Franco-Nevada Corporation (FNV) 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.
Franco-Nevada Corporation (FNV) operates in the Basic Materials sector, specifically the Gold industry, with a market capitalization near $47.03B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 42 people, carrying a beta of 0.94 to the broader market. Franco-Nevada Corporation operates as a royalty and stream company focused on precious metals in South America, Central America, Mexico, the United States, Canada, Australia, Europe, and Africa. Led by Paul J. Brink, public since 2007-12-03.
Snapshot as of Oct 14, 2026.
- Spot Price
- $235.06
- Expected Move
- 10.8%
- Implied High
- $260.53
- Implied Low
- $209.59
- Front DTE
- 37 days
As of Oct 14, 2026, Franco-Nevada Corporation (FNV) has an expected move of 10.84%, a one-standard-deviation implied price range of roughly $209.59 to $260.53 from the current $235.06. 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.
FNV Strategy Sizing to the Expected Move
With Franco-Nevada Corporation pricing an expected move of 10.84% from $235.06, 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 FNV 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 10.84%, anchoring an implied range of approximately $209.59 to $260.53. 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.
FNV 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. FNV term-structure is in backwardation (slope -0.008), so near-dated tenors price in disproportionate vol - usually because of a known event in the front-month window.
Sizing FNV 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. FNV put/call volume ratio currently at 1.02 indicates balanced flow without strong directional skew. 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 FNV derived from ATM implied volatility at each listed expiration. Implied high/low bounds are computed as $235.06 × (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 | 2 | 45.4% | 3.4% | $242.96 | $227.16 |
| Nov 20, 2026 | 37 | 37.8% | 12.0% | $263.35 | $206.77 |
| Dec 18, 2026 | 65 | 37.0% | 15.6% | $271.76 | $198.36 |
| Jan 15, 2027 | 93 | 37.1% | 18.7% | $279.08 | $191.04 |
| Apr 16, 2027 | 184 | 37.2% | 26.4% | $297.14 | $172.98 |
Frequently asked FNV expected move questions
- What is the current FNV expected move?
- As of Oct 14, 2026, Franco-Nevada Corporation (FNV) has an expected move of 10.84% over the next 37 days, implying a one-standard-deviation price range of $209.59 to $260.53 from the current $235.06. The expected move is derived from at-the-money straddle pricing and represents the market consensus for a ±1σ price move.
- What does the FNV 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 FNV 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.