T-REX 2X Long NVIDIA Daily Target ETF (NVDX) Expected Move

Expected move estimates the probable price range for a given period based on at-the-money options pricing. It reflects the market consensus for volatility over the selected timeframe.

T-REX 2X Long NVIDIA Daily Target ETF (NVDX) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Leveraged industry, with a market capitalization near $568.4M, listed on CBOE, carrying a beta of 4.18 to the broader market. Under typical market conditions, this fund primarily allocates at least 80% of its net assets to swap agreements. public since 2023-10-19.

Snapshot as of Sep 30, 2026.

Spot Price
$21.02
Expected Move
17.7%
Implied High
$24.74
Implied Low
$17.30
Front DTE
30 days

As of Sep 30, 2026, T-REX 2X Long NVIDIA Daily Target ETF (NVDX) has an expected move of 17.72%, a one-standard-deviation implied price range of roughly $17.30 to $24.74 from the current $21.02. Expected move is derived from at-the-money straddle pricing and represents the market's pricing of a ±1σ move. Roughly 68% of outcomes should fall within this range under lognormal assumptions, though empirical markets have fatter tails.

NVDX Strategy Sizing to the Expected Move

With T-REX 2X Long NVIDIA Daily Target ETF pricing an expected move of 17.72% from $21.02, risk-defined strategies sized to the implied range structurally target the modal outcome distribution. Iron condors with wings at the ±1σ expected move boundaries collect premium against the ~68% probability that spot stays inside the range under lognormal assumptions; strangles set wider at ±1.5σ or ±2σ target the tails but pay smaller per-trade premium. Long-vol structures (long straddles, ratio backspreads) profit when realized move exceeds the implied move, the inverse trade: they bet against the lognormal assumption itself, capitalizing on the empirically fatter equity-return tails.

How to read the NVDX implied-range chart

The shaded range above shows the one-standard-deviation implied price band at each listed expiration, derived from ATM implied volatility scaled to days-to-expiration. The front-tenor expected move is 17.72%, anchoring an implied range of approximately $17.30 to $24.74. Under lognormal assumptions, roughly 68% of outcomes fall inside that band; 95% fall inside ±2σ; 99.7% inside ±3σ. The empirical equity-return distribution has fatter tails than lognormal, so true tail-outcome frequency is moderately higher than these closed-form numbers suggest.

NVDX expected move and event pricing

Expected move widens with √time: a 5% 30-day move corresponds to roughly a 2.5% 7.5-day move and a 10% 120-day move. NVDX term-structure is in contango (slope 0.003), so longer-dated tenors price in proportionally more vol than √time scaling alone would suggest - typically because long-dated cycles include uncertain macro states. With IV rank at 3.9%, the implied move is at the low end of the typical NVDX range - cheap optionality for buyers, thin premium for sellers.

Sizing NVDX structures to the expected move

Iron condors with wings at ±1σ collect the modal-outcome premium; ±1.5σ widens probability of inside-range to ~87% but cuts collected premium roughly in half. Strangles do the inverse trade - they pay against the same lognormal distribution, profiting when realized exceeds implied. Calendar spreads bet on the slope of the term structure rather than the level. NVDX put/call volume ratio currently at 0.42 indicates speculative call flow dominates - look for upside-skewed sentiment. The expected move is the inputs the chain is pricing, not a forecast - realized moves above or below are normal under any distribution.

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NVDX one-standard-deviation implied price range by days-to-expiration, with current spot marked as the midpointNVDX Implied Price Range by Expiration$0$10$20$30$40100d200d300d400d500d600d700d800dDays to ExpirationImplied Price Range ($)
Shaded band shows the ±1σ implied price range (~68% probability under lognormal assumptions) at each expiration; the center line marks current spot. Bands widen with longer DTE since volatility scales with √time.

Per-expiration expected move for NVDX derived from ATM implied volatility at each listed expiration. Implied high/low bounds are computed as $21.02 × (1 ± expected move %). One standard-deviation range under lognormal assumptions, roughly 68% of outcomes fall inside.

ExpirationDTEATM IVExpected MoveImplied HighImplied Low
Oct 2, 2026266.9%5.0%$22.06$19.98
Oct 9, 2026959.1%9.3%$22.97$19.07
Oct 16, 20261659.6%12.5%$23.64$18.40
Oct 23, 20262361.1%15.3%$24.24$17.80
Oct 30, 20263061.8%17.7%$24.74$17.30
Nov 6, 20263762.1%19.8%$25.18$16.86
Nov 20, 20265168.9%25.8%$26.43$15.61
Dec 18, 20267969.4%32.3%$27.81$14.23
Jan 15, 202710769.3%37.5%$28.91$13.13
Mar 19, 202717071.4%48.7%$31.26$10.78
Jan 21, 202847873.1%83.7%$38.60$3.44
Jan 19, 202984276.5%116.2%$45.44$-3.40

Frequently asked NVDX expected move questions

What is the current NVDX expected move?
As of Sep 30, 2026, T-REX 2X Long NVIDIA Daily Target ETF (NVDX) has an expected move of 17.72% over the next 30 days, implying a one-standard-deviation price range of $17.30 to $24.74 from the current $21.02. The expected move is derived from at-the-money straddle pricing and represents the market consensus for a ±1σ price move.
What does the NVDX expected move mean for traders?
Roughly 68% of outcomes should fall within ±1 expected move and 95% within ±2 under lognormal assumptions, though equity returns have empirically fatter tails than log-normal predicts. Strategies sized to the expected move (iron condors at ±1σ, strangles at ±1.5σ) target the typical outcome distribution; strategies that profit from tail moves (long-vol structures, ratio backspreads) target the tails the lognormal model under-prices.
How is NVDX expected move calculated?
The expected move displayed here is derived from at-the-money implied volatility scaled to the chosen tenor: expected move % is approximately ATM IV times sqrt(T / 365), where T is days to expiration. An equivalent straddle-based form: the ATM straddle (call + put at the same strike) is roughly sqrt(2/pi) times spot times IV times sqrt(T/365), so the implied one-standard-deviation move is approximately 1.25 times ATM straddle divided by spot. The two formulations agree once the sqrt(2/pi) constant is reconciled.