Danaos Stock Options
| DAC Stock | USD 81.54 1.36 1.64% |
Danaos' latest option contracts expiring on January 17th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.28 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.02 over 28 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more calls than puts on contracts expiring on January 17th 2025. The total put volume is at 2.0, with calls trading at the volume of 2.0. This yields a 1.0 put-to-call volume ratio.
Open Interest Against January 17th 2025 Option Contracts
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The chart above shows Danaos' 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. Danaos' open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Danaos' option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
Danaos Maximum Pain Price Across 2025-01-17 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 Danaos 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, Danaos' 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 Danaos
Analyzing Danaos' in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Danaos regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Danaos' options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Danaos' options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Danaos' stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Danaos' stock options are financial instruments that give investors the right to buy or sell shares of Danaos common stock at a specified price for a given time period. Generally speaking, an option to purchase or sell Danaos stock makes it part of the underlying stock when the option's price is tied to the movement of the underlying stock. If Danaos' stock price goes up or down, the stock options follow.
At present, Danaos' Common Stock Shares Outstanding is projected to increase significantly based on the last few years of reporting. The current year's Stock Based Compensation is expected to grow to about 15.3 M, whereas Common Stock Total Equity is forecasted to decline to about 222.9 K. Danaos Current Options Market Mood
Danaos' 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 Danaos 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
Most options investors, including buyers and sellers of Danaos' calls and puts, are not very successful. It is estimated that an average options trader loses somewhere between 80% to 90% of the time. Danaos' 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 Danaos contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Danaos will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0175% per day over the life of the 2025-01-17 option contract. With Danaos trading at USD 81.54, that is roughly USD 0.0143. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Danaos' daily price movement you should consider buying Danaos options at the current volatility level of 0.28%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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Purchasing Danaos 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" Danaos calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Danaos stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
Danaos Option Chain
When Danaos' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Danaos 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.
Danaos' option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Danaos. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Danaos. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Danaos 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 | DAC250117C00030000 | 1 | 30.0 | 33.5 - 38.5 | 33.5 | Out |
Call | DAC250117C00035000 | 0 | 35.0 | 28.5 - 33.5 | 28.5 | |
Call | DAC250117C00040000 | 1 | 40.0 | 24.0 - 28.9 | 24.0 | Out |
Call | DAC250117C00045000 | 1 | 45.0 | 20.1 - 24.3 | 20.1 | Out |
Call | DAC250117C00050000 | 13 | 50.0 | 16.1 - 20.5 | 16.1 | Out |
Call | DAC250117C00055000 | 4026 | 55.0 | 12.6 - 16.8 | 12.6 | Out |
Call | DAC250117C00060000 | 974 | 60.0 | 11.3 - 12.6 | 11.3 | Out |
Call | DAC250117C00065000 | 445 | 65.0 | 7.6 - 10.2 | 7.6 | Out |
Call | DAC250117C00070000 | 3310 | 70.0 | 4.1 - 7.9 | 6.9 | Out |
Call | DAC250117C00075000 | 951 | 75.0 | 2.5 - 6.1 | 2.5 | Out |
Call | DAC250117C00080000 | 1232 | 80.0 | 2.9 - 3.7 | 2.9 | Out |
Call | DAC250117C00085000 | 19 | 85.0 | 1.65 - 4.5 | 1.65 | Out |
Call | DAC250117C00090000 | 16 | 90.0 | 0.1 - 1.8 | 0.1 | Out |
Call | DAC250117C00095000 | 11 | 95.0 | 0.0 - 3.5 | 3.5 | Out |
Call | DAC250117C00100000 | 6 | 100.0 | 0.5 - 1.95 | 1.6 | Out |
Call | DAC250117C00105000 | 5 | 105.0 | 0.0 - 4.2 | 4.2 | Out |
Put | DAC250117P00030000 | 0 | 30.0 | 0.0 - 2.0 | 2.0 | |
Put | DAC250117P00035000 | 1 | 35.0 | 0.05 - 1.4 | 0.05 | Out |
Put | DAC250117P00040000 | 101 | 40.0 | 0.3 - 3.5 | 0.3 | Out |
Put | DAC250117P00045000 | 8 | 45.0 | 0.25 - 3.6 | 0.25 | Out |
Put | DAC250117P00050000 | 110 | 50.0 | 1.15 - 5.1 | 1.15 | Out |
Put | DAC250117P00055000 | 22 | 55.0 | 3.4 - 5.3 | 4.2 | Out |
Put | DAC250117P00060000 | 3 | 60.0 | 4.8 - 7.3 | 4.8 | Out |
Put | DAC250117P00065000 | 13 | 65.0 | 5.5 - 9.0 | 5.5 | Out |
Put | DAC250117P00070000 | 4 | 70.0 | 7.5 - 11.8 | 7.5 | Out |
Put | DAC250117P00075000 | 2 | 75.0 | 12.9 - 14.9 | 12.9 | Out |
Put | DAC250117P00080000 | 7 | 80.0 | 14.1 - 18.6 | 14.1 | Out |
Put | DAC250117P00095000 | 1 | 95.0 | 27.0 - 31.6 | 27.0 | Out |
Danaos Market Cap Over Time
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Danaos Total Stockholder Equity
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Danaos Corporate Directors
| William Repko | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Miklos KonkolyThege | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Iraklis Prokopakis | COO, Sr. VP, Treasurer, Director, Member of Compensation Committee and Member of Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee | Profile | |
| Dimitris Vastarouchas | Deputy Chief Operating Officer, Technical Director | Profile |
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Quarterly Earnings Growth (0.07) | Dividend Share 0.8 | Earnings Share 28.89 | Revenue Per Share | Quarterly Revenue Growth 0.071 |
The market value of Danaos is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Danaos that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Danaos' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Danaos' 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 Danaos' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Danaos' 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 Danaos' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Danaos is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Danaos' 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.