East West Stock Options
| EWBC Stock | USD 89.99 0.10 0.11% |
East West's latest option contracts expiring on May 16th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.41 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 2.0 over 20 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more puts than calls on contracts expiring on May 16th 2025. The total put volume is at 1.0, with calls trading at the volume of 2.0. This yields a 0.5 put-to-call volume ratio.
Open Interest Against May 16th 2025 Option Contracts
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The chart above shows East West'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. East West's open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for East West's option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
East West Maximum Pain Price Across 2025-05-16 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 East West 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, East West'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 East West
Analyzing East West's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in East West regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when East West's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money East West's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with East West's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
East West's stock options are financial instruments that give investors the right to buy or sell shares of East West Bancorp common stock at a specified price for a given time period. Generally speaking, an option to purchase or sell East stock makes it part of the underlying stock when the option's price is tied to the movement of the underlying stock. If East West's stock price goes up or down, the stock options follow.
At present, East West's Liabilities And Stockholders Equity is projected to increase significantly based on the last few years of reporting. The current year's Capital Stock is expected to grow to about 184.6 K, whereas Common Stock Shares Outstanding is forecasted to decline to about 117.5 M. East West Bancorp In The Money Call Balance
When East West's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against East West Bancorp stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying East West'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 East West Bancorp 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.
East Current Options Market Mood
East West'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 East 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 East West's options investors are not very successful. East West'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 East contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that East West Bancorp will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0256% per day over the life of the 2025-05-16 option contract. With East West trading at USD 89.99, that is roughly USD 0.0231. If you think that the market is fully incorporating East West's daily price movement you should consider buying East West Bancorp options at the current volatility level of 0.41%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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Purchasing East West 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" East calls. Remember, the seller must deliver East West Bancorp stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
East West Option Chain
When East West's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against East West Bancorp 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.
East West's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on East. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for East. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a East West 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 | EWBC250516C00130000 | 0 | 130.0 | 0.0 - 1.4 | 1.4 | |
Call | EWBC250516C00125000 | 0 | 125.0 | 0.0 - 1.4 | 1.4 | |
Call | EWBC250516C00120000 | 0 | 120.0 | 0.0 - 1.5 | 1.5 | |
Call | EWBC250516C00115000 | 0 | 115.0 | 0.0 - 1.55 | 1.55 | |
Call | EWBC250516C00110000 | 0 | 110.0 | 0.0 - 1.7 | 1.7 | |
Call | EWBC250516C00105000 | 0 | 105.0 | 0.0 - 2.0 | 2.0 | |
Call | EWBC250516C00100000 | 0 | 100.0 | 0.0 - 2.55 | 2.55 | |
Call | EWBC250516C00095000 | 1 | 95.0 | 1.85 - 4.5 | 2.3 | Out |
Call | EWBC250516C00090000 | 0 | 90.0 | 3.4 - 6.1 | 4.0 | |
Call | EWBC250516C00085000 | 0 | 85.0 | 6.0 - 9.0 | 6.0 | In |
Put | EWBC250516P00130000 | 0 | 130.0 | 38.7 - 41.5 | 38.7 | In |
Put | EWBC250516P00125000 | 0 | 125.0 | 33.8 - 36.5 | 33.8 | In |
Put | EWBC250516P00120000 | 0 | 120.0 | 28.8 - 31.6 | 28.8 | In |
Put | EWBC250516P00115000 | 0 | 115.0 | 24.0 - 27.3 | 24.0 | In |
Put | EWBC250516P00110000 | 0 | 110.0 | 18.5 - 22.5 | 18.5 | In |
Put | EWBC250516P00105000 | 0 | 105.0 | 13.8 - 17.5 | 13.8 | In |
Put | EWBC250516P00100000 | 0 | 100.0 | 10.6 - 12.3 | 10.6 | In |
Put | EWBC250516P00095000 | 0 | 95.0 | 5.3 - 8.2 | 5.3 | In |
Put | EWBC250516P00090000 | 2 | 90.0 | 4.2 - 5.2 | 4.1 | Out |
Put | EWBC250516P00085000 | 0 | 85.0 | 1.6 - 3.3 | 2.7 |
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East West Corporate Executives
Elected by the shareholders, the East West's board of directors comprises two types of representatives: East West inside directors who are chosen from within the company, and outside directors, selected externally and held independent of East. The board's role is to monitor East West's management team and ensure that shareholders' interests are well served. East West's inside directors are responsible for reviewing and approving budgets prepared by upper management to implement core corporate initiatives and projects. On the other hand, East West's outside directors are responsible for providing unbiased perspectives on the board's policies.
| Christopher CFA | Executive CFO | Profile | |
| Irene Oh | CFO, Executive VP, CFO of East West Bank and Executive VP of East West Bank | Profile | |
| Parker Shi | Executive COO | Profile |
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Is Regional Banks space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of East West. If investors know East will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about East West listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Quarterly Earnings Growth 0.244 | Dividend Share 2.2 | Earnings Share 8.34 | Revenue Per Share | Quarterly Revenue Growth (0.05) |
The market value of East West Bancorp is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of East that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of East West's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is East West'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 East West's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect East West'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 East West's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if East West is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, East West'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.