Lamb Weston Stock Options

LW Stock  USD 65.53  0.51  0.77%   
Lamb Weston's latest option contracts expiring on January 17th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.34 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 1.4 over 27 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying more puts than calls on contracts expiring on January 17th 2025. The total put volume is at 2.0.

Open Interest Against January 17th 2025 Option Contracts

Lamb Weston 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 Lamb Weston's lending market. For example, when Lamb Weston'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 Lamb Weston, he or she must hedge the risk by shorting Lamb Weston stock over its option's life.
The chart above shows Lamb Weston'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. Lamb Weston's open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Lamb Weston's option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.

Lamb Weston Maximum Pain Price Across 2025-01-17 Option Contracts

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

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

Lamb Current Options Market Mood

Lamb Weston'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 Lamb 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 Lamb Weston's options investors are not very successful. Lamb Weston'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 Lamb contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Lamb Weston Holdings will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0213% per day over the life of the 2025-01-17 option contract. With Lamb Weston trading at USD 65.53, that is roughly USD 0.0139. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Lamb Weston's daily price movement you should consider buying Lamb Weston Holdings options at the current volatility level of 0.34%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  
Purchasing Lamb Weston 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" Lamb calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Lamb Weston Holdings stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.

Lamb Weston Option Chain

When Lamb Weston's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Lamb Weston Holdings 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.
Lamb Weston's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Lamb. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Lamb. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Lamb Weston 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
LW250117C00050000050.043.0 - 48.043.0Out
Call
LW250117C00055000055.040.6 - 43.340.6Out
Call
LW250117C00060000060.036.1 - 39.036.1Out
Call
LW250117C00065000065.031.3 - 34.831.3Out
Call
LW250117C00070000070.028.8 - 29.628.8Out
Call
LW250117C00075000075.025.2 - 26.525.2Out
Call
LW250117C00080000080.021.7 - 23.921.7Out
Call
LW250117C00085000085.018.4 - 20.818.4Out
Call
LW250117C00090000090.015.4 - 18.015.4Out
Call
LW250117C00095000095.012.9 - 14.312.9Out
Call
LW250117C001000002100.010.5 - 10.910.5Out
Call
LW250117C001050007105.08.6 - 8.98.6Out
Call
LW250117C001100009110.06.9 - 7.46.9Out
Call
LW250117C001400001140.01.6 - 1.81.6Out
Call
LW250117C001450001145.01.2 - 1.41.2Out
 Put
LW250117P00050000050.00.3 - 1.20.3Out
 Put
LW250117P00055000055.01.35 - 2.61.35Out
 Put
LW250117P00060000060.01.9 - 2.551.9Out
 Put
LW250117P00065000065.02.55 - 2.82.55Out
 Put
LW250117P00070000070.03.3 - 3.63.3Out
 Put
LW250117P00075000675.04.3 - 4.64.3Out
 Put
LW250117P00080000980.05.5 - 5.85.5Out
 Put
LW250117P00085000485.07.0 - 7.37.2Out
 Put
LW250117P00090000090.08.7 - 9.18.7Out
 Put
LW250117P00095000395.010.1 - 11.310.1Out
 Put
LW250117P001000004100.012.6 - 13.912.6Out
 Put
LW250117P001050002105.016.3 - 17.516.3Out

Lamb Weston Selling And Marketing Expenses Over Time

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Lamb Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

2.16 Billion

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

Lamb Weston Corporate Directors

Robert NiblockIndependent DirectorProfile
Robert CovielloIndependent DirectorProfile
Maria SharpeIndependent DirectorProfile
Charles BlixtIndependent DirectorProfile

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