Industrials

Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. (STRL) options and signal

Figures as of 28 Sep 2026

STRL is Sterling Infrastructure, Inc., an Industrials 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 rank35 of 10028 Sep
At the money IV60.0%28 Sep
Priced move to 16 Oct13.2% down, 13.0% up28 Sep
Call wall and put wall580 and 53028 Sep
Signal and the desk's viewNo signal, view neutral25 Sep
Last close498.3628 Sep
Next report2 Nov 202628 Sep

Options Snapshot

STRL's IV rank is 35 of 100 on 28 Sep 2026.

FigureValue
IV rank35 of 100
At the money IV60.0%, near month, 18 days
Put/call ratio, open interest1.23
Call open interest, strikes captured near the price4,190 contracts
Put open interest, strikes captured near the price5,160 contracts
Cost to trade at the moneyFair, 22.3% of the option's mid price

IV rank is where the at the money IV sits among STRL'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, STRL options priced a move of 13.2 percent down and 13.0 percent up by 16 Oct 2026.

ExpiryDaysDownUpRange
16 Oct 20261813.2%13.0%432.56 to 563.26
20 Nov 20265327.1%26.5%363.36 to 630.36
18 Dec 20268131.3%32.3%342.36 to 659.36
15 Jan 202710934.3%36.7%327.36 to 681.36
19 Mar 202717244.1%48.4%278.36 to 739.36

The range is one standard deviation either side of the close of 498.36, 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, STRL's call wall is the 580 strike and its put wall is the 530 strike.

FigureValue
Call wall, most open call gamma580
Put wall, most open put gamma530
Net dollar gamma, calls minus putsminus $485,604
Total dollar gamma, both sides$5.26 million
Close498.36

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 3 strikes, so no single flip strike is named.

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Volatility History

On 28 Sep 2026, STRL's at the money IV is 60.0 percent against 20 day realized volatility of 53.6 percent.

FigureValue
At the money IV60.0%
Realized volatility, 20 trading days53.6%
Realized volatility, 60 trading days79.9%
IV against its own weekly recordIn the middle
Weekly readings on record775, from 8 Jan 2010
Weeks the price moved more than the one week priced move22.2% of 234 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, STRL's at the money IV runs from 60.0 percent at 18 days to 67.3 percent at 172 days.

Days to expiryAt the money IV
1860.0%
5370.4%
8168.1%
10966.2%
17267.3%

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, STRL's IV ten percent below the price sits 0.9 points above at the money IV.

Strike areaImplied volatilityAgainst at the money
10% below the price71.3%+0.9 points
At the money70.4%0.0 points
10% above the price71.5%+1.1 points

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Volatility Surface

On 28 Sep 2026, STRL's surface spans 5 expiries out to 172 days, with IV from 58.4 to 72.3 percent near the price.

FigureValue
Expiries captured5
Nearest expiry16 Oct 2026, 18 days
Farthest expiry19 Mar 2027, 172 days
Points within 10% of the price, 7 days out or more44
Lowest IV among them58.4%
Highest IV among them72.3%

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Expiry Ladder

On 28 Sep 2026, STRL has 5 captured expiries, from 16 Oct 2026 to 19 Mar 2027.

ExpiryDaysAt the money IVCall open interestPut open interest
16 Oct 20261860.0%9942,053
20 Nov 20265370.4%66110
18 Dec 20268168.1%1,4122,025
15 Jan 202710966.2%504473
19 Mar 202717267.3%1,212501

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

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Strike Table

On 28 Sep 2026, STRL's largest open interest sits at the 500 strike, with 620 contracts across the captured expiries.

StrikeCall open interestPut open interestTotal
500388232620
400250354604
60042384507
37019464483
58036437401
41075306381

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Since Yesterday

From 25 Sep 2026 to 28 Sep 2026, STRL's at the money IV moved from 64.2 percent to 60.0 percent.

Figure25 Sep28 SepChange
At the money IV64.2%60.0%-4.2 points
Open interest, strikes captured near the price9,2419,350+109
Put/call ratio, open interest1.211.23+0.03

Open interest changes cannot identify buyers or sellers.

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Changed Hands

On 28 Sep 2026, 1,545 STRL option contracts traded, 1.0 times its own recent average.

FigureValue
Calls traded795
Puts traded750
Against its recent average1.0 times
Busier than4 of its last 20 trading days
Open interest, whole chain11,198 contracts
Volume to open interest0.14
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 STRL's option positioning, from 11 Aug 2026 to 28 Sep 2026.

DateCloseNet dollar gammaTop call strikeTop put strike
11 Aug 2026532.76minus $1.43 million600500
21 Sep 2026512.64minus $129,956580530
28 Sep 2026498.36minus $485,604580530

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 STRL was neutral, paper trading.

FigureValue
SideNeutral at 45 trading days, no signal
Level above the close516.95, the swing high of 11 Sep 2026
Level below the close485.00, the swing low of 24 Sep 2026
Strategy familyLong straddle (buy a call and a put at the same strike)
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 STRL sat at the 33rd percentile of the model's 45 trading day ranking, paper trading.

TimeframePercentileSide
10 trading days27 of 100Neutral
20 trading days25 of 100Neutral
45 trading days33 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 STRL's near timeframes were neutral and its long timeframe was neutral, paper trading.

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

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Signal History

On 25 Sep 2026 STRL had carried no signal for 8 trading days, paper trading.

Trading daySignal45 day percentile
25 Sep 2026None33 of 100
24 Sep 2026None45 of 100
23 Sep 2026None16 of 100
22 Sep 2026None6 of 100
21 Sep 2026None67 of 100
18 Sep 2026None58 of 100
17 Sep 2026None73 of 100
16 Sep 2026None25 of 100

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Sector Split

On 25 Sep 2026, 51 of 147 Industrials names were bullish and 37 were bearish, paper trading.

SectorNamesBullishBearishNeutral
Industrials147513759

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Price Chart

STRL closed at 498.36 on 28 Sep 2026.

FigureValue
Last close498.36
Change over 5 trading days-2.8%
Change over 21 trading days-1.6%
Change over 63 trading days-38.8%
Change over 252 trading days+47.3%
52 week high1,005.68
52 week low281.58
20 day moving average491.40
50 day moving average536.29
200 day moving average535.48
RSI, 14 days46

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

STRL reports next on 2 Nov 2026, a date confirmed by the company.

FigureValue
Next report2 Nov 2026, after the close
DateConfirmed by the company
Move after the report of 3 Aug 2026-11.4%
Move after the report of 4 May 2026+52.2%
Move after the report of 25 Feb 2026-4.8%
Move after the report of 3 Nov 2025-2.6%

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

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Public Filings

1 of the 10 fund managers the desk tracks list STRL among the top holdings of their latest quarterly report.

Fund manager
Renaissance Technologies

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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Seasonality

In the 27 Septembers on record, STRL's average change was plus 6.7 percent, and it rose in 59.3 percent of them.

MonthAverage changeMiddle changeShare of years upYears
September+6.7%+3.0%59.3%27
October+1.7%+3.8%53.6%28
November+4.9%+4.8%60.7%28

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 STRL 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 STRL's IV rank?
STRL's IV rank is 35 of 100 on 28 Sep 2026.
What move are STRL options pricing?
On 28 Sep 2026, STRL options priced a move of 13.2 percent down and 13.0 percent up by 16 Oct 2026.
Where are STRL's call wall and put wall?
On 28 Sep 2026, STRL's call wall is the 580 strike and its put wall is the 530 strike.
What was the desk's latest view of STRL on the Free plan?
On 25 Sep 2026 the desk's view of STRL was neutral, paper trading.
When does STRL report earnings next?
STRL reports next on 2 Nov 2026, a date confirmed by the company.

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