Organon & Co. (OGN) 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.
Organon & Co. (OGN) operates in the Healthcare sector, specifically the Drug Manufacturers - General industry, with a market capitalization near $3.60B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 10,000 people, carrying a beta of 1.52 to the broader market. Organon & Co. Led by Joseph T. Morrissey Jr., public since 2021-05-14.
Snapshot as of Sep 30, 2026.
- Spot Price
- $13.75
- Expected Move
- 2.3%
- Implied High
- $14.07
- Implied Low
- $13.43
- Front DTE
- 16 days
As of Sep 30, 2026, Organon & Co. (OGN) has an expected move of 2.29%, a one-standard-deviation implied price range of roughly $13.43 to $14.07 from the current $13.75. 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.
OGN Strategy Sizing to the Expected Move
With Organon & Co. pricing an expected move of 2.29% from $13.75, 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 OGN 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 2.29%, anchoring an implied range of approximately $13.43 to $14.07. 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.
OGN 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. OGN term-structure is in contango (slope 0.385), 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 1.4%, the implied move is at the low end of the typical OGN range - cheap optionality for buyers, thin premium for sellers.
Sizing OGN 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. OGN put/call volume ratio currently at 0.22 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 OGN derived from ATM implied volatility at each listed expiration. Implied high/low bounds are computed as $13.75 × (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 | 16 | 8.0% | 1.7% | $13.98 | $13.52 |
| Nov 20, 2026 | 51 | 46.5% | 17.4% | $16.14 | $11.36 |
| Dec 18, 2026 | 79 | 15.4% | 7.2% | $14.74 | $12.76 |
| Jan 15, 2027 | 107 | 68.6% | 37.1% | $18.86 | $8.64 |
| Mar 19, 2027 | 170 | 46.9% | 32.0% | $18.15 | $9.35 |
| Apr 16, 2027 | 198 | 47.4% | 34.9% | $18.55 | $8.95 |
| Dec 17, 2027 | 443 | 24.1% | 26.6% | $17.40 | $10.10 |
| Jan 21, 2028 | 478 | 15.2% | 17.4% | $16.14 | $11.36 |
Frequently asked OGN expected move questions
- What is the current OGN expected move?
- As of Sep 30, 2026, Organon & Co. (OGN) has an expected move of 2.29% over the next 16 days, implying a one-standard-deviation price range of $13.43 to $14.07 from the current $13.75. The expected move is derived from at-the-money straddle pricing and represents the market consensus for a ±1σ price move.
- What does the OGN 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 OGN 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.