Workday (WDAY) implied move — live earnings data
WDAY options implied move for August 27, 2026 earnings (AMC): ±7.7%. As of August 25, 2026, the options market prices a ±7.7% earnings move for Workday (WDAY)'s next report. The implied move — also called the expected move — is derived from live options prices. Below: how it compares with what WDAY has actually done on earnings day, report by report.
Updated August 25, 2026 · refreshed daily from live options data · methodology
- WDAY options imply a ±7.7% move for Workday's August 27, 2026 earnings report (after market close), as of August 25, 2026.
- Workday (WDAY) has moved ±9% on average at the peak of earnings day over the last 10 years (39 reports).
- WDAY's actual earnings move exceeded the options-implied move in 11 of its last 16 reports (69%).
- On its last report (May 21, 2026) WDAY options had priced ±11.2% and the stock closed +5.2%.
- Simulator — likelihood of success and risk/reward for the exact straddle, strangle or spread you'd put on, against WDAY's own 10-year reaction record
- IV Rush Radar — WDAY's live IV curve vs its typical pre-earnings ramp, with the three snapshot signals and the projected straddle
- DriftLab — WDAY's follow-through, gap-fill and drift scores for the days after the print
WDAY implied vs actual earnings moves
Each report: what options priced in beforehand (purple) vs the actual peak intraday move (green when it beat implied, grey when it stayed inside).
How WDAY's earnings moves are distributed
| Percentile | 5th | 20th | Median | 80th | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move size | ±3% | ±4.8% | ±9.4% | ±12.2% | ±15.9% |
Recent regime: the 2-year average move (±10.4%) is hotter than the 10-year average (±9%).
What WDAY does after the print
The implied move above is the size options price for the report. How the move unfolds afterwards is a separate question, and DriftLab tracks it for Workday across every past report: the follow-through score (does the earnings-day direction continue or reverse?), the gap-fill probability (how often the opening gap gets filled), the PEAD score (post-earnings drift strength), the reaction path of every release out to sixty sessions, and the current run drawn against the projected drift into the next report. The scores themselves — the part that turns "it moved" into "will it keep going?" — are on the member DriftLab. Read what the metrics mean in the PEAD guide.
What is an implied move?
The implied move is the size of the earnings-day move the options market is pricing in, derived from the at-the-money straddle expiring just after the report. It is a market price, not a forecast. Learn more: how to calculate the implied move, or try the expected move calculator. After the report, options typically reprice sharply — the IV crush calculator shows what an option is worth once implied volatility resets.
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