LLY261218P01040000 Option on Eli Lilly

LLY Stock  USD 920.63  15.47  1.71%   
Eli Lilly's latest option contracts expiring on May 16th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.41 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.75 over 111 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying slightly more calls than puts on contracts expiring on May 16th 2025. The total put volume is at 1.1 K, with calls trading at the volume of 355. This yields a 3.16 put-to-call volume ratio.

Open Interest Against May 16th 2025 Option Contracts

Eli Lilly option prices can potentially be used to forecast stock returns because most option chains provide information not only about the current prices but also about the future conditions in Eli Lilly's lending market. For example, when Eli Lilly's puts are not actively trading or completely missing in the marketplace, investors can use it to internalize expected shorting costs. So if an investor is writing a put option on Eli Lilly, he or she must hedge the risk by shorting Eli Lilly stock over its option's life.
The chart above shows Eli Lilly'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. Eli Lilly's open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Eli Lilly's option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.

Eli Lilly Maximum Pain Price Across 2025-05-16 Option Contracts

Max pain occurs when Eli Lilly's market makers reach a net positive position across all Eli Lilly's options at a strike price where option holders stand to lose the most money. By contrast, Eli Lilly's 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 Eli Lilly

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

Eli Lilly In The Money Call Balance

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

Eli Current Options Market Mood

Eli Lilly'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 Eli 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 Eli Lilly's options investors are not very successful. Eli Lilly'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 Eli contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Eli Lilly and will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0256% per day over the life of the 2025-05-16 option contract. With Eli Lilly trading at USD 920.63, that is roughly USD 0.24. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Eli Lilly's daily price movement you should consider buying Eli Lilly and options at the current volatility level of 0.41%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  
Purchasing Eli Lilly 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" Eli calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Eli Lilly and stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.

Eli Lilly Option Chain

When Eli Lilly's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Eli Lilly and 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.
Eli Lilly's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Eli. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Eli. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Eli Lilly 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
LLY250516C005000005500.0422.0 - 428.75417.0In
Call
LLY250516C006000002600.0324.0 - 331.1290.1In
Call
LLY250516C0062000031620.0305.0 - 310.7259.92In
Call
LLY250516C006300006630.0295.0 - 302.1253.88In
Call
LLY250516C006400003640.0285.25 - 292.8245.7In
Call
LLY250516C006500006650.0276.0 - 282.75236.28In
Call
LLY250516C006600003660.0266.15 - 273.95233.1In
Call
LLY250516C006800002680.0248.25 - 253.55136.71In
Call
LLY250516C007000006700.0230.2 - 235.0225.29In
Call
LLY250516C007100008710.0219.0 - 225.1177.46In
Call
LLY250516C0072000024720.0210.6 - 216.25212.0In
Call
LLY250516C007300006730.0201.0 - 207.1185.85In
Call
LLY250516C0074000030740.0193.35 - 198.4195.95In
Call
LLY250516C0075000054750.0183.5 - 188.8175.07In
Call
LLY250516C0076000084760.0175.2 - 179.6116.65In
Call
LLY250516C00770000136770.0167.1 - 171.2170.15In
Call
LLY250516C0078000099780.0157.95 - 162.55145.04In
Call
LLY250516C0079000030790.0150.0 - 154.05149.65In
Call
LLY250516C0080000092800.0141.5 - 145.65131.45In
Call
LLY250516C0081000060810.0133.2 - 137.8132.72In
Call
LLY250516C0082000016820.0126.1 - 129.7121.89In
Call
LLY250516C0083000022830.0117.6 - 121.9114.3In
Call
LLY250516C0084000077840.0110.6 - 114.4594.08In
Call
LLY250516C0085000071850.0104.05 - 107.1596.0In
Call
LLY250516C00860000108860.096.4 - 100.5587.4In
Call
LLY250516C00870000101870.089.65 - 93.4587.0In
Call
LLY250516C00880000166880.083.9 - 86.9581.05In
Call
LLY250516C0089000053890.077.0 - 80.974.15In
Call
LLY250516C00900000221900.071.65 - 75.568.65In
Call
LLY250516C00910000774910.066.2 - 70.163.79In
Call
LLY250516C00920000298920.061.5 - 64.0558.25Out
Call
LLY250516C00930000194930.054.85 - 59.1553.37Out
Call
LLY250516C0094000073940.052.05 - 55.543.0Out
Call
LLY250516C00950000158950.047.8 - 49.6545.1Out
Call
LLY250516C0096000080960.042.8 - 46.2541.25Out
Call
LLY250516C00970000204970.038.7 - 42.7536.3Out
Call
LLY250516C0098000035980.035.85 - 38.629.23Out
Call
LLY250516C0099000030990.032.75 - 34.6531.4Out
Call
LLY250516C0100000013221000.029.55 - 31.4530.5Out
Call
LLY250516C01020000711020.023.55 - 26.0519.73Out
Call
LLY250516C01040000791040.018.55 - 21.415.04Out
Call
LLY250516C01060000741060.016.05 - 17.1516.25Out
Call
LLY250516C010800001521080.012.7 - 14.010.7Out
Call
LLY250516C01100000251100.010.15 - 12.48.75Out
Call
LLY250516C01120000301120.08.05 - 10.47.05Out
Call
LLY250516C0114000061140.06.45 - 8.46.35Out
Call
LLY250516C0116000091160.05.1 - 7.555.41Out
Call
LLY250516C01180000101180.02.06 - 5.72.84Out
Call
LLY250516C01200000131200.02.7 - 6.83.65Out
Call
LLY250516C0122000071220.01.64 - 4.33.0Out
Call
LLY250516C0124000001240.01.08 - 4.51.08Out
 Put
LLY250516P0047000035470.00.08 - 1.910.38Out
 Put
LLY250516P0048000031480.00.0 - 2.910.45Out
 Put
LLY250516P004900006490.00.01 - 4.70.56Out
 Put
LLY250516P0050000054500.00.12 - 4.80.66Out
 Put
LLY250516P005200005520.00.03 - 2.50.6Out
 Put
LLY250516P0054000036540.00.33 - 1.840.75Out
 Put
LLY250516P005600008560.00.12 - 1.81.86Out
 Put
LLY250516P005800007580.00.33 - 3.83.0Out
 Put
LLY250516P00600000275600.01.7 - 2.01.9Out
 Put
LLY250516P0061000018610.00.81 - 4.451.89Out
 Put
LLY250516P0062000011620.01.01 - 4.52.99Out
 Put
LLY250516P0063000013630.01.45 - 4.753.1Out
 Put
LLY250516P0064000042640.01.1 - 5.23.12Out
 Put
LLY250516P0065000057650.02.07 - 5.42.93Out
 Put
LLY250516P0066000046660.02.13 - 5.94.25Out
 Put
LLY250516P0067000063670.02.22 - 6.353.7Out
 Put
LLY250516P00680000117680.03.65 - 4.455.5Out
 Put
LLY250516P0069000057690.03.65 - 5.155.2Out
 Put
LLY250516P00700000157700.03.55 - 5.655.75Out
 Put
LLY250516P0071000044710.04.25 - 6.26.82Out
 Put
LLY250516P0072000049720.04.8 - 7.17.27Out
 Put
LLY250516P00730000192730.06.9 - 7.658.0Out
 Put
LLY250516P00740000190740.06.75 - 8.510.0Out
 Put
LLY250516P0075000083750.08.3 - 9.5511.15Out
 Put
LLY250516P0076000063760.08.7 - 10.6511.3Out
 Put
LLY250516P00770000160770.010.5 - 11.8512.85Out
 Put
LLY250516P0078000069780.011.65 - 13.314.5Out
 Put
LLY250516P00790000207790.013.05 - 14.816.0Out
 Put
LLY250516P00800000574800.015.2 - 16.4517.6Out
 Put
LLY250516P0081000069810.016.3 - 18.319.55Out
 Put
LLY250516P00820000107820.019.0 - 20.3521.1Out
 Put
LLY250516P0083000046830.021.2 - 22.7524.22Out
 Put
LLY250516P0084000053840.024.0 - 25.1527.45Out
 Put
LLY250516P00850000452850.026.05 - 29.028.5Out
 Put
LLY250516P00860000102860.029.65 - 31.434.05Out
 Put
LLY250516P0087000050870.032.5 - 35.5539.85Out
 Put
LLY250516P0088000051880.036.1 - 39.1539.65Out
 Put
LLY250516P0089000038890.039.65 - 42.8543.15Out
 Put
LLY250516P00900000168900.043.85 - 47.147.8Out
 Put
LLY250516P009100007910.048.35 - 50.2557.05Out
 Put
LLY250516P0092000023920.052.8 - 54.9554.1Out
 Put
LLY250516P009300008930.058.15 - 60.8564.47In
 Put
LLY250516P009400002940.062.15 - 65.1563.7In
 Put
LLY250516P0095000011950.067.8 - 70.7580.0In
 Put
LLY250516P009600001960.074.1 - 77.7575.2In
 Put
LLY250516P009700005970.079.95 - 83.6588.75In
 Put
LLY250516P009800006980.086.05 - 89.7594.4In
 Put
LLY250516P0099000012990.093.6 - 97.1108.1In
 Put
LLY250516P0100000051000.0100.4 - 103.95110.2In
 Put
LLY250516P0102000031020.0114.5 - 118.85125.15In
 Put
LLY250516P0106000011060.0145.7 - 151.4168.2In
 Put
LLY250516P0108000031080.0164.05 - 168.0191.95In
 Put
LLY250516P0110000001100.0181.9 - 186.7181.9In
 Put
LLY250516P0112000001120.0199.55 - 205.45199.55In
 Put
LLY250516P0114000001140.0218.0 - 224.5218.0In
 Put
LLY250516P0116000001160.0236.45 - 243.95236.45In
 Put
LLY250516P0118000001180.0256.25 - 263.8256.25In
 Put
LLY250516P0120000001200.0276.9 - 283.75276.9In
 Put
LLY250516P0122000001220.0297.2 - 302.85297.2In
 Put
LLY250516P0124000001240.0315.75 - 323.85315.75In

Eli Lilly Selling And Marketing Expenses Over Time

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Eli Lilly Market Cap Over Time

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Eli Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

9.2 Billion

At this time, Eli Lilly's Total Stockholder Equity is fairly stable compared to the past year.

Eli Lilly Corporate Directors

Kathi SeifertIndependent DirectorProfile
Jamere JacksonIndependent DirectorProfile
Juan LucianoLead Independent DirectorProfile
Gabrielle SulzbergerIndependent DirectorProfile

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