the 315 put, Buy the 290 put
Expiry18 Dec 2026, 84 days to expiry
LimitA credit of at least $3.49
Probability of profit71%, the option market's odds at expiry, from delta
Max loss$2,151 per contract
Max profit$349 per contract
Breakeven311.51
IV rank at that expiry63 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

JPM's IV rank is 80 of 100 on 28 Sep 2026.

FigureValue
IV rank80 of 100
At the money IV29.4%, near month, 32 days
Put/call ratio, open interest0.86
Call open interest, strikes captured near the price211,000 contracts
Put open interest, strikes captured near the price181,000 contracts
Cost to trade at the moneyFair, 22.1% of the option's mid price

IV rank is where the at the money IV sits among JPM'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, JPM options priced a move of 8.7 percent down and 8.5 percent up by 30 Oct 2026.

ExpiryDaysDownUpRange
2 Oct 202642.8%2.5%327.09 to 344.85
9 Oct 2026114.5%3.7%321.39 to 349.19
23 Oct 2026258.3%6.8%308.79 to 359.49
30 Oct 2026328.7%8.5%307.19 to 365.09
20 Nov 20265310.2%9.7%302.29 to 369.39
18 Dec 20268112.2%11.9%295.59 to 376.79
19 Mar 202717216.9%18.8%279.59 to 399.99

The range is one standard deviation either side of the close of 336.59, 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, JPM's call wall is the 360 strike and its put wall is the 330 strike.

FigureValue
Call wall, most open call gamma360
Put wall, most open put gamma330
Flip strike, where net gamma changes sign340.15
Net dollar gamma, calls minus puts$6.59 million
Total dollar gamma, both sides$352.58 million
Close336.59

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.

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, JPM's at the money IV is 29.4 percent against 20 day realized volatility of 19.3 percent.

FigureValue
At the money IV29.4%
Realized volatility, 20 trading days19.3%
Realized volatility, 60 trading days19.1%
IV against its own weekly recordHigh, in the top fifth
Weekly readings on record865, from 8 Jan 2010
Weeks the price moved more than the one week priced move28.2% 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, JPM's at the money IV runs from 25.1 percent at 4 days to 26.3 percent at 172 days.

Days to expiryAt the money IV
425.1%
1125.4%
1830.0%
2528.5%
3928.3%
5326.4%
8125.6%
17226.3%

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, JPM's IV ten percent below the price sits 4.2 points above at the money IV.

Strike areaImplied volatilityAgainst at the money
10% below the price33.6%+4.2 points
At the money29.4%0.0 points
10% above the price27.3%-2.2 points

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

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Volatility Surface

On 28 Sep 2026, JPM's surface spans 10 expiries out to 172 days, with IV from 23.9 to 38.4 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 more140
Lowest IV among them23.9%
Highest IV among them38.4%

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

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Expiry Ladder

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

ExpiryDaysAt the money IVCall open interestPut open interest
2 Oct 2026425.1%13,5388,904
9 Oct 20261125.4%7,5156,803
16 Oct 20261830.0%50,82432,619
23 Oct 20262528.5%3,6762,592
30 Oct 20263229.4%2,1381,878
6 Nov 20263928.3%4787
20 Nov 20265326.4%28,63826,089
18 Dec 20268125.6%35,21426,914
15 Jan 202710925.7%53,23253,230
19 Mar 202717226.3%16,13022,051

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

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Strike Table

On 28 Sep 2026, JPM's largest open interest sits at the 360 strike, with 27,628 contracts across the captured expiries.

StrikeCall open interestPut open interestTotal
36022,9984,63027,628
3308,91015,97424,884
35015,9508,13724,087
3205,81817,03222,850
3105,25013,08918,339
3006,33311,88418,217

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

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Since Yesterday

From 25 Sep 2026 to 28 Sep 2026, JPM's at the money IV moved from 27.4 percent to 29.4 percent.

Figure25 Sep28 SepChange
At the money IV27.4%29.4%+2.0 points
Open interest, strikes captured near the price380,852392,119+11,267
Put/call ratio, open interest0.840.86+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, 51,473 JPM option contracts traded, 0.8 times its own recent average.

FigureValue
Calls traded33,638
Puts traded17,835
Against its recent average0.8 times
Busier than15 of its last 20 trading days
Open interest, whole chain516,607 contracts
Volume to open interest0.10
Unusual volume flagNo

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

DateCloseNet dollar gammaTop call strikeTop put strike
11 Aug 2026362.04$243.54 million360350
21 Sep 2026352.04$75.34 million360350
28 Sep 2026336.59$6.59 million360330

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 JPM was bullish, paper trading.

FigureValue
SideBullish at 45 trading days, no signal
Level above the close343.07, the swing high of 15 Sep 2026
Level below the close335.28, the swing low of 24 Sep 2026, a close past it runs against the view
The chartSits against 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.

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Rank by Timeframe

On 25 Sep 2026 JPM sat at the 87th percentile of the model's 45 trading day ranking, paper trading.

TimeframePercentileSide
10 trading days29 of 100Neutral
20 trading days78 of 100Neutral
45 trading days87 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, 1 of 3 timeframes put JPM on the bullish side, paper trading.

GroupTimeframesSideOn that side
Near10 day, 20 dayNeutral0 of 2
Long45 dayBullish1 of 1

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Signal History

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

Trading daySignal45 day percentile
25 Sep 2026None87 of 100
24 Sep 2026None75 of 100
23 Sep 2026None70 of 100
22 Sep 2026None92 of 100
21 Sep 2026None25 of 100
18 Sep 2026None30 of 100
17 Sep 2026None50 of 100
16 Sep 2026None77 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.

SectorNamesBullishBearishNeutral
Financials135633240

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Price Chart

JPM closed at 336.59 on 28 Sep 2026.

FigureValue
Last close336.59
Change over 5 trading days-4.4%
Change over 21 trading days-5.0%
Change over 63 trading days+2.2%
Change over 252 trading days+7.4%
52 week high366.50
52 week low279.10
20 day moving average350.21
50 day moving average353.25
200 day moving average321.44
RSI, 14 days36

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

JPM reports next on 13 Oct 2026, and options priced an earnings move of 5.2 percent through 16 Oct 2026.

FigureValue
Next report13 Oct 2026, before the open
DateConfirmed by the company
Priced earnings move5.2%, a straddle of $17.48 at the 337.5 strike, expiring 16 Oct 2026
Move after the report of 14 Jul 2026+2.5%
Move after the report of 14 Apr 2026-0.8%
Move after the report of 13 Jan 2026-4.2%
Move after the report of 14 Oct 2025-1.9%

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 2 recent trades in JPM shares.

FiledWhoTradeSize
17 Sep 2026. Scott Scott Franklin, member of CongressSold part$1,001 to $15,000
17 Sep 2026. Scott Scott Franklin, member of CongressSold part$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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Short Volume

On 25 Sep 2026, 36.0 percent of JPM's reported volume at the covered venues was marked short.

FigureValue
Short sale share, 25 Sep36.0%
Five day average40.0%
52 week median41.7%

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 36 Septembers on record, JPM's average change was minus 2.2 percent, and it rose in 55.6 percent of them.

MonthAverage changeMiddle changeShare of years upYears
September-2.2%+0.3%55.6%36
October+2.2%+2.8%61.1%36
November+1.9%+1.9%55.6%36

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 8 headlines naming JPM in the 3 days to 28 Sep 2026.

FigureValue
Headlines in the window8
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 JPM's IV rank?
JPM's IV rank is 80 of 100 on 28 Sep 2026.
What move are JPM options pricing?
On 28 Sep 2026, JPM options priced a move of 8.7 percent down and 8.5 percent up by 30 Oct 2026.
Where are JPM's call wall and put wall?
On 28 Sep 2026, JPM's call wall is the 360 strike and its put wall is the 330 strike.
What was the latest Trade Card for JPM on the Free plan?
On 25 Sep 2026 the Trade Card for JPM was a bull put spread expiring 18 Dec 2026, paper trading.
When does JPM report earnings next?
JPM reports next on 13 Oct 2026, and options priced an earnings move of 5.2 percent through 16 Oct 2026.

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