Fortive Corp (FTV) Options Risk Score

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Is it risky to sell options on Fortive Corp (FTV) right now?

Fortive Corp (FTV) currently scores 82 out of 100 for options catalyst risk (HIGH) over a 4-week expiry window. What pushes it there: an upcoming earnings report, 16 recent news items and 6 active legal filings, all landing inside the 4-week window. A HIGH reading (70+) means FTV has a dated event inside the window, so an option sold here carries gap risk that time decay alone will not pay for. The score ranks event exposure, not the likely direction of the move.

FTV shows an IV Rank of 95 — implied volatility is near the top of its own one-year range, so FTV options are historically expensive, which favours premium-selling strategies, with a current implied volatility of about 57%. IV Rank answers how FTV options are priced against their own history, which is the starting point for choosing between selling and buying premium.

The 2026-10-28 earnings report sits inside a standard monthly expiry for FTV, so implied volatility should stay bid into the date and drop sharply once it passes.

Fortive Corp (FTV) current implied volatility and IV Rank

The most recent read on Fortive Corp (FTV) puts its IV Rank at 95 with implied volatility around 57%, alongside a TickerRisk options-risk score of 82/100. That is expensive by FTV's own standards. Elevated IV Rank rewards defined-risk premium selling, and it is also the market's way of saying it expects movement; the question worth answering is what it expects to move on.

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Fortive Corp (FTV) next earnings date — 2026-10-28

Fortive Corp (FTV) reports earnings on 2026-10-28 — about 52 days away, which falls inside a typical options expiry window. FTV's IV Rank is currently 95. Earnings are the single biggest scheduled catalyst for an overnight gap: implied volatility usually runs up into the report and collapses immediately after (the IV crush). Selling premium into the event captures that crush but exposes you to the gap; buying premium needs a move large enough to beat the elevated IV you paid.

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