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Keysight Technologies Inc (KEYS) options and signal

Figures as of 28 Sep 2026

KEYS is Keysight Technologies Inc, an Information Technology 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
IV rank75 of 10028 Sep
At the money IV37.5%28 Sep
Priced move to 16 Oct8.3% down, 8.6% up28 Sep
Call wall and put wall360 and 29028 Sep
Signal and the desk's viewNo signal, view neutral25 Sep
Last close359.7428 Sep
Next report24 Nov 202628 Sep

Options Snapshot

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

FigureValue
IV rank75 of 100
At the money IV37.5%, near month, 18 days
Put/call ratio, open interest0.60
Call open interest, strikes captured near the price10,500 contracts
Put open interest, strikes captured near the price6,320 contracts
Cost to trade at the moneyFair, 16.8% of the option's mid price

IV rank is where the at the money IV sits among KEYS'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, KEYS options priced a move of 8.3 percent down and 8.6 percent up by 16 Oct 2026.

ExpiryDaysDownUpRange
16 Oct 2026188.3%8.6%330.04 to 390.64
20 Nov 20265316.2%16.8%301.34 to 420.04
18 Dec 20268121.0%22.2%284.24 to 439.74
19 Feb 202714425.7%28.6%267.24 to 462.74

The range is one standard deviation either side of the close of 359.74, 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, KEYS's call wall is the 360 strike and its put wall is the 290 strike.

FigureValue
Call wall, most open call gamma360
Put wall, most open put gamma290
Flip strike, where net gamma changes sign310.16
Net dollar gamma, calls minus puts$7.02 million
Total dollar gamma, both sides$12.59 million
Close359.74

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.

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Volatility History

On 28 Sep 2026, KEYS's at the money IV is 37.5 percent against 20 day realized volatility of 36.9 percent.

FigureValue
At the money IV37.5%
Realized volatility, 20 trading days36.9%
Realized volatility, 60 trading days39.8%
IV against its own weekly recordIn the middle
Weekly readings on record599, from 7 Nov 2014
Weeks the price moved more than the one week priced move26.6% 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, KEYS's at the money IV runs from 37.5 percent at 18 days to 43.1 percent at 144 days.

Days to expiryAt the money IV
1837.5%
5342.2%
8145.7%
14443.1%

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, KEYS's IV ten percent below the price sits 3.9 points above at the money IV.

Strike areaImplied volatilityAgainst at the money
10% below the price46.1%+3.9 points
At the money42.2%0.0 points
10% above the price42.6%+0.5 points

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Volatility Surface

On 28 Sep 2026, KEYS's surface spans 4 expiries out to 144 days, with IV from 37.1 to 78.0 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 more28
Lowest IV among them37.1%
Highest IV among them78.0%

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Expiry Ladder

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

ExpiryDaysAt the money IVCall open interestPut open interest
16 Oct 20261837.5%4,7012,172
20 Nov 20265342.2%2,6812,104
18 Dec 20268145.7%2,6091,617
19 Feb 202714443.1%554424

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

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Strike Table

On 28 Sep 2026, KEYS's largest open interest sits at the 360 strike, with 2,977 contracts across the captured expiries.

StrikeCall open interestPut open interestTotal
3602,7502272,977
29052,0862,091
3301,0795191,598
3501,1983161,514
3401,0933951,488
3105005001,000

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Since Yesterday

From 25 Sep 2026 to 28 Sep 2026, KEYS's at the money IV moved from 39.4 percent to 37.5 percent.

Figure25 Sep28 SepChange
At the money IV39.4%37.5%-1.9 points
Open interest, strikes captured near the price16,65116,862+211
Put/call ratio, open interest0.600.60+0.00

Open interest changes cannot identify buyers or sellers.

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Changed Hands

On 28 Sep 2026, 3,300 KEYS option contracts traded, 1.1 times its own recent average.

FigureValue
Calls traded2,708
Puts traded592
Against its recent average1.1 times
Busier than12 of its last 20 trading days
Open interest, whole chain18,225 contracts
Volume to open interest0.18
Unusual volume flagYes, 1 contract traded well above open interest
Largest flagged contractThe 340 call expiring 20 Nov, 1,407 traded against 576 open

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

DateCloseNet dollar gammaTop call strikeTop put strike
11 Aug 2026343.70$1.71 million350290
21 Sep 2026342.03$4.08 million350290
28 Sep 2026359.74$7.02 million360290

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 KEYS was neutral, paper trading.

FigureValue
SideNeutral at 45 trading days, no signal
Level above the close366.88, the swing high of 25 Sep 2026
Level below the close339.18, the swing low of 11 Sep 2026
Strategy familyIron condor (sell both sides, defined risk)
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 KEYS sat at the 22nd percentile of the model's 45 trading day ranking, paper trading.

TimeframePercentileSide
10 trading days87 of 100Bullish
20 trading days25 of 100Neutral
45 trading days22 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.

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Timeframe Agreement

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

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

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Signal History

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

Trading daySignal45 day percentile
25 Sep 2026None22 of 100
24 Sep 2026None22 of 100
23 Sep 2026None20 of 100
22 Sep 2026None34 of 100
21 Sep 2026None60 of 100
18 Sep 2026None43 of 100
17 Sep 2026None47 of 100
16 Sep 2026None55 of 100

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Sector Split

On 25 Sep 2026, 80 of 187 Information Technology names were bullish and 61 were bearish, paper trading.

SectorNamesBullishBearishNeutral
Information Technology187806146

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Price Chart

KEYS closed at 359.74 on 28 Sep 2026.

FigureValue
Last close359.74
Change over 5 trading days+5.2%
Change over 21 trading days+10.4%
Change over 63 trading days+5.8%
Change over 252 trading days+108.8%
52 week high374.96
52 week low158.79
20 day moving average334.05
50 day moving average330.34
200 day moving average299.33
RSI, 14 days64

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

KEYS reports next on 24 Nov 2026, a date confirmed by the company.

FigureValue
Next report24 Nov 2026
DateConfirmed by the company

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

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Public Filings

Company insiders reported 0 purchases and 1 sale of KEYS in the filings the desk holds.

FiledWhoTradeSize
23 Sep 2026Poole Lisa M., VP and ControllerSold200 shares, $69,602

Tracked fund managers listing KEYS among their top holdings: Third Point.

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, 33.0 percent of KEYS's reported volume at the covered venues was marked short.

FigureValue
Short sale share, 25 Sep33.0%
Five day average45.3%
52 week median42.3%

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 11 Septembers on record, KEYS's average change was plus 0.2 percent, and it rose in 63.6 percent of them.

MonthAverage changeMiddle changeShare of years upYears
September+0.2%+0.4%63.6%11
October+2.3%+4.6%72.7%11
November+7.1%+8.2%81.8%11

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 KEYS 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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Questions

What is KEYS's IV rank?
KEYS's IV rank is 75 of 100 on 28 Sep 2026.
What move are KEYS options pricing?
On 28 Sep 2026, KEYS options priced a move of 8.3 percent down and 8.6 percent up by 16 Oct 2026.
Where are KEYS's call wall and put wall?
On 28 Sep 2026, KEYS's call wall is the 360 strike and its put wall is the 290 strike.
What was the desk's latest view of KEYS on the Free plan?
On 25 Sep 2026 the desk's view of KEYS was neutral, paper trading.
When does KEYS report earnings next?
KEYS reports next on 24 Nov 2026, a date confirmed by the company.

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