Ally Financial Stock Options
ALLY Stock | USD 39.20 0.78 1.95% |
Ally Financial's latest option contracts expiring on 2024-12-06 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.84 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.06 over 40 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more calls than puts on contracts expiring on 2024-12-06. The total put volume is at 235, with calls trading at the volume of 235. This yields a 0.92 put-to-call volume ratio.
Open Interest Against 2024-12-06 Option Contracts
Ally Financial option prices can potentially be used to forecast stock returns because most option chains provide information not only about the current prices but also about the future conditions in Ally Financial's lending market. For example, when Ally Financial's puts are not actively trading or completely missing in the marketplace, investors can use it to internalize expected shorting costs. So if an investor is writing a put option on Ally Financial, he or she must hedge the risk by shorting Ally Financial stock over its option's life.
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The chart above shows Ally Financial's distribution of open interest by maturity on contracts that have not yet been settled. The area between the two highest points is the projection of the price at expiration. Ally Financial's open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Ally Financial's option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
Ally Financial Maximum Pain Price across 2024-12-06 Option Contracts
Max pain occurs when Ally Financial's market makers reach a net positive position across all Ally Financial's options at a strike price where option holders stand to lose the most money. By contrast, Ally Financial's option sellers may reap the most after selling more options than buying, causing them to expire worthless.
Ally Financial's option chain provides insight into all available option contracts written on Ally Financial's stock. Investors can see outstanding put and call contracts with pricing information and greeks for a given expiration period. In addition, each of Ally Financial's stock options below provides a detailed picture of the payoff. Comparing vital and dynamic information of various option contracts across diverse expiration periods will help you make an educated decision on your market timing strategies around investing in a given Ally option contract.
In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Ally Financial
Analyzing Ally Financial's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Ally Financial regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Ally Financial's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Ally Financial's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Ally Financial's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
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Ally Financial In The Money Call Balance
When Ally Financial's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Ally Financial stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Ally Financial's options that are 'In the Money' or 'Out of the Money', the choice depends on your outlook for the underlying security, financial situation, and what you are trying to achieve.
While 'out-of-the-money' option contracts written on Ally Financial are typically viewed as the more aggressive, there are potential upsides to purchasing these types of options contracts. For one, the cost to buy an 'Out of the Money' option is lower than the cost to buy an 'In the Money' option. This cost-benefit is due to the fact that at the time of the purchase, 'Out of the Money' contracts have no intrinsic value. So, while the potential for a 100% loss is more significant, the cost and risk to enter the trade are lower.
Ally Current Options Market Mood
Ally Financial's open interest and total value indicators provide investors with the necessary information to digest the overall options buildup for its expiring contracts. In addition, it helps Ally Stock's traders understand whether a recent fall or rise in the market is unreasonable and if the time has come to take contrarian positions. These ratios are calculated based on options trading volumes and current open interest.
Put-to-Call Open Interest
Put-to-Call Volume
Unfortunately, most Ally Financial's options investors are not very successful. Ally Financial's option open interest and volume spread between outstanding puts and calls are regarded by many investors as reliable indicators of the overall future market direction.
Rule 16 of the current Ally contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Ally Financial will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0525% per day over the life of the 2024-12-06 option contract. With Ally Financial trading at USD 39.2, that is roughly USD 0.0206. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Ally Financial's daily price movement you should consider buying Ally Financial options at the current volatility level of 0.84%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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Purchasing Ally Financial options can give investors a meaningful hedge against losses and, therefore, could be used conservatively to decrease the volatility of your portfolio. However, many options could also amount to little more than gambling, significantly enhancing your overall portfolio risk. One simple example of these aggressive strategies is the sale of "uncovered" Ally calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Ally Financial stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
Ally Financial Option Chain
When Ally Financial's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Ally Financial stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying options that are ITM or OTM, the choice depends on your outlook for the underlying security, financial situation, and what you are trying to achieve.
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Ally Financial's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Ally. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Ally. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Ally Financial against a given expiration period. The table below combines all the option information in the form of a chain but before you use it, remember that it entails significant risk and it is not for everyone. Open Int | Expiration | Current Spread | Last Price | |||
Call | ALLY Option Call 06-12-2024 20 | 4 | 2024-12-06 | 18.9 - 19.3 | 19.2 | In |
Call | ALLY Option Call 06-12-2024 34 | 3 | 2024-12-06 | 5.0 - 5.3 | 2.2 | In |
Call | ALLY Option Call 06-12-2024 34 | 3 | 2024-12-06 | 4.5 - 4.8 | 1.75 | In |
Call | ALLY Option Call 06-12-2024 35 | 15 | 2024-12-06 | 4.0 - 4.3 | 4.2 | In |
Call | ALLY Option Call 06-12-2024 35 | 10 | 2024-12-06 | 3.3 - 3.8 | 1.8 | In |
Call | ALLY Option Call 06-12-2024 36 | 23 | 2024-12-06 | 3.0 - 3.4 | 3.2 | In |
Call | ALLY Option Call 06-12-2024 36 | 20 | 2024-12-06 | 2.55 - 2.85 | 0.65 | In |
Call | ALLY Option Call 06-12-2024 37 | 30 | 2024-12-06 | 2.05 - 2.2 | 2.23 | In |
Call | ALLY Option Call 06-12-2024 37 | 8 | 2024-12-06 | 1.4 - 1.75 | 2.1 | In |
Call | ALLY Option Call 06-12-2024 38 | 1878 | 2024-12-06 | 1.2 - 1.3 | 1.48 | In |
Call | ALLY Option Call 06-12-2024 38 | 31 | 2024-12-06 | 0.8 - 0.9 | 1.0 | In |
Call | ALLY Option Call 06-12-2024 39 | 29 | 2024-12-06 | 0.5 - 0.65 | 0.8 | Out |
Call | ALLY Option Call 06-12-2024 39 | 125 | 2024-12-06 | 0.3 - 0.4 | 0.5 | Out |
Call | ALLY Option Call 06-12-2024 40 | 1519 | 2024-12-06 | 0.15 - 0.2 | 0.25 | Out |
Call | ALLY Option Call 06-12-2024 40 | 15 | 2024-12-06 | 0.05 - 0.15 | 0.2 | Out |
Call | ALLY Option Call 06-12-2024 41 | 144 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.1 | 0.07 | Out |
Call | ALLY Option Call 06-12-2024 41 | 33 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.05 | 0.05 | Out |
Call | ALLY Option Call 06-12-2024 42 | 44 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.05 | 0.05 | Out |
Call | ALLY Option Call 06-12-2024 43 | 1 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.05 | 0.13 | Out |
Call | ALLY Option Call 06-12-2024 50 | 5 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.05 | 0.09 | Out |
Put | ALLY Option Put 06-12-2024 29 | 12 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.75 | 0.15 | Out |
Put | ALLY Option Put 06-12-2024 30 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.75 | 0.22 | |
Put | ALLY Option Put 06-12-2024 31 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.75 | 0.08 | |
Put | ALLY Option Put 06-12-2024 32 | 26 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.75 | 0.36 | Out |
Put | ALLY Option Put 06-12-2024 33 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.75 | 0.05 | |
Put | ALLY Option Put 06-12-2024 34 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.75 | 0.05 | |
Put | ALLY Option Put 06-12-2024 34 | 43 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.75 | 0.1 | Out |
Put | ALLY Option Put 06-12-2024 35 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.1 | 0.04 | |
Put | ALLY Option Put 06-12-2024 35 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.1 | 0.09 | |
Put | ALLY Option Put 06-12-2024 36 | 115 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.05 | 0.04 | Out |
Put | ALLY Option Put 06-12-2024 36 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.1 | 0.16 | |
Put | ALLY Option Put 06-12-2024 37 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.15 | 0.04 | |
Put | ALLY Option Put 06-12-2024 37 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.05 - 0.15 | 0.05 | |
Put | ALLY Option Put 06-12-2024 38 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.15 - 0.2 | 0.15 | |
Put | ALLY Option Put 06-12-2024 38 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.25 - 0.35 | 0.25 | |
Put | ALLY Option Put 06-12-2024 39 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.45 - 0.55 | 0.45 | In |
Put | ALLY Option Put 06-12-2024 39 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.7 - 0.85 | 0.59 | In |
Put | ALLY Option Put 06-12-2024 40 | 29 | 2024-12-06 | 1.05 - 1.2 | 0.56 | In |
Put | ALLY Option Put 06-12-2024 40 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 1.45 - 1.6 | 1.55 | In |
Put | ALLY Option Put 06-12-2024 48 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 8.8 - 10.1 | 10.0 | In |
Ally Financial Selling And Marketing Expenses Over Time
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Ally Financial Corporate Directors
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Mayree Clark | Independent Director | Profile |
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