Financials

Loews Corp (L) options and signal

Figures as of 28 Sep 2026

L is Loews Corp, 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	38 of 100	28 Sep
At the money IV	20.7%	28 Sep
Priced move to 16 Oct	4.6% down, 5.5% up	28 Sep
Call wall and put wall	110 and 100	28 Sep
Signal and the desk's view	No signal, view bullish	25 Sep
Last close	104.95	28 Sep
Next report	2 Nov 2026	28 Sep

Options Snapshot

L's IV rank is 38 of 100 on 28 Sep 2026.

Figure	Value
IV rank	38 of 100
At the money IV	20.7%, near month, 18 days
Put/call ratio, open interest	0.43
Call open interest, strikes captured near the price	768 contracts
Put open interest, strikes captured near the price	329 contracts
Cost to trade at the money	Wide, 46.9% of the option's mid price

IV rank is where the at the money IV sits among L'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, L options priced a move of 4.6 percent down and 5.5 percent up by 16 Oct 2026.

Expiry	Days	Down	Up	Range
16 Oct 2026	18	4.6%	5.5%	100.13 to 110.75
20 Nov 2026	53	9.0%	9.9%	95.50 to 115.35
18 Dec 2026	81	14.8%	11.1%	89.45 to 116.55
19 Mar 2027	172	15.8%	17.2%	88.35 to 122.95

The range is one standard deviation either side of the close of 104.95, 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, L's call wall is the 110 strike and its put wall is the 100 strike.

Figure	Value
Call wall, most open call gamma	110
Put wall, most open put gamma	100
Flip strike, where net gamma changes sign	103.74
Net dollar gamma, calls minus puts	$215,764
Total dollar gamma, both sides	$394,536
Close	104.95

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, L's at the money IV is 20.7 percent against 20 day realized volatility of 9.4 percent.

Figure	Value
At the money IV	20.7%
Realized volatility, 20 trading days	9.4%
Realized volatility, 60 trading days	12.6%
IV against its own weekly record	In the middle
Weekly readings on record	727, from 8 Jan 2010
Weeks the price moved more than the one week priced move	19.7% of 229 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, L's at the money IV runs from 20.7 percent at 18 days to 24.0 percent at 172 days.

Days to expiry	At the money IV
18	20.7%
53	26.1%
81	27.4%
172	24.0%

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

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Volatility Surface

On 28 Sep 2026, L's surface spans 4 expiries out to 172 days, with IV from 20.7 to 42.5 percent near the price.

Figure	Value
Expiries captured	4
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	17
Lowest IV among them	20.7%
Highest IV among them	42.5%

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Expiry Ladder

On 28 Sep 2026, L has 4 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	20.7%	421	24
20 Nov 2026	53	26.1%	5	10
18 Dec 2026	81	27.4%	146	82
19 Mar 2027	172	24.0%	196	213

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

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Strike Table

On 28 Sep 2026, L's largest open interest sits at the 110 strike, with 461 contracts across the captured expiries.

Strike	Call open interest	Put open interest	Total
110	414	47	461
120	201	0	201
100	5	174	179
115	77	2	79
95	0	68	68
105	30	14	44

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Since Yesterday

From 25 Sep 2026 to 28 Sep 2026, L's at the money IV moved from 23.8 percent to 20.7 percent.

Figure	25 Sep	28 Sep	Change
At the money IV	23.8%	20.7%	-3.2 points
Open interest, strikes captured near the price	1,096	1,097	+1
Put/call ratio, open interest	0.43	0.43	-0.00

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, 183 L option contracts traded, 0.2 times its own recent average.

Figure	Value
Calls traded	101
Puts traded	82
Against its recent average	0.2 times
Open interest, whole chain	1,119 contracts
Volume to open interest	0.16
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 5 trading days of L's option positioning, from 22 Sep 2026 to 28 Sep 2026.

Date	Close	Net dollar gamma	Top call strike	Top put strike
22 Sep 2026	105.91	minus $18,514	110	105
28 Sep 2026	104.95	$215,764	110	100

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 L was bullish, paper trading.

Figure	Value
Side	Bullish at 45 trading days, no signal
Level above the close	107.41, the swing high of 8 Sep 2026
Level below the close	103.92, the swing low of 25 Sep 2026, a close past it runs against the view
The chart	Sits against the view
Strategy family	Bull call spread (buy a call spread)
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 L sat at the 98th percentile of the model's 45 trading day ranking, paper trading.

Timeframe	Percentile	Side
10 trading days	80 of 100	Neutral
20 trading days	52 of 100	Neutral
45 trading days	98 of 100	Bullish

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 L on the bullish side, paper trading.

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

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Signal History

On 25 Sep 2026 L had carried no signal for at least 5 trading days, paper trading.

Trading day	Signal	45 day percentile
25 Sep 2026	None	98 of 100
24 Sep 2026	None	46 of 100
23 Sep 2026	None	30 of 100
22 Sep 2026	None	46 of 100
21 Sep 2026	None	91 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

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Price Chart

L closed at 104.95 on 28 Sep 2026.

Figure	Value
Last close	104.95
Change over 5 trading days	-1.7%
Change over 21 trading days	-4.4%
Change over 63 trading days	-7.7%
Change over 252 trading days	+6.0%
52 week high	121.01
52 week low	97.38
20 day moving average	107.80
50 day moving average	111.54
200 day moving average	108.97
RSI, 14 days	26

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

L reports next on 2 Nov 2026, a date worked out from past quarters.

Figure	Value
Next report	2 Nov 2026, before the open
Date	Worked out from past quarters

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

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Short Volume

On 25 Sep 2026, 54.1 percent of L's reported volume at the covered venues was marked short.

Figure	Value
Short sale share, 25 Sep	54.1%
Five day average	31.8%
52 week median	58.8%

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, L's average change was minus 0.3 percent, and it rose in 47.8 percent of them.

Month	Average change	Middle change	Share of years up	Years
September	-0.3%	-0.2%	47.8%	23
October	+1.7%	+2.4%	69.6%	23
November	+2.3%	+2.6%	60.9%	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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Questions

What is L's IV rank?: L's IV rank is 38 of 100 on 28 Sep 2026.
What move are L options pricing?: On 28 Sep 2026, L options priced a move of 4.6 percent down and 5.5 percent up by 16 Oct 2026.
Where are L's call wall and put wall?: On 28 Sep 2026, L's call wall is the 110 strike and its put wall is the 100 strike.
What was the desk's latest view of L on the Free plan?: On 25 Sep 2026 the desk's view of L was bullish, paper trading.
When does L report earnings next?: L reports next on 2 Nov 2026, a date worked out from past quarters.

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