American Express Stock Options

AXP Stock  USD 270.51  0.32  0.12%   
American Express' latest option contracts expiring on June 20th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.55 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.71 over 99 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying slightly more calls than puts on contracts expiring on June 20th 2025. The total put volume is at 53.0, with calls trading at the volume of 115. This yields a 0.46 put-to-call volume ratio.

Open Interest Against June 20th 2025 Option Contracts

The chart above shows American Express' 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. American Express' open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for American Express' option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.

American Express Maximum Pain Price Across 2025-06-20 Option Contracts

Max pain occurs when American Express' market makers reach a net positive position across all American Express' options at a strike price where option holders stand to lose the most money. By contrast, American Express' 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 American Express

Analyzing American Express' in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in American Express regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when American Express' options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money American Express' options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with American Express' stock while costing only a fraction of its price.

American Express In The Money Call Balance

When American Express' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against American Express stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying American Express' 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 American Express 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.

American Current Options Market Mood

American Express' 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 American 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 American Express' options investors are not very successful. American Express' 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 American contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that American Express will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0344% per day over the life of the 2025-06-20 option contract. With American Express trading at USD 270.51, that is roughly USD 0.093. If you think that the market is fully incorporating American Express' daily price movement you should consider buying American Express options at the current volatility level of 0.55%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  
Purchasing American Express 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" American calls. Remember, the seller must deliver American Express stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.

American Express Option Chain

When American Express' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against American Express 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.
American Express' option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on American. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for American. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a American Express 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 IntStrike PriceCurrent SpreadLast Price
Call
AXP250620C004500001450.00.0 - 1.010.01Out
Call
AXP250620C0044000024440.00.0 - 1.00.41Out
Call
AXP250620C0043000072430.00.05 - 1.340.23Out
Call
AXP250620C00420000117420.00.0 - 1.350.19Out
Call
AXP250620C00410000111410.00.0 - 2.210.2Out
Call
AXP250620C0040000095400.00.1 - 0.340.14Out
Call
AXP250620C00390000116390.00.02 - 1.380.99Out
Call
AXP250620C0038000075380.00.1 - 0.440.25Out
Call
AXP250620C00370000235370.00.06 - 0.490.7Out
Call
AXP250620C00360000418360.00.1 - 0.510.32Out
Call
AXP250620C00350000520350.00.2 - 0.720.41Out
Call
AXP250620C003400001299340.00.4 - 0.70.57Out
Call
AXP250620C003300001370330.01.04 - 1.191.0Out
Call
AXP250620C003200002306320.01.81 - 1.981.81Out
Call
AXP250620C003100001494310.03.05 - 3.33.08Out
Call
AXP250620C00300000949300.05.05 - 5.254.8Out
Call
AXP250620C002900001272290.07.9 - 8.157.8Out
Call
AXP250620C00280000292280.011.8 - 12.0510.75Out
Call
AXP250620C00270000488270.016.75 - 17.116.23Out
Call
AXP250620C002600002786260.022.35 - 23.5522.5In
Call
AXP250620C00250000528250.029.1 - 30.626.81In
Call
AXP250620C002400001016240.037.2 - 38.3537.14In
Call
AXP250620C00230000587230.044.85 - 45.9548.25In
Call
AXP250620C00220000656220.053.9 - 55.047.08In
Call
AXP250620C00210000833210.062.9 - 64.165.3In
Call
AXP250620C002000003132200.072.0 - 74.069.4In
Call
AXP250620C0019500046195.076.35 - 78.6572.35In
Call
AXP250620C00190000371190.080.6 - 83.4133.65In
Call
AXP250620C0018500055185.085.4 - 88.15117.53In
Call
AXP250620C00180000485180.090.9 - 93.5141.63In
Call
AXP250620C0017500064175.095.8 - 97.95123.08In
Call
AXP250620C00170000974170.0100.5 - 102.8593.0In
Call
AXP250620C0016500051165.0104.9 - 108.396.32In
Call
AXP250620C00160000139160.0110.5 - 112.55110.7In
Call
AXP250620C0015500036155.0114.75 - 117.5127.02In
Call
AXP250620C0015000085150.0119.6 - 122.9165.79In
Call
AXP250620C0014500059145.0125.1 - 127.6114.72In
Call
AXP250620C0014000040140.0129.7 - 132.45177.08In
Call
AXP250620C0013500053135.0134.35 - 137.7106.05In
Call
AXP250620C001300005130.0139.6 - 142.65116.73In
Call
AXP250620C0012500040125.0144.45 - 147.2572.81In
Call
AXP250620C001200004120.0149.1 - 152.45196.3In
Call
AXP250620C001150001115.0154.05 - 157.45201.2In
Call
AXP250620C001100002110.0159.0 - 162.2117.27In
Call
AXP250620C001050001105.0163.9 - 167.3100.75In
Call
AXP250620C001000007100.0169.45 - 171.7156.25In
Call
AXP250620C00095000895.0174.4 - 177.25141.0In
Call
AXP250620C00090000190.0179.35 - 182.375.9In
Call
AXP250620C000800001580.0189.2 - 192.1192.1In
Call
AXP250620C000750001075.0194.15 - 197.090.3In
 Put
AXP250620P004500000450.0178.6 - 181.55178.6In
 Put
AXP250620P004400000440.0168.6 - 171.6168.6In
 Put
AXP250620P004300000430.0158.6 - 160.95158.6In
 Put
AXP250620P004200000420.0148.6 - 151.6148.6In
 Put
AXP250620P004100000410.0138.6 - 141.65138.6In
 Put
AXP250620P004000000400.0128.65 - 131.65128.65In
 Put
AXP250620P003900000390.0118.65 - 121.7118.65In
 Put
AXP250620P003800000380.0108.7 - 111.763.25In
 Put
AXP250620P003700000370.098.7 - 101.7566.9In
 Put
AXP250620P003600001360.088.7 - 91.0599.23In
 Put
AXP250620P0033000018330.058.75 - 62.030.05In
 Put
AXP250620P00320000272320.050.15 - 51.565.57In
 Put
AXP250620P00310000175310.041.2 - 42.6539.59In
 Put
AXP250620P003000002114300.032.4 - 33.633.89In
 Put
AXP250620P00290000214290.025.35 - 25.924.65In
 Put
AXP250620P002800001211280.019.15 - 19.621.35In
 Put
AXP250620P00270000692270.013.95 - 14.5516.03Out
 Put
AXP250620P00260000674260.010.25 - 10.510.81Out
 Put
AXP250620P00250000438250.07.15 - 7.358.05Out
 Put
AXP250620P002400001107240.04.85 - 5.15.18Out
 Put
AXP250620P00230000678230.03.3 - 3.53.45Out
 Put
AXP250620P00220000905220.02.1 - 2.352.3Out
 Put
AXP250620P00210000577210.01.4 - 1.591.5Out
 Put
AXP250620P00200000871200.00.71 - 1.11.21Out
 Put
AXP250620P00195000172195.00.55 - 1.191.83Out
 Put
AXP250620P00190000212190.00.45 - 1.041.2Out
 Put
AXP250620P0018500087185.00.31 - 0.951.61Out
 Put
AXP250620P00180000451180.00.22 - 0.860.69Out
 Put
AXP250620P00175000607175.00.18 - 0.780.5Out
 Put
AXP250620P00170000712170.00.15 - 0.710.69Out
 Put
AXP250620P00165000158165.00.05 - 0.650.54Out
 Put
AXP250620P0016000080160.00.05 - 0.590.47Out
 Put
AXP250620P0015500082155.00.07 - 0.550.48Out
 Put
AXP250620P00150000735150.00.06 - 2.290.28Out
 Put
AXP250620P00145000131145.00.05 - 0.770.34Out
 Put
AXP250620P00140000209140.00.05 - 0.940.29Out
 Put
AXP250620P00135000598135.00.03 - 0.930.07Out
 Put
AXP250620P001300001157130.00.02 - 0.910.19Out
 Put
AXP250620P00125000605125.00.02 - 0.90.2Out
 Put
AXP250620P0012000049120.00.0 - 0.90.12Out
 Put
AXP250620P0011500049115.00.0 - 0.890.22Out
 Put
AXP250620P00110000191110.00.0 - 1.090.07Out
 Put
AXP250620P0010500049105.00.0 - 0.890.4Out
 Put
AXP250620P00100000171100.00.0 - 0.30.06Out
 Put
AXP250620P000950003195.00.0 - 0.560.25Out
 Put
AXP250620P000900002490.00.0 - 0.890.19Out
 Put
AXP250620P00085000785.00.0 - 0.890.25Out
 Put
AXP250620P000800002880.00.0 - 0.890.25Out
 Put
AXP250620P000750005575.00.0 - 0.280.08Out

American Express Selling And Marketing Expenses Over Time

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American Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

16.6 Billion

At this time, American Express' Total Stockholder Equity is relatively stable compared to the past year.

American Express Corporate Directors

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