Financials

MetLife Inc (MET) options and signal

Figures as of 28 Sep 2026

MET is MetLife Inc, 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	50 of 100	28 Sep
At the money IV	26.0%	28 Sep
Priced move to 16 Oct	6.6% down, 5.4% up	28 Sep
Call wall and put wall	100 and 90	28 Sep
Signal and the desk's view	No signal, view bearish	25 Sep
Last close	95.82	28 Sep
Next report	9 Nov 2026	28 Sep

Options Snapshot

MET's IV rank is 50 of 100 on 28 Sep 2026.

Figure	Value
IV rank	50 of 100
At the money IV	26.0%, near month, 18 days
Put/call ratio, open interest	1.31
Call open interest, strikes captured near the price	33,000 contracts
Put open interest, strikes captured near the price	43,100 contracts
Cost to trade at the money	Fair, 23.5% of the option's mid price

IV rank is where the at the money IV sits among MET'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, MET options priced a move of 6.6 percent down and 5.4 percent up by 16 Oct 2026.

Expiry	Days	Down	Up	Range
16 Oct 2026	18	6.6%	5.4%	89.51 to 101.03
20 Nov 2026	53	12.0%	10.3%	84.32 to 105.67
18 Dec 2026	81	13.5%	13.0%	82.92 to 108.32
15 Jan 2027	109	15.1%	15.4%	81.32 to 110.62
19 Mar 2027	172	20.1%	19.4%	76.52 to 114.42

The range is one standard deviation either side of the close of 95.82, 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, MET's call wall is the 100 strike and its put wall is the 90 strike.

Figure	Value
Call wall, most open call gamma	100
Put wall, most open put gamma	90
Flip strike, where net gamma changes sign	92.57
Net dollar gamma, calls minus puts	$405,455
Total dollar gamma, both sides	$14.19 million
Close	95.82

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, MET's at the money IV is 26.0 percent against 20 day realized volatility of 20.7 percent.

Figure	Value
At the money IV	26.0%
Realized volatility, 20 trading days	20.7%
Realized volatility, 60 trading days	19.8%
IV against its own weekly record	In the middle
Weekly readings on record	864, from 8 Jan 2010
Weeks the price moved more than the one week priced move	26.6% 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, MET's at the money IV runs from 26.0 percent at 18 days to 28.9 percent at 172 days.

Days to expiry	At the money IV
18	26.0%
53	29.7%
81	31.4%
109	29.7%
172	28.9%

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, MET's IV ten percent below the price sits 9.3 points above at the money IV.

Strike area	Implied volatility	Against at the money
10% below the price	38.9%	+9.3 points
At the money	29.7%	0.0 points
10% above the price	28.1%	-1.6 points

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Volatility Surface

On 28 Sep 2026, MET's surface spans 5 expiries out to 172 days, with IV from 25.6 to 68.3 percent near the price.

Figure	Value
Expiries captured	5
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	35
Lowest IV among them	25.6%
Highest IV among them	68.3%

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Expiry Ladder

On 28 Sep 2026, MET has 5 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	26.0%	2,547	3,213
20 Nov 2026	53	29.7%	4,036	6,065
18 Dec 2026	81	31.4%	8,823	5,683
15 Jan 2027	109	29.7%	14,234	25,403
19 Mar 2027	172	28.9%	3,404	2,777

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

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Strike Table

On 28 Sep 2026, MET's largest open interest sits at the 90 strike, with 8,495 contracts across the captured expiries.

Strike	Call open interest	Put open interest	Total
90	1,612	6,883	8,495
95	5,899	1,935	7,834
80	2,060	5,264	7,324
77.5	170	6,576	6,746
100	5,735	375	6,110
75	2,037	3,629	5,666

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, MET's at the money IV moved from 29.0 percent to 26.0 percent.

Figure	25 Sep	28 Sep	Change
At the money IV	29.0%	26.0%	-3.0 points
Open interest, strikes captured near the price	71,817	76,185	+4,368
Put/call ratio, open interest	1.21	1.31	+0.10

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, 8,427 MET option contracts traded, 2.4 times its own recent average.

Figure	Value
Calls traded	3,483
Puts traded	4,944
Against its recent average	2.4 times
Busier than	20 of its last 20 trading days
Open interest, whole chain	99,279 contracts
Volume to open interest	0.08
Unusual volume flag	Yes, 2 contracts traded well above open interest
Largest flagged contract	The 100 call expiring 16 Oct, 1,822 traded against 751 open

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

Date	Close	Net dollar gamma	Top call strike	Top put strike
11 Aug 2026	96.80	$6.08 million	95	77.5
21 Sep 2026	96.64	$1.28 million	100	90
28 Sep 2026	95.82	$405,455	100	90

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 MET was bearish, paper trading.

Figure	Value
Side	Bearish at 45 trading days, no signal
Level above the close	98.54, the swing high of 15 Sep 2026, a close past it runs against the view
Level below the close	95.39, the swing low of 16 Sep 2026
The chart	Sits against the view
Strategy family	Bear put spread (buy a put 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 MET sat at the 19th percentile of the model's 45 trading day ranking, paper trading.

Timeframe	Percentile	Side
10 trading days	38 of 100	Neutral
20 trading days	39 of 100	Neutral
45 trading days	19 of 100	Bearish

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 MET on the bearish side, paper trading.

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

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Signal History

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

Trading day	Signal	45 day percentile
25 Sep 2026	None	19 of 100
24 Sep 2026	None	23 of 100
23 Sep 2026	None	53 of 100
22 Sep 2026	None	65 of 100
21 Sep 2026	None	39 of 100
18 Sep 2026	None	34 of 100
17 Sep 2026	None	25 of 100
16 Sep 2026	None	45 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

MET closed at 95.82 on 28 Sep 2026.

Figure	Value
Last close	95.82
Change over 5 trading days	-0.8%
Change over 21 trading days	-0.4%
Change over 63 trading days	+11.4%
Change over 252 trading days	+19.4%
52 week high	100.93
52 week low	67.33
20 day moving average	96.80
50 day moving average	96.31
200 day moving average	83.49
RSI, 14 days	47

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

MET reports next on 9 Nov 2026, and options priced an earnings move of 8.5 percent through 20 Nov 2026.

Figure	Value
Next report	9 Nov 2026, after the close
Date	Confirmed by the company
Priced earnings move	8.5%, a straddle of $8.15 at the 95 strike, expiring 20 Nov 2026
Move after the report of 5 Aug 2026	+3.8%
Move after the report of 30 Apr 2026	+0.2%
Move after the report of 28 Jan 2026	+2.6%
Move after the report of 30 Apr 2025	+0.5%

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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Company Events

MET filed 1 current report in the 14 days to 28 Sep 2026, the latest on 24 Sep 2026.

Filed	Report	What it covers
24 Sep 2026	Current report	Regulation FD Disclosure

Filings as of 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Short Volume

On 25 Sep 2026, 68.4 percent of MET's reported volume at the covered venues was marked short.

Figure	Value
Short sale share, 25 Sep	68.4%
Five day average	56.5%
52 week median	52.0%

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, MET's average change was plus 0.9 percent, and it rose in 65.2 percent of them.

Month	Average change	Middle change	Share of years up	Years
September	+0.9%	+1.6%	65.2%	23
October	+0.3%	+0.8%	56.5%	23
November	+2.3%	+2.5%	69.6%	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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Headlines

The desk's news feeds carried 1 headline naming MET in the 3 days to 28 Sep 2026.

Figure	Value
Headlines in the window	1
Latest	28 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 MET's IV rank?: MET's IV rank is 50 of 100 on 28 Sep 2026.
What move are MET options pricing?: On 28 Sep 2026, MET options priced a move of 6.6 percent down and 5.4 percent up by 16 Oct 2026.
Where are MET's call wall and put wall?: On 28 Sep 2026, MET's call wall is the 100 strike and its put wall is the 90 strike.
What was the desk's latest view of MET on the Free plan?: On 25 Sep 2026 the desk's view of MET was bearish, paper trading.
When does MET report earnings next?: MET reports next on 9 Nov 2026, and options priced an earnings move of 8.5 percent through 20 Nov 2026.

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