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GOOGL · Expected-Move

Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) expected move

The priced move, its boundaries and how it compares with past earnings moves.

$350.50
Expected move
$30.00
Expected move %
8.6%
Lower boundary
$320.50
Upper boundary
$380.50
Median historical move
6.1%
Method
ATM_STRADDLE_MIDPOINT
Implied versus actual earnings moveAbsolute realized movement and stored implied move share one scale. Signed actual returns and reconstruction status are preserved in the readout/table. Missing quotes are not zero.

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2023-10-24Realized move 9.5094%Implied move UnavailableSigned actual 9.5094% · Reconstruction status unavailable · 0 IV checkpointsUpdate time unavailable
Exact data table
Implied versus actual earnings move · full stored dataset, independent of graph range/toggles
ObservationRealized move (%)Implied move (%)ContextUpdated
9.5094%UnavailableSigned actual 9.5094% · Reconstruction status unavailable · 0 IV checkpointsUpdate time unavailable
7.5003%UnavailableSigned actual 7.5003% · Reconstruction status unavailable · 0 IV checkpointsUpdate time unavailable
10.2244%UnavailableSigned actual 10.2244% · Reconstruction status unavailable · 0 IV checkpointsUpdate time unavailable
5.0388%UnavailableSigned actual 5.0388% · Reconstruction status unavailable · 0 IV checkpointsUpdate time unavailable
2.8171%UnavailableSigned actual 2.8171% · Reconstruction status unavailable · 0 IV checkpointsUpdate time unavailable
7.2924%UnavailableSigned actual 7.2924% · Reconstruction status unavailable · 0 IV checkpointsUpdate time unavailable
1.6826%UnavailableSigned actual 1.6826% · Reconstruction status unavailable · 0 IV checkpointsUpdate time unavailable
1.0198%UnavailableSigned actual 1.0198% · Reconstruction status unavailable · 0 IV checkpointsUpdate time unavailable
2.5167%UnavailableSigned actual 2.5167% · Reconstruction status unavailable · 0 IV checkpointsUpdate time unavailable
0.5375%UnavailableSigned actual 0.5375% · Reconstruction status unavailable · 0 IV checkpointsUpdate time unavailable
9.9617%UnavailableSigned actual 9.9617% · Reconstruction status unavailable · 0 IV checkpointsUpdate time unavailable
7.1326%UnavailableSigned actual 7.1326% · Reconstruction status unavailable · 0 IV checkpointsUpdate time unavailable

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Figures are from published, reviewed research as of Oct 7, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT. Modelled option premiums use Black-Scholes with the published at-the-money implied volatility and are labelled as modelled, not as live quotes.