FutureFuel Corp Stock Options
| FF Stock | USD 4.36 0.06 1.36% |
FutureFuel Corp's latest option contracts expiring on May 16th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.84 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.27 over 8 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more calls than puts on contracts expiring on May 16th 2025. The total put volume is at 5.0.
Open Interest Against May 16th 2025 Option Contracts
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The chart above shows FutureFuel Corp'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. FutureFuel Corp's open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for FutureFuel Corp's option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on FutureFuel Corp
Analyzing FutureFuel Corp's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in FutureFuel Corp regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when FutureFuel Corp's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money FutureFuel Corp's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with FutureFuel Corp's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
FutureFuel Corp In The Money Call Balance
When FutureFuel Corp's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against FutureFuel Corp stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying FutureFuel Corp'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 FutureFuel 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.
FutureFuel Current Options Market Mood
FutureFuel Corp'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 FutureFuel 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 FutureFuel Corp'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. FutureFuel Corp'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 FutureFuel contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that FutureFuel Corp will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0525% per day over the life of the 2025-05-16 option contract. With FutureFuel Corp trading at USD 4.36, that is roughly USD 0.002289. If you think that the market is fully incorporating FutureFuel Corp's daily price movement you should consider buying FutureFuel Corp options at the current volatility level of 0.84%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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Purchasing FutureFuel Corp 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" FutureFuel calls. Remember, the seller must deliver FutureFuel Corp stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
FutureFuel Corp Option Chain
When FutureFuel Corp's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against FutureFuel 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.
FutureFuel Corp's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on FutureFuel. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for FutureFuel. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a FutureFuel Corp 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 | FF250516C00010000 | 32 | 10.0 | 0.0 - 0.05 | 0.05 | Out |
Call | FF250516C00007500 | 414 | 7.5 | 0.0 - 0.05 | 0.02 | Out |
Call | FF250516C00005000 | 205 | 5.0 | 0.0 - 0.25 | 0.2 | Out |
Call | FF250516C00002500 | 0 | 2.5 | 1.8 - 1.95 | 1.8 | In |
Put | FF250516P00010000 | 0 | 10.0 | 5.6 - 5.8 | 3.8 | In |
Put | FF250516P00007500 | 7 | 7.5 | 3.1 - 3.3 | 2.35 | In |
Put | FF250516P00005000 | 166 | 5.0 | 0.7 - 0.9 | 0.78 | In |
Put | FF250516P00002500 | 0 | 2.5 | 0.0 - 0.15 | 0.15 |
FutureFuel Corp Market Cap Over Time
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FutureFuel Total Stockholder Equity
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FutureFuel Corp Corporate Directors
| Edwin Levy | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Paul Manheim | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Donald Bedell | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Rose Sparks | Principal Financial Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Director | Profile |
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Is Specialty Chemicals 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 FutureFuel Corp. If investors know FutureFuel 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 FutureFuel Corp 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 (0.79) | Dividend Share 0.24 | Earnings Share 0.82 | Revenue Per Share | Quarterly Revenue Growth (0.56) |
The market value of FutureFuel Corp is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of FutureFuel that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of FutureFuel Corp's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is FutureFuel Corp'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 FutureFuel Corp's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect FutureFuel Corp'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 FutureFuel Corp's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if FutureFuel Corp is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, FutureFuel Corp'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.