What is the current PK expected move?

As of Oct 14, 2026, Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. (PK) has an expected move of 5.48% over the next 37 days, implying a one-standard-deviation price range of $14.33 to $15.99 from the current $15.16. The expected move is derived from at-the-money straddle pricing and represents the market consensus for a ±1σ price move.

What does the PK 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 PK 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.

Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. (PK) 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.

Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. (PK) operates in the Real Estate sector, specifically the REIT - Hotel & Motel industry, with a market capitalization near $3.14B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 90 people, carrying a beta of 1.37 to the broader market. Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. Led by Thomas Jeremiah Baltimore Jr., public since 2017-01-04.

Snapshot as of Oct 14, 2026.

Spot Price: $15.16
Expected Move: 5.5%
Implied High: $15.99
Implied Low: $14.33
Front DTE: 37 days

As of Oct 14, 2026, Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. (PK) has an expected move of 5.48%, a one-standard-deviation implied price range of roughly $14.33 to $15.99 from the current $15.16. 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.

PK Strategy Sizing to the Expected Move

With Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. pricing an expected move of 5.48% from $15.16, 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 PK 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 5.48%, anchoring an implied range of approximately $14.33 to $15.99. 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.

PK 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. PK term-structure is in contango (slope 0.109), 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 2.5%, the implied move is at the low end of the typical PK range - cheap optionality for buyers, thin premium for sellers.

Sizing PK 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. PK put/call volume ratio currently at 0.23 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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Shaded band shows the ±1σ implied price range (~68% probability under lognormal assumptions) at each expiration; the center line marks current spot. Bands widen with longer DTE since volatility scales with √time.

Per-expiration expected move for PK derived from ATM implied volatility at each listed expiration. Implied high/low bounds are computed as $15.16 × (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	34.2%	2.5%	$15.54	$14.78
Nov 20, 2026	37	19.1%	6.1%	$16.08	$14.24
Jan 15, 2027	93	30.0%	15.1%	$17.46	$12.86
Apr 16, 2027	184	33.7%	23.9%	$18.79	$11.53

Frequently asked PK expected move questions

What is the current PK expected move?: As of Oct 14, 2026, Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. (PK) has an expected move of 5.48% over the next 37 days, implying a one-standard-deviation price range of $14.33 to $15.99 from the current $15.16. The expected move is derived from at-the-money straddle pricing and represents the market consensus for a ±1σ price move.
What does the PK 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 PK 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.