Real Estate

Public Storage (PSA) options and signal

Figures as of 28 Sep 2026

PSA is Public Storage, a Real Estate 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 rank83 of 10028 Sep
At the money IV26.8%28 Sep
Priced move to 16 Oct6.0% down, 5.4% up28 Sep
Call wall and put wall310 and 27028 Sep
Signal and the desk's viewNo signal, view bullish25 Sep
Last close284.7928 Sep
Next report28 Oct 202628 Sep

Options Snapshot

PSA's IV rank is 83 of 100 on 28 Sep 2026.

FigureValue
IV rank83 of 100
At the money IV26.8%, near month, 18 days
Put/call ratio, open interest1.42
Call open interest, strikes captured near the price1,660 contracts
Put open interest, strikes captured near the price2,360 contracts
Cost to trade at the moneyFair, 35.4% of the option's mid price

IV rank is where the at the money IV sits among PSA'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, PSA options priced a move of 6.0 percent down and 5.4 percent up by 16 Oct 2026.

ExpiryDaysDownUpRange
16 Oct 2026186.0%5.4%267.79 to 300.29
20 Nov 2026539.6%10.3%257.49 to 314.09
18 Dec 20268112.9%11.9%248.19 to 318.59
19 Mar 202717217.5%17.2%234.89 to 333.79

The range is one standard deviation either side of the close of 284.79, 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, PSA's call wall is the 310 strike and its put wall is the 270 strike.

FigureValue
Call wall, most open call gamma310
Put wall, most open put gamma270
Flip strike, where net gamma changes sign294.84
Net dollar gamma, calls minus putsminus $836,934
Total dollar gamma, both sides$3.26 million
Close284.79

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, PSA's at the money IV is 26.8 percent against 20 day realized volatility of 19.5 percent.

FigureValue
At the money IV26.8%
Realized volatility, 20 trading days19.5%
Realized volatility, 60 trading days21.2%
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 move32.9% 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, PSA's at the money IV runs from 26.8 percent at 18 days to 23.7 percent at 172 days.

Days to expiryAt the money IV
1826.8%
5326.5%
8125.8%
17223.7%

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

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Volatility Smile

On 28 Sep 2026, at the 53 day expiry, PSA's IV ten percent below the price sits 1.0 points above at the money IV.

Strike areaImplied volatilityAgainst at the money
10% below the price27.5%+1.0 points
At the money26.5%0.0 points
10% above the price25.0%-1.5 points

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Volatility Surface

On 28 Sep 2026, PSA's surface spans 4 expiries out to 172 days, with IV from 21.0 to 52.8 percent near the price.

FigureValue
Expiries captured4
Nearest expiry16 Oct 2026, 18 days
Farthest expiry19 Mar 2027, 172 days
Points within 10% of the price, 7 days out or more24
Lowest IV among them21.0%
Highest IV among them52.8%

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Expiry Ladder

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

ExpiryDaysAt the money IVCall open interestPut open interest
16 Oct 20261826.8%592699
20 Nov 20265326.5%257433
18 Dec 20268125.8%473845
19 Mar 202717223.7%338385

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

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Strike Table

On 28 Sep 2026, PSA's largest open interest sits at the 270 strike, with 596 contracts across the captured expiries.

StrikeCall open interestPut open interestTotal
2702594596
2506496502
31047718495
300302157459
2809281290
2600281281

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Since Yesterday

From 25 Sep 2026 to 28 Sep 2026, PSA's at the money IV moved from 24.3 percent to 26.8 percent.

Figure25 Sep28 SepChange
At the money IV24.3%26.8%+2.5 points
Open interest, strikes captured near the price4,0834,022-61
Put/call ratio, open interest1.651.42-0.23

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, 489 PSA option contracts traded, 0.6 times its own recent average.

FigureValue
Calls traded283
Puts traded206
Against its recent average0.6 times
Busier than4 of its last 20 trading days
Open interest, whole chain4,467 contracts
Volume to open interest0.11
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 PSA's option positioning, from 11 Aug 2026 to 28 Sep 2026.

DateCloseNet dollar gammaTop call strikeTop put strike
11 Aug 2026325.10$2.25 million330320
21 Sep 2026296.67minus $71,398310290
28 Sep 2026284.79minus $836,934310270

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 PSA was bullish, paper trading.

FigureValue
SideBullish at 45 trading days, no signal
Level above the close290.84, the swing high of 15 Sep 2026
Level below the close283.09, the swing low of 28 Sep 2026, a close past it runs against the view
The chartSits against the view
Strategy familyCash-secured put (sell a put 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 PSA sat at the 71st percentile of the model's 45 trading day ranking, paper trading.

TimeframePercentileSide
10 trading days9 of 100Bearish
20 trading days9 of 100Bearish
45 trading days71 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 PSA's near timeframes were bearish and its long timeframe was neutral, paper trading.

GroupTimeframesSideOn that side
Near10 day, 20 dayBearish2 of 2
Long45 dayNeutral0 of 1

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Signal History

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

Trading daySignal45 day percentile
25 Sep 2026None71 of 100
24 Sep 2026None88 of 100
23 Sep 2026None85 of 100
22 Sep 2026None76 of 100
21 Sep 2026None64 of 100
18 Sep 2026None59 of 100
17 Sep 2026None67 of 100
16 Sep 2026None86 of 100

Paper trading. The model's figures from 25 Sep 2026, one trading day behind, as the Free plan shows them.

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Sector Split

On 25 Sep 2026, 11 of 41 Real Estate names were bullish and 17 were bearish, paper trading.

SectorNamesBullishBearishNeutral
Real Estate41111713

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Price Chart

PSA closed at 284.79 on 28 Sep 2026.

FigureValue
Last close284.79
Change over 5 trading days-4.0%
Change over 21 trading days-8.5%
Change over 63 trading days-12.2%
Change over 252 trading days+1.6%
52 week high335.55
52 week low256.54
20 day moving average296.02
50 day moving average311.84
200 day moving average299.42
RSI, 14 days31

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

PSA reports next on 28 Oct 2026, a date worked out from past quarters.

FigureValue
Next report28 Oct 2026, after the close
DateWorked out from past quarters
Move after the report of 29 Jul 2026-3.6%
Move after the report of 30 Apr 2026-0.3%
Move after the report of 28 Jan 2026+1.3%
Move after the report of 30 Apr 2025-0.1%

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

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Company Events

PSA filed 2 current reports in the 14 days to 28 Sep 2026, the latest on 16 Sep 2026.

FiledReportWhat it covers
16 Sep 2026Current reportEntry into a Material Definitive Agreement; Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant
14 Sep 2026Current reportRegulation FD Disclosure

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

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Short Volume

On 25 Sep 2026, 58.8 percent of PSA's reported volume at the covered venues was marked short.

FigureValue
Short sale share, 25 Sep58.8%
Five day average66.5%
52 week median67.1%

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, PSA's average change was minus 0.4 percent, and it rose in 39.1 percent of them.

MonthAverage changeMiddle changeShare of years upYears
September-0.4%-0.8%39.1%23
October+0.8%+2.0%56.5%23
November+0.9%+1.8%56.5%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 PSA in the 3 days to 28 Sep 2026.

FigureValue
Headlines in the window1
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 PSA's IV rank?
PSA's IV rank is 83 of 100 on 28 Sep 2026.
What move are PSA options pricing?
On 28 Sep 2026, PSA options priced a move of 6.0 percent down and 5.4 percent up by 16 Oct 2026.
Where are PSA's call wall and put wall?
On 28 Sep 2026, PSA's call wall is the 310 strike and its put wall is the 270 strike.
What was the desk's latest view of PSA on the Free plan?
On 25 Sep 2026 the desk's view of PSA was bullish, paper trading.
When does PSA report earnings next?
PSA reports next on 28 Oct 2026, a date worked out from past quarters.

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