Consumer Staples

Constellation Brands Inc (STZ) options and signal

Figures as of 28 Sep 2026

STZ is Constellation Brands Inc, a Consumer Staples 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 rank91 of 10028 Sep
At the money IV39.0%28 Sep
Priced move to 30 Oct12.1% down, 12.4% up28 Sep
Call wall and put wall130 and 11528 Sep
Signal and the desk's viewNo signal, view neutral25 Sep
Last close112.9228 Sep
Next report6 Oct 202628 Sep

Options Snapshot

STZ's IV rank is 91 of 100 on 28 Sep 2026.

FigureValue
IV rank91 of 100
At the money IV39.0%, near month, 32 days
Put/call ratio, open interest1.27
Call open interest, strikes captured near the price20,500 contracts
Put open interest, strikes captured near the price26,000 contracts
Cost to trade at the moneyTight, 10.3% of the option's mid price

IV rank is where the at the money IV sits among STZ'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, STZ options priced a move of 12.1 percent down and 12.4 percent up by 30 Oct 2026.

ExpiryDaysDownUpRange
2 Oct 202644.1%3.8%108.28 to 117.18
9 Oct 2026118.7%8.5%103.11 to 122.49
23 Oct 20262510.6%11.0%100.92 to 125.32
30 Oct 20263212.1%12.4%99.22 to 126.92
20 Nov 20265313.5%12.3%97.72 to 126.82
18 Dec 20268115.9%15.0%94.92 to 129.82
19 Mar 202717221.7%22.3%88.42 to 138.12

The range is one standard deviation either side of the close of 112.92, 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, STZ's call wall is the 130 strike and its put wall is the 115 strike.

FigureValue
Call wall, most open call gamma130
Put wall, most open put gamma115
Net dollar gamma, calls minus putsminus $4.09 million
Total dollar gamma, both sides$9.66 million
Close112.92

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 6 strikes, so no single flip strike is named.

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, STZ's at the money IV is 39.0 percent against 20 day realized volatility of 25.7 percent.

FigureValue
At the money IV39.0%
Realized volatility, 20 trading days25.7%
Realized volatility, 60 trading days29.4%
IV against its own weekly recordHigh, in the top fifth
Weekly readings on record860, from 8 Jan 2010
Weeks the price moved more than the one week priced move28.6% of 252 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, STZ's at the money IV runs from 30.6 percent at 4 days to 31.8 percent at 172 days.

Days to expiryAt the money IV
430.6%
1148.5%
1839.6%
2541.2%
3944.5%
5333.9%
8132.4%
17231.8%

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

From the option chain at the close on 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Volatility Smile

On 28 Sep 2026, at the 32 day expiry, STZ's IV ten percent below the price sits 9.1 points above at the money IV.

Strike areaImplied volatilityAgainst at the money
10% below the price48.1%+9.1 points
At the money39.0%0.0 points
10% above the price49.3%+10.3 points

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Volatility Surface

On 28 Sep 2026, STZ's surface spans 10 expiries out to 172 days, with IV from 31.5 to 92.2 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 more92
Lowest IV among them31.5%
Highest IV among them92.2%

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Expiry Ladder

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

ExpiryDaysAt the money IVCall open interestPut open interest
2 Oct 2026430.6%4,1851,984
9 Oct 20261148.5%6681,228
16 Oct 20261839.6%2,8374,139
23 Oct 20262541.2%21577
30 Oct 20263239.0%94121
6 Nov 20263944.5%8911
20 Nov 20265333.9%9911,959
18 Dec 20268132.4%1,9065,487
15 Jan 202710933.6%5,1429,131
19 Mar 202717231.8%4,3761,836

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

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Strike Table

On 28 Sep 2026, STZ's largest open interest sits at the 130 strike, with 7,523 contracts across the captured expiries.

StrikeCall open interestPut open interestTotal
1303,9513,5727,523
1201,3672,8684,235
1351,6061,7413,347
1153822,5762,958
1401,3871,5412,928
1251,3511,5592,910

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Since Yesterday

From 25 Sep 2026 to 28 Sep 2026, STZ's at the money IV moved from 37.3 percent to 39.0 percent.

Figure25 Sep28 SepChange
At the money IV37.3%39.0%+1.8 points
Open interest, strikes captured near the price44,46446,476+2,012
Put/call ratio, open interest1.341.27-0.07

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, 8,358 STZ option contracts traded, 1.3 times its own recent average.

FigureValue
Calls traded5,660
Puts traded2,698
Against its recent average1.3 times
Busier than15 of its last 20 trading days
Open interest, whole chain71,500 contracts
Volume to open interest0.12
Unusual volume flagYes, 1 contract traded well above open interest
Largest flagged contractThe 120 call expiring 15 Jan, 1,318 traded against 201 open

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

DateCloseNet dollar gammaTop call strikeTop put strike
11 Aug 2026133.98$619,794140130
21 Sep 2026118.39minus $3.59 million130120
28 Sep 2026112.92minus $4.09 million130115

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 STZ was neutral, paper trading.

FigureValue
SideNeutral at 45 trading days, no signal
Level above the close120.25, the swing high of 9 Sep 2026
Level below the close111.92, the swing low of 28 Sep 2026
Strategy familyIron condor (sell both sides, defined risk)
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 STZ sat at the 30th percentile of the model's 45 trading day ranking, paper trading.

TimeframePercentileSide
10 trading days61 of 100Neutral
20 trading days36 of 100Neutral
45 trading days30 of 100Neutral

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 STZ'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 STZ had carried no signal for at least 18 trading days, paper trading.

Trading daySignal45 day percentile
25 Sep 2026None30 of 100
24 Sep 2026None28 of 100
23 Sep 2026None32 of 100
22 Sep 2026None49 of 100
21 Sep 2026None39 of 100
18 Sep 2026None52 of 100
17 Sep 2026None34 of 100
16 Sep 2026None18 of 100

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Sector Split

On 25 Sep 2026, 9 of 50 Consumer Staples names were bullish and 22 were bearish, paper trading.

SectorNamesBullishBearishNeutral
Consumer Staples5092219

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Price Chart

STZ closed at 112.92 on 28 Sep 2026.

FigureValue
Last close112.92
Change over 5 trading days-4.6%
Change over 21 trading days-14.1%
Change over 63 trading days-19.1%
Change over 252 trading days-14.9%
52 week high168.60
52 week low111.92
20 day moving average122.15
50 day moving average128.53
200 day moving average143.94
RSI, 14 days24

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

STZ reports next on 6 Oct 2026, a date confirmed by the company.

FigureValue
Next report6 Oct 2026, after the close
DateConfirmed by the company
Move after the report of 30 Jun 2026-1.6%
Move after the report of 8 Apr 2026+8.5%
Move after the report of 7 Jan 2026+5.3%
Move after the report of 6 Oct 2025+1.0%

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

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Company Events

STZ filed 1 current report in the 14 days to 28 Sep 2026, the latest on 18 Sep 2026.

FiledReportWhat it covers
18 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

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

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Public Filings

The filings the desk holds carry 1 recent trade in STZ shares.

FiledWhoTradeSize
4 Sep 2026. Gilbert Cisneros, member of CongressSold$1,001 to $15,000

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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Short Volume

On 25 Sep 2026, 42.4 percent of STZ's reported volume at the covered venues was marked short.

FigureValue
Short sale share, 25 Sep42.4%
Five day average41.7%
52 week median46.1%

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 34 Septembers on record, STZ's average change was minus 0.2 percent, and it rose in 58.8 percent of them.

MonthAverage changeMiddle changeShare of years upYears
September-0.2%+1.1%58.8%34
October+1.4%+2.9%61.8%34
November+1.7%+1.8%64.7%34

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 STZ in the 3 days to 28 Sep 2026.

FigureValue
Headlines in the window1
Latest27 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 STZ's IV rank?
STZ's IV rank is 91 of 100 on 28 Sep 2026.
What move are STZ options pricing?
On 28 Sep 2026, STZ options priced a move of 12.1 percent down and 12.4 percent up by 30 Oct 2026.
Where are STZ's call wall and put wall?
On 28 Sep 2026, STZ's call wall is the 130 strike and its put wall is the 115 strike.
What was the desk's latest view of STZ on the Free plan?
On 25 Sep 2026 the desk's view of STZ was neutral, paper trading.
When does STZ report earnings next?
STZ reports next on 6 Oct 2026, a date confirmed by the company.

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