Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. (DJT) 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.
Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. (DJT) operates in the Communication Services sector, specifically the Internet Content & Information industry, with a market capitalization near $2.29B, listed on NASDAQ, employing roughly 31 people, carrying a beta of 4.11 to the broader market. Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. Led by Devin G. Nunes, public since 1970-01-02.
Snapshot as of Aug 14, 2026.
- Spot Price
- $8.30
- Expected Move
- 18.6%
- Implied High
- $9.85
- Implied Low
- $6.75
- Front DTE
- 28 days
As of Aug 14, 2026, Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. (DJT) has an expected move of 18.62%, a one-standard-deviation implied price range of roughly $6.75 to $9.85 from the current $8.30. 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.
DJT Strategy Sizing to the Expected Move
With Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. pricing an expected move of 18.62% from $8.30, 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 DJT 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 18.62%, anchoring an implied range of approximately $6.75 to $9.85. 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.
DJT 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. DJT term-structure is in contango (slope 0.025), so longer-dated tenors price in proportionally more vol than √time scaling alone would suggest - typically because long-dated cycles include uncertain macro states.
Sizing DJT 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. DJT put/call volume ratio currently at 0.44 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 DJT derived from ATM implied volatility at each listed expiration. Implied high/low bounds are computed as $8.30 × (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 | 65.6% | 9.1% | $9.05 | $7.55 |
| Aug 28, 2026 | 14 | 64.9% | 12.7% | $9.35 | $7.25 |
| Sep 4, 2026 | 21 | 64.7% | 15.5% | $9.59 | $7.01 |
| Sep 11, 2026 | 28 | 64.1% | 17.8% | $9.77 | $6.83 |
| Sep 18, 2026 | 35 | 66.6% | 20.6% | $10.01 | $6.59 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | 42 | 68.1% | 23.1% | $10.22 | $6.38 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 49 | 79.4% | 29.1% | $10.71 | $5.89 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | 63 | 72.0% | 29.9% | $10.78 | $5.82 |
| Nov 20, 2026 | 98 | 83.7% | 43.4% | $11.90 | $4.70 |
| Dec 18, 2026 | 126 | 83.7% | 49.2% | $12.38 | $4.22 |
| Jan 15, 2027 | 154 | 84.8% | 55.1% | $12.87 | $3.73 |
| Mar 19, 2027 | 217 | 87.6% | 67.5% | $13.91 | $2.69 |
| Jan 21, 2028 | 525 | 85.6% | 102.7% | $16.82 | $-0.22 |
Frequently asked DJT expected move questions
- What is the current DJT expected move?
- As of Aug 14, 2026, Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. (DJT) has an expected move of 18.62% over the next 28 days, implying a one-standard-deviation price range of $6.75 to $9.85 from the current $8.30. The expected move is derived from at-the-money straddle pricing and represents the market consensus for a ±1σ price move.
- What does the DJT 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 DJT 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.