What is the current STIP expected move?

As of Oct 13, 2026, iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF (STIP) has an expected move of 114.62% over the next 38 days, implying a one-standard-deviation price range of $-14.64 to $214.88 from the current $100.12. The expected move is derived from at-the-money straddle pricing and represents the market consensus for a ±1σ price move.

What does the STIP 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 STIP 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.

iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF (STIP) 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.

iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF (STIP) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $15.81B, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 0.21 to the broader market. iShares Trust - iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF is an exchange traded fund launched by BlackRock, Inc. public since 2010-12-01.

Snapshot as of Oct 13, 2026.

Spot Price: $100.12
Expected Move: 114.6%
Implied High: $214.88
Implied Low: $-14.64
Front DTE: 38 days

As of Oct 13, 2026, iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF (STIP) has an expected move of 114.62%, a one-standard-deviation implied price range of roughly $-14.64 to $214.88 from the current $100.12. 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.

STIP Strategy Sizing to the Expected Move

With iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF pricing an expected move of 114.62% from $100.12, 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 STIP implied-range chart

The shaded range below 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 114.62%, anchoring an implied range of approximately $-14.64 to $214.88. 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.

STIP 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. STIP term-structure is in contango (slope 0.047), so longer-dated tenors price in proportionally more vol than √time scaling alone would suggest - typically because long-dated cycles include uncertain macro states. Combined with the 100.0% IV rank, the implied move is meaningfully wider than the typical STIP trailing range, so even premium-selling structures need wide wings to absorb the elevated regime.

Sizing STIP 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. STIP put/call volume ratio currently at 0.00 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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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 STIP derived from ATM implied volatility at each listed expiration. Implied high/low bounds are computed as $100.12 × (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
Oct 16, 2026	3	399.8%	36.2%	$136.41	$63.83
Nov 20, 2026	38	1.7%	0.5%	$100.67	$99.57
Feb 19, 2027	129	6.4%	3.8%	$103.93	$96.31
May 21, 2027	220	8.9%	6.9%	$107.04	$93.20

Frequently asked STIP expected move questions

What is the current STIP expected move?: As of Oct 13, 2026, iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF (STIP) has an expected move of 114.62% over the next 38 days, implying a one-standard-deviation price range of $-14.64 to $214.88 from the current $100.12. The expected move is derived from at-the-money straddle pricing and represents the market consensus for a ±1σ price move.
What does the STIP 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 STIP 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.