Roundhill Investments - Ether Covered Call Strategy ETF (YETH) 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.

Roundhill Investments - Ether Covered Call Strategy ETF (YETH) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $98.0M, listed on CBOE, carrying a beta of 1.40 to the broader market. The Roundhill Ether Covered Call Strategy ETF (“YETH”) seeks to offer exposure to ether*, subject to a cap, while providing the potential for current income. public since 2024-09-09.

Snapshot as of May 15, 2026.

Spot Price
$11.45
Expected Move
110.7%
Implied High
$24.13
Implied Low
$-1.23
Front DTE
34 days

As of May 15, 2026, Roundhill Investments - Ether Covered Call Strategy ETF (YETH) has an expected move of 110.75%, a one-standard-deviation implied price range of roughly $-1.23 to $24.13 from the current $11.45. 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.

YETH Strategy Sizing to the Expected Move

With Roundhill Investments - Ether Covered Call Strategy ETF pricing an expected move of 110.75% from $11.45, 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.

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Per-expiration expected move for YETH derived from ATM implied volatility at each listed expiration. Implied high/low bounds are computed as $11.45 × (1 ± expected move %). One standard-deviation range under lognormal assumptions, roughly 68% of outcomes fall inside.

ExpirationDTEATM IVExpected MoveImplied HighImplied Low
Jun 18, 202634386.3%117.9%$24.95$-2.05
Jul 17, 20266383.1%34.5%$15.40$7.50
Sep 18, 202612669.3%40.7%$16.11$6.79
Dec 18, 2026217115.5%89.1%$21.65$1.25

Frequently asked YETH expected move questions

What is the current YETH expected move?
As of May 15, 2026, Roundhill Investments - Ether Covered Call Strategy ETF (YETH) has an expected move of 110.75% over the next 34 days, implying a one-standard-deviation price range of $-1.23 to $24.13 from the current $11.45. The expected move is derived from at-the-money straddle pricing and represents the market consensus for a ±1σ price move.
What does the YETH 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 YETH 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.