Energy

Cheniere Energy, Inc. (LNG) options and signal

Figures as of 28 Sep 2026

LNG is Cheniere Energy, Inc., an Energy 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 CardBear put spread, 20 Nov25 Sep
IV rank61 of 10028 Sep
At the money IV40.2%28 Sep
Priced move to 30 Oct11.1% down, 12.8% up28 Sep
Call wall and put wall280 and 26028 Sep
Signal and the desk's viewBearish signal, view bearish25 Sep
Last close269.6528 Sep
Next report29 Oct 202628 Sep

Trade Cards

On 25 Sep 2026 the Trade Card for LNG was a bear put spread expiring 20 Nov 2026, paper trading.

FigureValue
SignalBearish, over 20 trading days
StrategyBear put spread, debit
LegsBuy the 270 put, Sell the 250 put
Expiry20 Nov 2026, 56 days to expiry
LimitA debit of at most $7.95
Probability of profit39%, the option market's odds at expiry, from delta
Max loss$795 per contract
Max profit$1,205 per contract
Breakeven262.05
IV rank at that expiry48 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

LNG's IV rank is 61 of 100 on 28 Sep 2026.

FigureValue
IV rank61 of 100
At the money IV40.2%, near month, 32 days
Put/call ratio, open interest0.40
Call open interest, strikes captured near the price44,100 contracts
Put open interest, strikes captured near the price17,800 contracts
Cost to trade at the moneyFair, 24.2% of the option's mid price

IV rank is where the at the money IV sits among LNG'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, LNG options priced a move of 11.1 percent down and 12.8 percent up by 30 Oct 2026.

ExpiryDaysDownUpRange
2 Oct 202645.2%5.0%255.65 to 283.15
9 Oct 2026116.1%7.1%253.25 to 288.75
23 Oct 2026259.0%10.2%245.35 to 297.15
30 Oct 20263211.1%12.8%239.65 to 304.25
20 Nov 20265313.1%13.9%234.45 to 307.25
18 Dec 20268115.3%17.0%228.35 to 315.45
19 Mar 202717221.3%26.1%212.25 to 340.15

The range is one standard deviation either side of the close of 269.65, 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, LNG's call wall is the 280 strike and its put wall is the 260 strike.

FigureValue
Call wall, most open call gamma280
Put wall, most open put gamma260
Net dollar gamma, calls minus puts$17.12 million
Total dollar gamma, both sides$36.62 million
Close269.65

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.

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Volatility History

On 28 Sep 2026, LNG's at the money IV is 40.2 percent against 20 day realized volatility of 29.9 percent.

FigureValue
At the money IV40.2%
Realized volatility, 20 trading days29.9%
Realized volatility, 60 trading days31.4%
IV against its own weekly recordIn the middle
Weekly readings on record849, from 8 Jan 2010
Weeks the price moved more than the one week priced move25.4% of 236 weeks

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

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Volatility Weather

On 28 Sep 2026, LNG's at the money IV runs from 47.1 percent at 4 days to 34.5 percent at 172 days.

Days to expiryAt the money IV
447.1%
1142.9%
1839.2%
2538.0%
3938.8%
5335.9%
8135.3%
17234.5%

Near expiries price more volatility than far ones, an inverted term structure.

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Volatility Smile

On 28 Sep 2026, at the 32 day expiry, LNG's IV ten percent below the price sits 8.3 points above at the money IV.

Strike areaImplied volatilityAgainst at the money
10% below the price48.5%+8.3 points
At the money40.2%0.0 points
10% above the price43.2%+3.0 points

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Volatility Surface

On 28 Sep 2026, LNG's surface spans 10 expiries out to 172 days, with IV from 33.6 to 54.5 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 more87
Lowest IV among them33.6%
Highest IV among them54.5%

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Expiry Ladder

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

ExpiryDaysAt the money IVCall open interestPut open interest
2 Oct 2026447.1%3,426776
9 Oct 20261142.9%1,449161
16 Oct 20261839.2%9,5163,206
23 Oct 20262538.0%257157
30 Oct 20263240.2%23863
6 Nov 20263938.8%2610
20 Nov 20265335.9%4,0212,617
18 Dec 20268135.3%2,9491,425
15 Jan 202710934.8%20,3898,720
19 Mar 202717234.5%1,799691

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

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Strike Table

On 28 Sep 2026, LNG's largest open interest sits at the 260 strike, with 6,400 contracts across the captured expiries.

StrikeCall open interestPut open interestTotal
2604,0852,3156,400
2805,6604576,117
2404,1891,4615,650
2904,9675345,501
3004,6597535,412
3104,897104,907

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Since Yesterday

From 25 Sep 2026 to 28 Sep 2026, LNG's at the money IV moved from 37.3 percent to 40.2 percent.

Figure25 Sep28 SepChange
At the money IV37.3%40.2%+2.9 points
Open interest, strikes captured near the price61,31761,896+579
Put/call ratio, open interest0.400.40+0.01

Open interest changes cannot identify buyers or sellers.

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Changed Hands

On 28 Sep 2026, 5,473 LNG option contracts traded, 0.8 times its own recent average.

FigureValue
Calls traded4,209
Puts traded1,264
Against its recent average0.8 times
Busier than4 of its last 20 trading days
Open interest, whole chain72,182 contracts
Volume to open interest0.08
Unusual volume flagNo

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

DateCloseNet dollar gammaTop call strikeTop put strike
11 Aug 2026265.43$22.96 million280250
21 Sep 2026274.98$10.75 million280260
28 Sep 2026269.65$17.12 million280260

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 LNG was bearish, paper trading.

FigureValue
SideBearish at 20 trading days, signal on
Level above the close274.48, the swing high of 8 Sep 2026, a close past it runs against the view
Level below the close264.36, the swing low of 17 Sep 2026
The chartSits against the view
Strategy familyBear put spread (buy a put spread)
Price targetNone. The desk has no price model.

The levels are prices the shares turned at on the chart, with the date of each.

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Rank by Timeframe

On 25 Sep 2026 LNG sat at the 1st percentile of the model's 45 trading day ranking, paper trading.

TimeframePercentileSide
10 trading days2 of 100Bearish
20 trading days1 of 100Bearish
45 trading days1 of 100Bearish

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, 3 of 3 timeframes put LNG on the bearish side, paper trading.

GroupTimeframesSideOn that side
Near10 day, 20 dayBearish2 of 2
Long45 dayBearish1 of 1

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Signal History

On 25 Sep 2026 LNG's bearish signal had held 2 trading days in a row, paper trading.

Trading daySignal45 day percentile
25 Sep 2026Bearish1 of 100
24 Sep 2026Bearish3 of 100
23 Sep 2026None5 of 100
22 Sep 2026None7 of 100
21 Sep 2026Bearish1 of 100
18 Sep 2026Bearish4 of 100
17 Sep 2026Bearish3 of 100
16 Sep 2026Bearish4 of 100

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Sector Split

On 25 Sep 2026, 17 of 56 Energy names were bullish and 33 were bearish, paper trading.

SectorNamesBullishBearishNeutral
Energy5617336

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Price Chart

LNG closed at 269.65 on 28 Sep 2026.

FigureValue
Last close269.65
Change over 5 trading days-1.9%
Change over 21 trading days-4.0%
Change over 63 trading days+10.5%
Change over 252 trading days+13.5%
52 week high300.89
52 week low186.20
20 day moving average277.99
50 day moving average271.85
200 day moving average245.31
RSI, 14 days45

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

LNG reports next on 29 Oct 2026, a date worked out from past quarters.

FigureValue
Next report29 Oct 2026, before the open
DateWorked out from past quarters
Move after the report of 6 Aug 2026+4.3%
Move after the report of 30 Apr 2026-1.8%
Move after the report of 28 Jan 2026+2.4%
Move after the report of 8 May 2025-0.6%

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

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Seasonality

In the 23 Septembers on record, LNG's average change was minus 0.9 percent, and it rose in 65.2 percent of them.

MonthAverage changeMiddle changeShare of years upYears
September-0.9%+3.6%65.2%23
October+9.5%+3.5%65.2%23
November+8.1%-0.5%47.8%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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The Desk Analyst

The Free plan shows the first paragraph of The Desk Analyst's column on LNG for 25 Sep 2026, quoted below.

The close is 268.54, which is 9.6% above the 200-day simple moving average of 244.95.

The price is below the 5-day average of 273.27, the 20-day average of 278.63, and the 50-day average of 271.71.

It remains above the 100-day average of 257.23.

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Questions

What is LNG's IV rank?
LNG's IV rank is 61 of 100 on 28 Sep 2026.
What move are LNG options pricing?
On 28 Sep 2026, LNG options priced a move of 11.1 percent down and 12.8 percent up by 30 Oct 2026.
Where are LNG's call wall and put wall?
On 28 Sep 2026, LNG's call wall is the 280 strike and its put wall is the 260 strike.
What was the latest Trade Card for LNG on the Free plan?
On 25 Sep 2026 the Trade Card for LNG was a bear put spread expiring 20 Nov 2026, paper trading.
When does LNG report earnings next?
LNG reports next on 29 Oct 2026, a date worked out from past quarters.

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