IShares Edge Stock Options
| IVLU Etf | USD 27.30 0.21 0.78% |
IShares Edge's latest option contracts expiring on January 17th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.76. The IShares Edge option chain provides detailed quote and price information for the current iShares Edge MSCI option contracts. It shows all of IShares Edge's listed puts, calls, expiration dates, strike prices, and other pricing information.
In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on IShares Edge
Analyzing IShares Edge's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in IShares Edge regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when IShares Edge's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money IShares Edge's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with IShares Edge's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
iShares Edge MSCI In The Money Call Balance
When IShares Edge's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against iShares Edge MSCI stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying IShares Edge'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 iShares Edge MSCI 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.
IShares Current Options Market Mood
IShares Edge'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 IShares Etf'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 Volume
It is estimated that an average options trader loses somewhere between 80% to 90% of the time. Using current IShares Edge's option volume and open interest to make an investment decision is considered a contrarian-sentiment measure that can be utilized in many timing strategies in both derivative and spot marketplace.
Rule 16 of the current IShares contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that iShares Edge MSCI will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0475% per day over the life of the 2025-01-17 option contract. With IShares Edge trading at USD 27.3, that is roughly USD 0.013. If you think that the market is fully incorporating IShares Edge's daily price movement you should consider buying iShares Edge MSCI options at the current volatility level of 0.76%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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Purchasing IShares Edge 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" IShares calls. Remember, the seller must deliver iShares Edge MSCI stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
IShares Edge Option Chain
When IShares Edge's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against iShares Edge MSCI 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.
IShares Edge's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on IShares. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for IShares. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a IShares Edge 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 | IVLU250117C00024000 | 0 | 24.0 | 0.05 - 5.6 | 0.05 | In |
Call | IVLU250117C00025000 | 0 | 25.0 | 0.05 - 5.8 | 0.05 | In |
Call | IVLU250117C00026000 | 0 | 26.0 | 0.05 - 4.8 | 0.05 | In |
Call | IVLU250117C00027000 | 0 | 27.0 | 0.0 - 3.9 | 3.9 | In |
Call | IVLU250117C00028000 | 0 | 28.0 | 0.0 - 2.45 | 2.45 | |
Call | IVLU250117C00029000 | 0 | 29.0 | 0.0 - 2.2 | 2.2 | |
Call | IVLU250117C00030000 | 0 | 30.0 | 0.0 - 2.15 | 2.15 | |
Call | IVLU250117C00031000 | 0 | 31.0 | 0.0 - 2.1 | 2.1 | |
Call | IVLU250117C00032000 | 0 | 32.0 | 0.0 - 1.95 | 1.95 | |
Put | IVLU250117P00024000 | 0 | 24.0 | 0.0 - 2.0 | 2.0 | |
Put | IVLU250117P00025000 | 0 | 25.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 4.8 | |
Put | IVLU250117P00026000 | 0 | 26.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 4.8 | |
Put | IVLU250117P00027000 | 0 | 27.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 4.8 | |
Put | IVLU250117P00028000 | 0 | 28.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 4.8 | In |
Put | IVLU250117P00029000 | 0 | 29.0 | 0.05 - 10.0 | 0.05 | In |
Put | IVLU250117P00030000 | 0 | 30.0 | 0.05 - 10.0 | 0.05 | In |
Put | IVLU250117P00031000 | 0 | 31.0 | 0.05 - 20.0 | 0.05 | In |
Put | IVLU250117P00032000 | 0 | 32.0 | 2.5 - 8.1 | 2.5 | In |
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The market value of iShares Edge MSCI is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of IShares that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of IShares Edge's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is IShares Edge'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 IShares Edge's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect IShares Edge'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 IShares Edge's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if IShares Edge is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, IShares Edge'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.