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 $566.2M, 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 Aug 14, 2026.
- Spot Price
- $20.74
- Expected Move
- 22.0%
- Implied High
- $25.30
- Implied Low
- $16.18
- Front DTE
- 28 days
As of Aug 14, 2026, T-REX 2X Long NVIDIA Daily Target ETF (NVDX) has an expected move of 21.98%, a one-standard-deviation implied price range of roughly $16.18 to $25.30 from the current $20.74. 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 21.98% from $20.74, 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 21.98%, anchoring an implied range of approximately $16.18 to $25.30. 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 backwardation (slope -0.025), so near-dated tenors price in disproportionate vol - usually because of a known event in the front-month window. With IV rank at 29.0%, 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 1.39 indicates protective put flow dominates - look for hedged-money positioning into the move. 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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Per-expiration expected move for NVDX derived from ATM implied volatility at each listed expiration. Implied high/low bounds are computed as $20.74 × (1 ± expected move %). One standard-deviation range under lognormal assumptions, roughly 68% of outcomes fall inside.
| Expiration | DTE | ATM IV | Expected Move | Implied High | Implied Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2026 | 7 | 58.8% | 8.1% | $22.43 | $19.05 |
| Aug 28, 2026 | 14 | 84.0% | 16.5% | $24.15 | $17.33 |
| Sep 4, 2026 | 21 | 79.9% | 19.2% | $24.71 | $16.77 |
| Sep 11, 2026 | 28 | 77.5% | 21.5% | $25.19 | $16.29 |
| Sep 18, 2026 | 35 | 75.0% | 23.2% | $25.56 | $15.92 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | 42 | 75.8% | 25.7% | $26.07 | $15.41 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 49 | 75.3% | 27.6% | $26.46 | $15.02 |
| Dec 18, 2026 | 126 | 77.5% | 45.5% | $30.18 | $11.30 |
| Jan 15, 2027 | 154 | 78.2% | 50.8% | $31.27 | $10.21 |
| Mar 19, 2027 | 217 | 79.7% | 61.5% | $33.49 | $7.99 |
| Jan 21, 2028 | 525 | 81.4% | 97.6% | $40.99 | $0.49 |
Frequently asked NVDX expected move questions
- What is the current NVDX expected move?
- As of Aug 14, 2026, T-REX 2X Long NVIDIA Daily Target ETF (NVDX) has an expected move of 21.98% over the next 28 days, implying a one-standard-deviation price range of $16.18 to $25.30 from the current $20.74. 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.