LB Foster Stock Options

FSTR Stock  USD 28.30  0.02  0.07%   
LB Foster's latest option contracts expiring on 2024-12-20 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.06 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 1.25 over 3 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying more puts than calls on contracts expiring on 2024-12-20. The LB Foster option chain provides detailed quote and price information for the current LB Foster option contracts. It shows all of LB Foster's listed puts, calls, expiration dates, strike prices, and other pricing information.
LB Foster's option chain provides insight into all available option contracts written on LB Foster's stock. Investors can see outstanding put and call contracts with pricing information and greeks for a given expiration period. In addition, each of LB Foster's stock options below provides a detailed picture of the payoff. Comparing vital and dynamic information of various option contracts across diverse expiration periods will help you make an educated decision on your market timing strategies around investing in a given FSTR option contract.

In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on LB Foster

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

When LB Foster's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against LB Foster stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying LB Foster'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 LB Foster 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.

FSTR Current Options Market Mood

LB Foster'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 FSTR 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 LB Foster's options investors are not very successful. LB Foster'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 FSTR contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that LB Foster will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.003906% per day over the life of the 2024-12-20 option contract. With LB Foster trading at USD 28.3, that is roughly USD 0.001105. If you think that the market is fully incorporating LB Foster's daily price movement you should consider buying LB Foster options at the current volatility level of 0.0625%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  
Purchasing LB Foster 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" FSTR calls. Remember, the seller must deliver LB Foster stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.

LB Foster Option Chain

When LB Foster's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against LB Foster 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.
LB Foster's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on FSTR. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for FSTR. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a LB Foster 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 IntExpirationCurrent SpreadLast Price
Call
FSTR Option Call 20-12-2024 2512024-12-200.0 - 0.01.7In
Call
FSTR Option Call 20-12-2024 3072024-12-200.0 - 0.00.4Out
 Put
FSTR Option Put 20-12-2024 25102024-12-200.0 - 0.02.2Out

FSTR Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

140.71 Million

At this time, LB Foster's Total Stockholder Equity is relatively stable compared to the past year.

LB Foster Corporate Management

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