Alta Equipment Stock Options
| ALTG Stock | USD 7.29 0.08 1.11% |
Alta Equipment's latest option contracts expiring on April 17th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.82 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.67 over 10 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying more calls than puts on contracts expiring on April 17th 2025. The total put volume is at 6.0, with calls trading at the volume of 10.0. This yields a 0.6 put-to-call volume ratio.
Open Interest Against April 17th 2025 Option Contracts
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The chart above shows Alta Equipment'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. Alta Equipment's open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Alta Equipment's option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
Alta Equipment Maximum Pain Price Across 2025-04-17 Option Contracts
Max pain usually refers to a trading concept that asserts that market manipulation can cause the market price of particular securities such as Alta Equipment close to expiration to expire worthless. So, Max pain occurs when market makers reach a net positive position across all options at a strike price where option holders stand to lose the most money. By contrast, Alta Equipment's option sellers may reap the most after selling more options than buying, causing them to expire worthless.
In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Alta Equipment
Analyzing Alta Equipment's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Alta Equipment regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Alta Equipment's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Alta Equipment's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Alta Equipment's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Alta Equipment Group In The Money Call Balance
When Alta Equipment's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Alta Equipment Group stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Alta Equipment'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 Alta Equipment Group 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.
Alta Current Options Market Mood
Alta Equipment'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 Alta 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 Alta Equipment's options investors are not very successful. Alta Equipment'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 Alta contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Alta Equipment Group will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0513% per day over the life of the 2025-04-17 option contract. With Alta Equipment trading at USD 7.29, that is roughly USD 0.003736. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Alta Equipment's daily price movement you should consider buying Alta Equipment Group options at the current volatility level of 0.82%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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Purchasing Alta Equipment 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" Alta calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Alta Equipment Group stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
Alta Equipment Option Chain
When Alta Equipment's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Alta Equipment Group 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.
Alta Equipment's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Alta. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Alta. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Alta Equipment 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 | Strike Price | Current Spread | Last Price | |||
Call | ALTG250417C00002500 | 0 | 2.5 | 4.6 - 5.4 | 4.6 | In |
Call | ALTG250417C00005000 | 36 | 5.0 | 2.25 - 2.6 | 2.0 | In |
Call | ALTG250417C00007500 | 43 | 7.5 | 0.65 - 0.75 | 0.75 | Out |
Call | ALTG250417C00010000 | 301 | 10.0 | 0.05 - 0.2 | 0.5 | Out |
Call | ALTG250417C00012500 | 10 | 12.5 | 0.0 - 0.05 | 0.16 | Out |
Put | ALTG250417P00002500 | 0 | 2.5 | 0.0 - 0.25 | 0.25 | |
Put | ALTG250417P00005000 | 113 | 5.0 | 0.05 - 0.15 | 0.21 | Out |
Put | ALTG250417P00007500 | 150 | 7.5 | 0.8 - 0.95 | 0.88 | In |
Put | ALTG250417P00010000 | 0 | 10.0 | 2.75 - 2.85 | 2.75 | In |
Put | ALTG250417P00012500 | 0 | 12.5 | 5.1 - 5.4 | 5.1 | In |
Alta Total Stockholder Equity
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Alta Equipment Corporate Management
| Daniel Shribman | Director | Profile | |
| Andrew Studdert | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Jeff Hoover | Chief Counsel | Profile | |
| Sinem McDonald | Director Reporting | Profile | |
| Craig Brubaker | Chief Officer | Profile |
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Quarterly Earnings Growth 0.454 | Dividend Share 0.228 | Earnings Share (1.71) | Revenue Per Share | Quarterly Revenue Growth (0.04) |
The market value of Alta Equipment Group is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Alta that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Alta Equipment's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Alta Equipment's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Alta Equipment's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Alta Equipment's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Alta Equipment's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Alta Equipment is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Alta Equipment's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.