Consumer Discretionary

Wingstop Inc. (WING) options and signal

Figures as of 28 Sep 2026

WING is Wingstop Inc., a Consumer Discretionary 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 rank97 of 10028 Sep
At the money IV66.5%28 Sep
Priced move to 16 Oct14.3% down, 13.7% up28 Sep
Call wall and put wall110 and 10028 Sep
Signal and the desk's viewNo signal, view bullish25 Sep
Last close101.8028 Sep
Next report3 Nov 202628 Sep

Options Snapshot

WING's IV rank is 97 of 100 on 28 Sep 2026.

FigureValue
IV rank97 of 100
At the money IV66.5%, near month, 18 days
Put/call ratio, open interest1.21
Call open interest, strikes captured near the price8,240 contracts
Put open interest, strikes captured near the price9,930 contracts
Cost to trade at the moneyFair, 30.0% of the option's mid price

IV rank is where the at the money IV sits among WING'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, WING options priced a move of 14.3 percent down and 13.7 percent up by 16 Oct 2026.

ExpiryDaysDownUpRange
16 Oct 20261814.3%13.7%87.20 to 115.70
20 Nov 20265328.0%26.5%73.30 to 128.80
18 Dec 20268133.0%34.1%68.20 to 136.50
15 Jan 202710936.3%37.3%64.80 to 139.80
19 Mar 202717245.0%47.8%56.00 to 150.50

The range is one standard deviation either side of the close of 101.80, 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, WING's call wall is the 110 strike and its put wall is the 100 strike.

FigureValue
Call wall, most open call gamma110
Put wall, most open put gamma100
Net dollar gamma, calls minus putsminus $320,385
Total dollar gamma, both sides$2.13 million
Close101.80

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 9 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, WING's at the money IV is 66.5 percent against 20 day realized volatility of 62.9 percent.

FigureValue
At the money IV66.5%
Realized volatility, 20 trading days62.9%
Realized volatility, 60 trading days59.4%
IV against its own weekly recordHigh, in the top fifth
Weekly readings on record564, from 26 Jun 2015
Weeks the price moved more than the one week priced move30.1% of 236 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, WING's at the money IV runs from 66.5 percent at 18 days to 68.9 percent at 172 days.

Days to expiryAt the money IV
1866.5%
5373.2%
8171.5%
10969.2%
17268.9%

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, WING's IV ten percent below the price sits 3.5 points above at the money IV.

Strike areaImplied volatilityAgainst at the money
10% below the price76.7%+3.5 points
At the money73.2%0.0 points
10% above the price75.0%+1.8 points

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Volatility Surface

On 28 Sep 2026, WING's surface spans 5 expiries out to 172 days, with IV from 59.0 to 75.8 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 more20
Lowest IV among them59.0%
Highest IV among them75.8%

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Expiry Ladder

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

ExpiryDaysAt the money IVCall open interestPut open interest
16 Oct 20261866.5%2,0582,992
20 Nov 20265373.2%1,6042,558
18 Dec 20268171.5%1,2491,455
15 Jan 202710969.2%2,0652,506
19 Mar 202717268.9%1,264417

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

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Strike Table

On 28 Sep 2026, WING's largest open interest sits at the 115 strike, with 1,926 contracts across the captured expiries.

StrikeCall open interestPut open interestTotal
1159699571,926
1108058781,683
1006189811,599
1207983381,136
801011,0051,106
1052807791,059

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Since Yesterday

From 25 Sep 2026 to 28 Sep 2026, WING's at the money IV moved from 63.9 percent to 66.5 percent.

Figure25 Sep28 SepChange
At the money IV63.9%66.5%+2.6 points
Open interest, strikes captured near the price17,61818,168+550
Put/call ratio, open interest1.231.20-0.03

Open interest changes cannot identify buyers or sellers.

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Changed Hands

On 28 Sep 2026, 2,972 WING option contracts traded, 1.0 times its own recent average.

FigureValue
Calls traded1,546
Puts traded1,426
Against its recent average1.0 times
Busier than2 of its last 20 trading days
Open interest, whole chain22,591 contracts
Volume to open interest0.13
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 WING's option positioning, from 11 Aug 2026 to 28 Sep 2026.

DateCloseNet dollar gammaTop call strikeTop put strike
11 Aug 2026111.36minus $1.3 million115130
21 Sep 2026107.33minus $323,859110115
28 Sep 2026101.80minus $320,385110100

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 WING was bullish, paper trading.

FigureValue
SideBullish at 45 trading days, no signal
Level above the close105.88, the swing high of 9 Sep 2026
Level below the close100.13, the swing low of 15 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 WING sat at the 83rd percentile of the model's 45 trading day ranking, paper trading.

TimeframePercentileSide
10 trading days70 of 100Neutral
20 trading days81 of 100Bullish
45 trading days83 of 100Bullish

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, 2 of 3 timeframes put WING on the bullish side, paper trading.

GroupTimeframesSideOn that side
Near10 day, 20 dayBullish1 of 2
Long45 dayBullish1 of 1

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Signal History

On 25 Sep 2026 WING had carried no signal for 6 trading days, paper trading.

Trading daySignal45 day percentile
25 Sep 2026None83 of 100
24 Sep 2026None62 of 100
23 Sep 2026None85 of 100
22 Sep 2026None51 of 100
21 Sep 2026None91 of 100
18 Sep 2026None80 of 100
17 Sep 2026Bullish97 of 100
16 Sep 2026None70 of 100

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Sector Split

On 25 Sep 2026, 27 of 106 Consumer Discretionary names were bullish and 33 were bearish, paper trading.

SectorNamesBullishBearishNeutral
Consumer Discretionary106273346

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Price Chart

WING closed at 101.80 on 28 Sep 2026.

FigureValue
Last close101.80
Change over 5 trading days-5.2%
Change over 21 trading days-7.4%
Change over 63 trading days-38.5%
Change over 252 trading days-59.2%
52 week high302.80
52 week low95.82
20 day moving average106.51
50 day moving average116.52
200 day moving average179.28
RSI, 14 days41

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

WING reports next on 3 Nov 2026, a date confirmed by the company.

FigureValue
Next report3 Nov 2026, before the open
DateConfirmed by the company
Move after the report of 29 Jul 2026+3.4%
Move after the report of 30 Apr 2026-2.0%
Move after the report of 28 Jan 2026-0.1%
Move after the report of 30 Apr 2025+14.5%

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

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Seasonality

In the 11 Septembers on record, WING's average change was minus 3.5 percent, and it rose in 45.5 percent of them.

MonthAverage changeMiddle changeShare of years upYears
September-3.5%-3.3%45.5%11
October-4.5%-4.4%36.4%11
November+9.0%+9.4%72.7%11

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 2 headlines naming WING in the 3 days to 28 Sep 2026.

FigureValue
Headlines in the window2
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 WING's IV rank?
WING's IV rank is 97 of 100 on 28 Sep 2026.
What move are WING options pricing?
On 28 Sep 2026, WING options priced a move of 14.3 percent down and 13.7 percent up by 16 Oct 2026.
Where are WING's call wall and put wall?
On 28 Sep 2026, WING's call wall is the 110 strike and its put wall is the 100 strike.
What was the desk's latest view of WING on the Free plan?
On 25 Sep 2026 the desk's view of WING was bullish, paper trading.
When does WING report earnings next?
WING reports next on 3 Nov 2026, a date confirmed by the company.

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