What is the current TYD expected move?

As of Sep 30, 2026, Direxion Daily 7-10 Year Treasury Bull 3X ETF (TYD) has an expected move of 7.02% over the next 16 days, implying a one-standard-deviation price range of $18.42 to $21.20 from the current $19.81. The expected move is derived from at-the-money straddle pricing and represents the market consensus for a ±1σ price move.

What does the TYD 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 TYD 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.

Direxion Daily 7-10 Year Treasury Bull 3X ETF (TYD) 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.

Direxion Daily 7-10 Year Treasury Bull 3X ETF (TYD) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Leveraged industry, with a market capitalization near $30.3M, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 3.48 to the broader market. Direxion's Daily 7-10 Year Treasury Bull & Bear 3X ETFs are designed to provide daily returns, before any fees or expenses, that are three times (300%) the performance of the ICE U. public since 2009-04-16.

Snapshot as of Sep 30, 2026.

Spot Price: $19.81
Expected Move: 7.0%
Implied High: $21.20
Implied Low: $18.42
Front DTE: 16 days

As of Sep 30, 2026, Direxion Daily 7-10 Year Treasury Bull 3X ETF (TYD) has an expected move of 7.02%, a one-standard-deviation implied price range of roughly $18.42 to $21.20 from the current $19.81. 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.

TYD Strategy Sizing to the Expected Move

With Direxion Daily 7-10 Year Treasury Bull 3X ETF pricing an expected move of 7.02% from $19.81, 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 TYD 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 7.02%, anchoring an implied range of approximately $18.42 to $21.20. 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.

TYD 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. TYD term-structure is in backwardation (slope -0.013), so near-dated tenors price in disproportionate vol - usually because of a known event in the front-month window. With IV rank at 5.0%, the implied move is at the low end of the typical TYD range - cheap optionality for buyers, thin premium for sellers.

Sizing TYD 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. TYD put/call volume ratio currently at 0.03 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 TYD derived from ATM implied volatility at each listed expiration. Implied high/low bounds are computed as $19.81 × (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	16	24.5%	5.1%	$20.83	$18.79
Nov 20, 2026	51	23.2%	8.7%	$21.53	$18.09
Feb 19, 2027	142	21.7%	13.5%	$22.49	$17.13
May 21, 2027	233	21.5%	17.2%	$23.21	$16.41

Frequently asked TYD expected move questions

What is the current TYD expected move?: As of Sep 30, 2026, Direxion Daily 7-10 Year Treasury Bull 3X ETF (TYD) has an expected move of 7.02% over the next 16 days, implying a one-standard-deviation price range of $18.42 to $21.20 from the current $19.81. The expected move is derived from at-the-money straddle pricing and represents the market consensus for a ±1σ price move.
What does the TYD 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 TYD 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.