IShares MSCI Stock Options
| EFA Etf | USD 76.22 0.12 0.16% |
IShares MSCI's latest option contracts expiring on January 10th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.51. The IShares MSCI option chain provides detailed quote and price information for the current iShares MSCI EAFE option contracts. It shows all of IShares MSCI's listed puts, calls, expiration dates, strike prices, and other pricing information.
In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on IShares MSCI
Analyzing IShares MSCI's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in IShares MSCI regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when IShares MSCI's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money IShares MSCI's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with IShares MSCI's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
IShares MSCI's stock options are financial instruments that give investors the right to buy or sell shares of iShares MSCI EAFE common stock at a specified price for a given time period. Generally speaking, an option to purchase or sell IShares stock makes it part of the underlying stock when the option's price is tied to the movement of the underlying stock. If IShares MSCI's stock price goes up or down, the stock options follow.
IShares Current Options Market Mood
IShares MSCI'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 IShares Etf'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 Volume
It is estimated that an average options trader loses somewhere between 80% to 90% of the time. Using current IShares MSCI's option volume and open interest to make an investment decision is considered a contrarian-sentiment measure that can be utilized in many timing strategies in both derivative and spot marketplace.
Rule 16 of the current IShares contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that iShares MSCI EAFE will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0319% per day over the life of the 2025-01-10 option contract. With IShares MSCI trading at USD 76.22, that is roughly USD 0.0243. If you think that the market is fully incorporating IShares MSCI's daily price movement you should consider buying iShares MSCI EAFE options at the current volatility level of 0.51%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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Purchasing IShares MSCI 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" IShares calls. Remember, the seller must deliver iShares MSCI EAFE stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
IShares MSCI Option Chain
When IShares MSCI's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against iShares MSCI EAFE 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.
IShares MSCI's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on IShares. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for IShares. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a IShares MSCI 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 | EFA250110C00045000 | 0 | 45.0 | 31.9 - 36.15 | 31.9 | In |
Call | EFA250110C00050000 | 0 | 50.0 | 26.9 - 31.15 | 26.9 | In |
Call | EFA250110C00055000 | 0 | 55.0 | 21.9 - 26.15 | 21.9 | In |
Call | EFA250110C00060000 | 0 | 60.0 | 16.95 - 21.2 | 16.95 | In |
Call | EFA250110C00065000 | 0 | 65.0 | 11.95 - 16.2 | 11.95 | In |
Call | EFA250110C00070000 | 0 | 70.0 | 7.0 - 11.25 | 7.0 | In |
Call | EFA250110C00071000 | 0 | 71.0 | 6.0 - 10.25 | 6.0 | In |
Call | EFA250110C00071500 | 0 | 71.5 | 5.5 - 9.75 | 5.5 | In |
Call | EFA250110C00072000 | 0 | 72.0 | 5.0 - 9.25 | 5.0 | In |
Call | EFA250110C00072500 | 0 | 72.5 | 4.5 - 8.75 | 4.5 | In |
Call | EFA250110C00078000 | 1 | 78.0 | 0.1 - 3.9 | 0.09 | In |
Put | EFA250110P00045000 | 0 | 45.0 | 0.0 - 2.13 | 2.13 | |
Put | EFA250110P00050000 | 0 | 50.0 | 0.0 - 2.14 | 2.14 | |
Put | EFA250110P00055000 | 0 | 55.0 | 0.0 - 2.16 | 2.16 | |
Put | EFA250110P00060000 | 0 | 60.0 | 0.0 - 2.18 | 2.18 | |
Put | EFA250110P00065000 | 0 | 65.0 | 0.0 - 2.22 | 2.22 | |
Put | EFA250110P00070000 | 0 | 70.0 | 0.06 - 2.27 | 0.06 | |
Put | EFA250110P00071000 | 0 | 71.0 | 0.0 - 2.28 | 2.28 | |
Put | EFA250110P00071500 | 0 | 71.5 | 0.0 - 2.29 | 2.29 | |
Put | EFA250110P00072000 | 0 | 72.0 | 0.0 - 2.31 | 2.31 | |
Put | EFA250110P00072500 | 0 | 72.5 | 0.0 - 2.32 | 2.32 |
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The market value of iShares MSCI EAFE is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of IShares that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of IShares MSCI's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is IShares MSCI'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 IShares MSCI's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect IShares MSCI'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 IShares MSCI's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if IShares MSCI is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, IShares MSCI'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.