Equinox Gold Stock Options
| EQX Stock | USD 6.78 0.16 2.42% |
Equinox Gold's latest option contracts expiring on April 17th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 1.28 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.07 over 10 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more calls than puts on contracts expiring on April 17th 2025. The total put volume is at 3.0, with calls trading at the volume of 104. This yields a 0.03 put-to-call volume ratio.
Open Interest Against April 17th 2025 Option Contracts
Equinox Gold option prices can potentially be used to forecast stock returns because most option chains provide information not only about the current prices but also about the future conditions in Equinox Gold's lending market. For example, when Equinox Gold's puts are not actively trading or completely missing in the marketplace, investors can use it to internalize expected shorting costs. So if an investor is writing a put option on Equinox Gold, he or she must hedge the risk by shorting Equinox Gold stock over its option's life.
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The chart above shows Equinox Gold'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. Equinox Gold's open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Equinox Gold's option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Equinox Gold
Analyzing Equinox Gold's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Equinox Gold regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Equinox Gold's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Equinox Gold's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Equinox Gold's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Equinox Gold Corp In The Money Call Balance
When Equinox Gold's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Equinox Gold Corp stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Equinox Gold'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 Equinox Gold Corp 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.
Equinox Current Options Market Mood
Equinox Gold'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 Equinox 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 Equinox Gold's calls and puts, are not very successful. It is estimated that an average options trader loses somewhere between 80% to 90% of the time. Equinox Gold'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 Equinox contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Equinox Gold Corp will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.08% per day over the life of the 2025-04-17 option contract. With Equinox Gold trading at USD 6.78, that is roughly USD 0.005424. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Equinox Gold's daily price movement you should consider buying Equinox Gold Corp options at the current volatility level of 1.28%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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Purchasing Equinox Gold 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" Equinox calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Equinox Gold Corp stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
Equinox Gold Option Chain
When Equinox Gold's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Equinox Gold Corp 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.
Equinox Gold's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Equinox. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Equinox. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Equinox Gold 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 | EQX250417C00012500 | 292 | 12.5 | 0.0 - 0.75 | 0.02 | Out |
Call | EQX250417C00010000 | 1588 | 10.0 | 0.0 - 0.05 | 0.05 | Out |
Call | EQX250417C00007500 | 8374 | 7.5 | 0.1 - 0.2 | 0.13 | Out |
Call | EQX250417C00005000 | 2836 | 5.0 | 1.5 - 1.8 | 1.71 | In |
Call | EQX250417C00002500 | 93 | 2.5 | 3.5 - 4.5 | 3.9 | In |
Put | EQX250417P00012500 | 0 | 12.5 | 5.7 - 6.0 | 5.7 | In |
Put | EQX250417P00010000 | 5 | 10.0 | 3.3 - 3.5 | 3.58 | In |
Put | EQX250417P00007500 | 172 | 7.5 | 0.0 - 1.5 | 1.1 | In |
Put | EQX250417P00005000 | 675 | 5.0 | 0.0 - 0.1 | 0.02 | Out |
Put | EQX250417P00002500 | 6 | 2.5 | 0.0 - 0.05 | 0.1 | Out |
Equinox Gold Market Cap Over Time
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Equinox Total Stockholder Equity
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Equinox Gold Corporate Directors
| Lenard Boggio | Lead Independent Director | Profile | |
| Gordon Campbell | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Wesley Clark | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Peter Marrone | Independent Director | Profile |
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