GFI250117C00030000 Option on Gold Fields
| GFI Stock | USD 16.16 0.87 5.69% |
Gold Fields' latest option contracts expiring on April 17th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.56 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.56 over 36 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying more calls than puts on contracts expiring on April 17th 2025. The total put volume is at 15.0, with calls trading at the volume of 253. This yields a 0.06 put-to-call volume ratio.
Open Interest Against April 17th 2025 Option Contracts
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The chart above shows Gold Fields' 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. Gold Fields' open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Gold Fields' option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
Gold Fields Maximum Pain Price Across 2025-04-17 Option Contracts
Gold Fields' 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, 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 Gold Fields
Analyzing Gold Fields' in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Gold Fields regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Gold Fields' options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Gold Fields' options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Gold Fields' stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Gold Fields In The Money Call Balance
When Gold Fields' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Gold Fields Ltd stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Gold Fields' 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 Gold Fields Ltd 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.
Gold Current Options Market Mood
Gold Fields' 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 Gold 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 Gold Fields' calls and puts, are not very successful. It is estimated that an average options trader loses somewhere between 80% to 90% of the time. Gold Fields' 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 Gold contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Gold Fields Ltd will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.035% per day over the life of the 2025-04-17 option contract. With Gold Fields trading at USD 16.16, that is roughly USD 0.005656. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Gold Fields' daily price movement you should consider buying Gold Fields Ltd options at the current volatility level of 0.56%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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Purchasing Gold Fields 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" Gold calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Gold Fields Ltd stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
Gold Fields Option Chain
When Gold Fields' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Gold Fields Ltd 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.
Gold Fields' option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Gold. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Gold. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Gold Fields 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 | GFI250417C00009000 | 10 | 9.0 | 6.7 - 7.2 | 6.2 | In |
Call | GFI250417C00010000 | 40 | 10.0 | 5.6 - 6.1 | 3.44 | In |
Call | GFI250417C00011000 | 36 | 11.0 | 4.7 - 5.1 | 5.2 | In |
Call | GFI250417C00012000 | 25 | 12.0 | 3.7 - 4.2 | 4.3 | In |
Call | GFI250417C00013000 | 197 | 13.0 | 3.0 - 3.2 | 3.3 | In |
Call | GFI250417C00014000 | 486 | 14.0 | 2.25 - 2.45 | 2.32 | In |
Call | GFI250417C00015000 | 1947 | 15.0 | 1.6 - 1.75 | 1.7 | In |
Call | GFI250417C00016000 | 98 | 16.0 | 0.95 - 1.2 | 1.15 | Out |
Call | GFI250417C00017000 | 1924 | 17.0 | 0.7 - 0.8 | 0.76 | Out |
Call | GFI250417C00018000 | 109 | 18.0 | 0.0 - 1.15 | 0.3 | Out |
Call | GFI250417C00019000 | 407 | 19.0 | 0.3 - 0.4 | 0.3 | Out |
Call | GFI250417C00020000 | 3486 | 20.0 | 0.0 - 0.3 | 0.19 | Out |
Call | GFI250417C00021000 | 589 | 21.0 | 0.1 - 0.2 | 0.55 | Out |
Call | GFI250417C00022000 | 2 | 22.0 | 0.0 - 0.4 | 0.11 | Out |
Call | GFI250417C00023000 | 19 | 23.0 | 0.0 - 0.25 | 0.85 | Out |
Call | GFI250417C00025000 | 0 | 25.0 | 0.0 - 0.75 | 0.75 | |
Call | GFI250417C00030000 | 0 | 30.0 | 0.0 - 0.75 | 0.75 | |
Call | GFI250417C00035000 | 0 | 35.0 | 0.0 - 0.75 | 0.75 | |
Put | GFI250417P00009000 | 65 | 9.0 | 0.0 - 0.15 | 0.15 | Out |
Put | GFI250417P00010000 | 50 | 10.0 | 0.0 - 0.75 | 0.25 | Out |
Put | GFI250417P00011000 | 30 | 11.0 | 0.0 - 0.4 | 0.25 | Out |
Put | GFI250417P00012000 | 161 | 12.0 | 0.1 - 0.25 | 0.25 | Out |
Put | GFI250417P00013000 | 66 | 13.0 | 0.25 - 0.35 | 0.58 | Out |
Put | GFI250417P00014000 | 644 | 14.0 | 0.0 - 0.7 | 0.53 | Out |
Put | GFI250417P00015000 | 2183 | 15.0 | 0.8 - 1.05 | 0.85 | Out |
Put | GFI250417P00016000 | 248 | 16.0 | 1.3 - 1.45 | 1.4 | In |
Put | GFI250417P00017000 | 1629 | 17.0 | 1.8 - 2.45 | 2.35 | In |
Put | GFI250417P00018000 | 120 | 18.0 | 2.55 - 3.1 | 3.6 | In |
Put | GFI250417P00019000 | 62 | 19.0 | 3.4 - 3.7 | 4.97 | In |
Put | GFI250417P00020000 | 9 | 20.0 | 4.2 - 4.7 | 5.9 | In |
Put | GFI250417P00021000 | 3 | 21.0 | 5.2 - 5.6 | 7.71 | In |
Put | GFI250417P00022000 | 14 | 22.0 | 6.1 - 6.5 | 7.8 | In |
Put | GFI250417P00023000 | 7 | 23.0 | 7.1 - 7.6 | 8.8 | In |
Put | GFI250417P00025000 | 0 | 25.0 | 9.0 - 9.5 | 9.0 | In |
Put | GFI250417P00030000 | 0 | 30.0 | 14.0 - 14.4 | 14.0 | In |
Put | GFI250417P00035000 | 0 | 35.0 | 18.5 - 21.1 | 18.5 | In |
Gold Fields Market Cap Over Time
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Gold Fields Corporate Directors
| Carmen Letton | Independent Non-Executive Director | Profile | |
| Philisiwe Sibiya | Independent Non-Executive Director | Profile | |
| Alhassan Andani | Non-Executive Independent Director | Profile | |
| Paul Schmidt | Chief Financial Officer, Executive Director | Profile |
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Is Metals & Mining 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 Gold Fields. If investors know Gold 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 Gold Fields 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 (0.15) | Dividend Share 0.399 | Earnings Share 0.71 | Revenue Per Share | Quarterly Revenue Growth (0.06) |
The market value of Gold Fields is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Gold that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Gold Fields' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Gold Fields' 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 Gold Fields' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Gold Fields' 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 Gold Fields' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Gold Fields is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Gold Fields' 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.