Deere & Company (DE) 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.
Deere & Company (DE) operates in the Industrials sector, specifically the Agricultural - Machinery industry, with a market capitalization near $165.54B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 73,100 people, carrying a beta of 0.93 to the broader market. Deere & Company is a global manufacturer and distributor of a wide range of equipment. Led by John C. May, public since 1972-06-01.
Snapshot as of Jun 30, 2026.
- Spot Price
- $632.62
- Expected Move
- 9.4%
- Implied High
- $691.94
- Implied Low
- $573.30
- Front DTE
- 31 days
As of Jun 30, 2026, Deere & Company (DE) has an expected move of 9.38%, a one-standard-deviation implied price range of roughly $573.30 to $691.94 from the current $632.62. 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.
DE Strategy Sizing to the Expected Move
With Deere & Company pricing an expected move of 9.38% from $632.62, 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 DE 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 9.38%, anchoring an implied range of approximately $573.30 to $691.94. 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.
DE 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. DE term-structure is in backwardation (slope -0.012), so near-dated tenors price in disproportionate vol - usually because of a known event in the front-month window.
Sizing DE 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. DE put/call volume ratio currently at 0.52 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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Per-expiration expected move for DE derived from ATM implied volatility at each listed expiration. Implied high/low bounds are computed as $632.62 × (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 2026 | 2 | 39.0% | 2.9% | $650.88 | $614.36 |
| Jul 10, 2026 | 10 | 31.7% | 5.2% | $665.81 | $599.43 |
| Jul 17, 2026 | 17 | 32.1% | 6.9% | $676.45 | $588.79 |
| Jul 24, 2026 | 24 | 32.0% | 8.2% | $684.53 | $580.71 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 31 | 32.8% | 9.6% | $693.09 | $572.15 |
| Aug 7, 2026 | 38 | 31.6% | 10.2% | $697.12 | $568.12 |
| Aug 21, 2026 | 52 | 35.1% | 13.2% | $716.43 | $548.81 |
| Sep 18, 2026 | 80 | 33.9% | 15.9% | $733.02 | $532.22 |
| Dec 18, 2026 | 171 | 33.9% | 23.2% | $779.41 | $485.83 |
| Jan 15, 2027 | 199 | 33.4% | 24.7% | $788.64 | $476.60 |
| Feb 19, 2027 | 234 | 33.3% | 26.7% | $801.29 | $463.95 |
| Mar 19, 2027 | 262 | 33.5% | 28.4% | $812.17 | $453.07 |
| Jun 17, 2027 | 352 | 34.0% | 33.4% | $843.85 | $421.39 |
| Dec 17, 2027 | 535 | 34.3% | 41.5% | $895.32 | $369.92 |
| Jan 21, 2028 | 570 | 34.1% | 42.6% | $902.20 | $363.04 |
Frequently asked DE expected move questions
- What is the current DE expected move?
- As of Jun 30, 2026, Deere & Company (DE) has an expected move of 9.38% over the next 31 days, implying a one-standard-deviation price range of $573.30 to $691.94 from the current $632.62. The expected move is derived from at-the-money straddle pricing and represents the market consensus for a ±1σ price move.
- What does the DE 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 DE 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.