Laureate Education Stock Options

LAUR Stock  USD 18.34  0.19  1.05%   
Laureate Education's latest option contracts expiring on January 17th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 2.17. The Laureate Education option chain provides detailed quote and price information for the current Laureate Education option contracts. It shows all of Laureate Education's listed puts, calls, expiration dates, strike prices, and other pricing information.

In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Laureate Education

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

Laureate Education In The Money Call Balance

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

Laureate Current Options Market Mood

Laureate Education'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 Laureate 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 Volume

Unfortunately, most Laureate Education's options investors are not very successful. Laureate Education'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 Laureate contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Laureate Education will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.14% per day over the life of the 2025-01-17 option contract. With Laureate Education trading at USD 18.34, that is roughly USD 0.0249. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Laureate Education's daily price movement you should consider buying Laureate Education options at the current volatility level of 2.17%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  
Purchasing Laureate Education 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" Laureate calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Laureate Education stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.

Laureate Education Option Chain

When Laureate Education's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Laureate Education 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.
Laureate Education's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Laureate. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Laureate. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Laureate Education 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 IntStrike PriceCurrent SpreadLast Price
Call
LAUR250117C0000250002.513.8 - 18.513.8In
Call
LAUR250117C0000500005.011.3 - 16.011.3In
Call
LAUR250117C0000750007.58.8 - 13.58.8In
Call
LAUR250117C00010000010.06.2 - 11.06.2In
Call
LAUR250117C00012500012.53.7 - 8.33.7In
Call
LAUR250117C00015000015.01.4 - 6.01.4In
Call
LAUR250117C00017500017.50.0 - 4.84.8In
Call
LAUR250117C00020000020.00.0 - 4.84.8Out
Call
LAUR250117C00022500022.50.0 - 4.84.8Out
Call
LAUR250117C00025000025.00.0 - 4.84.8Out
 Put
LAUR250117P0000250002.50.0 - 4.84.8Out
 Put
LAUR250117P0000500005.00.0 - 4.84.8Out
 Put
LAUR250117P0000750007.50.0 - 4.84.8Out
 Put
LAUR250117P00010000010.00.0 - 4.84.8Out
 Put
LAUR250117P00012500012.50.0 - 4.84.8Out
 Put
LAUR250117P00015000015.00.0 - 4.84.8Out
 Put
LAUR250117P00017500017.50.0 - 4.84.8Out
 Put
LAUR250117P00020000020.00.0 - 4.84.8In
 Put
LAUR250117P00022500022.51.5 - 6.31.5In
 Put
LAUR250117P00025000025.05.0 - 7.55.0In

Laureate Education Selling And Marketing Expenses Over Time

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Laureate Education Market Cap Over Time

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Laureate Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

965.62 Million

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

Laureate Education Corporate Management

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