WM Technology, Inc. (MAPS) 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.
WM Technology, Inc. (MAPS) operates in the Technology sector, specifically the Software - Application industry, with a market capitalization near $67.5M, listed on NASDAQ, employing roughly 440 people, carrying a beta of 0.79 to the broader market. WM Technology, Inc. Led by Douglas Francis, public since 2019-10-01.
Snapshot as of May 29, 2026.
- Spot Price
- $2.50
- Expected Move
- 7.5%
- Implied High
- $2.69
- Implied Low
- $2.31
- Front DTE
- 49 days
As of May 29, 2026, WM Technology, Inc. (MAPS) has an expected move of 7.48%, a one-standard-deviation implied price range of roughly $2.31 to $2.69 from the current $2.50. 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.
MAPS Strategy Sizing to the Expected Move
With WM Technology, Inc. pricing an expected move of 7.48% from $2.50, 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 MAPS 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 7.48%, anchoring an implied range of approximately $2.31 to $2.69. 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.
MAPS 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. MAPS term-structure is in contango (slope 0.009), so longer-dated tenors price in proportionally more vol than √time scaling alone would suggest - typically because long-dated cycles include uncertain macro states. With IV rank at 0.7%, the implied move is at the low end of the typical MAPS range - cheap optionality for buyers, thin premium for sellers.
Sizing MAPS 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. 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 MAPS derived from ATM implied volatility at each listed expiration. Implied high/low bounds are computed as $2.50 × (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 17, 2026 | 49 | 26.1% | 9.6% | $2.74 | $2.26 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | 140 | 27.0% | 16.7% | $2.92 | $2.08 |