Swings
Swings shows whether the options market expects bigger or smaller moves than it did this morning. Swings ↑: Swings growing since the open. Swings ↓: Swings shrinking since the open. Swings →: Swings steady since the open.
What it compares
The implied volatility of one expiration now, against its value at the morning measurement, as a relative change. 6% means volatility is 6% higher than it was. Changes within ±1% read Swings →.
It is different from the volatility level in the DD+IV+SMA200 column: that one ranks volatility against its past year; Swings only shows the direction since the morning.
Grey, clock and —
- Grey — the last known reading, not measured again yet this session. The row popup says when it was measured.
- Clock — waiting, not broken: the options data is published from the 09:30 ET open, or the first hourly update has not run yet.
- — — never measured for that expiration.
It describes a change that already happened. It is not a forecast.