Equifax Stock Options

EFX Stock  USD 253.39  2.26  0.90%   
Equifax's latest option contracts expiring on January 17th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.29. The Equifax option chain provides detailed quote and price information for the current Equifax option contracts. It shows all of Equifax's listed puts, calls, expiration dates, strike prices, and other pricing information.

Equifax Maximum Pain Price Across 2025-01-17 Option Contracts

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

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

Equifax Current Options Market Mood

Equifax'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 Equifax 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 Volume

Unfortunately, most Equifax's options investors are not very successful. Equifax'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 Equifax contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Equifax will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0181% per day over the life of the 2025-01-17 option contract. With Equifax trading at USD 253.39, that is roughly USD 0.0459. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Equifax's daily price movement you should consider buying Equifax options at the current volatility level of 0.29%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  
Purchasing Equifax 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" Equifax calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Equifax stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.

Equifax Option Chain

When Equifax's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Equifax 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.
Equifax's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Equifax. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Equifax. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Equifax 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
EFX250117C001550000155.098.0 - 102.998.0Out
Call
EFX250117C001600000160.093.5 - 98.393.5Out
Call
EFX250117C001650000165.089.0 - 93.489.0Out
Call
EFX250117C001700000170.084.5 - 88.984.5Out
Call
EFX250117C001750000175.080.3 - 84.580.3Out
Call
EFX250117C001800000180.076.2 - 80.176.2Out
Call
EFX250117C001850000185.071.8 - 75.871.8Out
Call
EFX250117C001900000190.067.8 - 71.667.8Out
Call
EFX250117C001950000195.063.8 - 67.563.8Out
Call
EFX250117C002000000200.059.7 - 63.559.7Out
 Put
EFX250117P001550000155.00.0 - 3.33.3Out
 Put
EFX250117P001600000160.00.0 - 3.53.5Out
 Put
EFX250117P001650000165.00.0 - 3.83.8Out
 Put
EFX250117P001700000170.00.15 - 4.10.15Out
 Put
EFX250117P001750000175.00.35 - 4.50.35Out
 Put
EFX250117P001800000180.00.8 - 5.00.8Out
 Put
EFX250117P001850000185.01.35 - 5.41.35Out
 Put
EFX250117P001900000190.01.95 - 6.11.95Out
 Put
EFX250117P001950000195.02.65 - 6.72.65Out
 Put
EFX250117P002000000200.03.5 - 7.63.5Out

Equifax Selling And Marketing Expenses Over Time

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Equifax Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

5.47 Billion

At this time, Equifax's Total Stockholder Equity is fairly stable compared to the past year.

Equifax Corporate Directors

Elane StockIndependent DirectorProfile
Robert SelanderIndependent DirectorProfile
Heather WilsonIndependent DirectorProfile
Audrey TillmanIndependent DirectorProfile

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