KWR241220P00145000 Option on Quaker Chemical
| KWR Stock | USD 156.62 3.46 2.16% |
Quaker Chemical's latest option contracts expiring on 2024-12-20 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.32 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 2.5 over 11 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more puts than calls on contracts expiring on 2024-12-20. The total put volume is at 47.0, with calls trading at the volume of 47.0. This yields a 11.75 put-to-call volume ratio.
Open Interest Against 2024-12-20 Option Contracts
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The chart above shows Quaker Chemical'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. Quaker Chemical's open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Quaker Chemical's option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
Quaker Chemical's option chain provides insight into all available option contracts written on Quaker Chemical's stock. Investors can see outstanding put and call contracts with pricing information and greeks for a given expiration period. In addition, each of Quaker Chemical'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 Quaker option contract.
In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Quaker Chemical
Analyzing Quaker Chemical's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Quaker Chemical regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Quaker Chemical's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Quaker Chemical's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Quaker Chemical's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
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Quaker Chemical In The Money Call Balance
When Quaker Chemical's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Quaker Chemical stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Quaker Chemical'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 Quaker Chemical 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.
Quaker Current Options Market Mood
Quaker Chemical'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 Quaker 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
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Most options investors, including buyers and sellers of Quaker Chemical'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. Quaker Chemical'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 Quaker contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Quaker Chemical will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.02% per day over the life of the 2024-12-20 option contract. With Quaker Chemical trading at USD 156.62, that is roughly USD 0.0313. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Quaker Chemical's daily price movement you should consider buying Quaker Chemical options at the current volatility level of 0.32%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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Purchasing Quaker Chemical 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" Quaker calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Quaker Chemical stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
Quaker Chemical Option Chain
When Quaker Chemical's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Quaker Chemical 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.
Quaker Chemical's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Quaker. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Quaker. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Quaker Chemical 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 | Expiration | Current Spread | Last Price | |||
Call | KWR Option Call 20-12-2024 140 | 10 | 2024-12-20 | 16.1 - 20.8 | 17.5 | In |
Call | KWR Option Call 20-12-2024 150 | 0 | 2024-12-20 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 15.91 | In |
Call | KWR Option Call 20-12-2024 160 | 0 | 2024-12-20 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 7.49 | |
Call | KWR Option Call 20-12-2024 175 | 0 | 2024-12-20 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 1.85 | |
Call | KWR Option Call 20-12-2024 185 | 0 | 2024-12-20 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 3.0 | |
Put | KWR Option Put 20-12-2024 125 | 0 | 2024-12-20 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 1.1 | |
Put | KWR Option Put 20-12-2024 140 | 0 | 2024-12-20 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 3.6 | |
Put | KWR Option Put 20-12-2024 145 | 25 | 2024-12-20 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 4.9 | Out |
Put | KWR Option Put 20-12-2024 150 | 0 | 2024-12-20 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 1.55 | |
Put | KWR Option Put 20-12-2024 160 | 0 | 2024-12-20 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 2.0 | In |
Put | KWR Option Put 20-12-2024 220 | 0 | 2024-12-20 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 41.8 | In |
Quaker Chemical Market Cap Over Time
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Quaker Chemical Corporate Directors
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