McCormick Company Stock Options

MKC Etf  USD 73.31  0.31  0.42%   
McCormick Company's latest option contracts expiring on March 21st 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.41 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.46 over 27 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying more calls than puts on contracts expiring on March 21st 2025. The total put volume is at 8.0, with calls trading at the volume of 6.0. This yields a 1.33 put-to-call volume ratio.

Open Interest Against March 21st 2025 Option Contracts

The chart above shows McCormick Company'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. McCormick Company's open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for McCormick Company's option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.

McCormick Company Maximum Pain Price Across 2025-03-21 Option Contracts

Max pain usually refers to a trading concept that asserts that market manipulation can cause the market price of particular securities such as McCormick Company close to expiration to expire worthless. So, Max pain occurs when market makers reach a net positive position across all options at a strike price where option holders stand to lose the most money. By contrast, McCormick Company'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 McCormick Company

Analyzing McCormick Company's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in McCormick Company regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when McCormick Company's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money McCormick Company's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with McCormick Company's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
McCormick Company's stock options are financial instruments that give investors the right to buy or sell shares of McCormick Company common stock at a specified price for a given time period. Generally speaking, an option to purchase or sell McCormick stock makes it part of the underlying stock when the option's price is tied to the movement of the underlying stock. If McCormick Company's stock price goes up or down, the stock options follow.

McCormick Company In The Money Call Balance

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

McCormick Current Options Market Mood

McCormick Company'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 McCormick 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 Open Interest

Put-to-Call Volume

Unfortunately, most McCormick Company's options investors are not very successful. McCormick Company'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 McCormick contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that McCormick Company Incorporated will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0256% per day over the life of the 2025-03-21 option contract. With McCormick Company trading at USD 73.31, that is roughly USD 0.0188. If you think that the market is fully incorporating McCormick Company's daily price movement you should consider buying McCormick Company Incorporated 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 McCormick Company 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" McCormick calls. Remember, the seller must deliver McCormick Company Incorporated stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.

McCormick Company Option Chain

When McCormick Company's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against McCormick Company Incorporated 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.
McCormick Company's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on McCormick. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for McCormick. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a McCormick Company 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
MKC250321C00060000660.012.5 - 15.418.43In
Call
MKC250321C000650001465.07.8 - 10.99.8In
Call
MKC250321C000700009170.03.9 - 6.35.0In
Call
MKC250321C0007500085075.02.0 - 3.52.55Out
Call
MKC250321C0008000043080.00.55 - 0.850.8Out
Call
MKC250321C00085000104285.00.1 - 0.450.25Out
Call
MKC250321C0009000026690.00.0 - 0.750.09Out
Call
MKC250321C0009500020795.00.0 - 0.750.23Out
Call
MKC250321C001000006100.00.05 - 0.30.23Out
Call
MKC250321C0010500080105.00.0 - 0.750.4Out
Call
MKC250321C001100000110.00.0 - 0.750.75Out
Call
MKC250321C001150000115.00.0 - 0.750.75Out
Call
MKC250321C001200000120.00.0 - 0.750.75Out
 Put
MKC250321P00055000555.00.0 - 0.550.46Out
 Put
MKC250321P000600001960.00.05 - 0.40.35Out
 Put
MKC250321P000650007965.00.4 - 0.650.6Out
 Put
MKC250321P0007000056770.01.4 - 1.951.82Out
 Put
MKC250321P0007500041475.03.1 - 3.93.4In
 Put
MKC250321P0008000027880.05.9 - 7.97.45In
 Put
MKC250321P000850002185.010.6 - 13.714.06In
 Put
MKC250321P00090000190.015.0 - 17.318.69In
 Put
MKC250321P00095000095.020.4 - 23.317.7In
 Put
MKC250321P001000000100.024.7 - 28.726.3In
 Put
MKC250321P001050000105.029.7 - 33.829.7In
 Put
MKC250321P001100000110.034.7 - 38.334.7In
 Put
MKC250321P001150000115.039.8 - 43.839.8In
 Put
MKC250321P001200000120.044.7 - 48.844.7In

Other Information on Investing in McCormick Etf

McCormick Company financial ratios help investors to determine whether McCormick Etf is cheap or expensive when compared to a particular measure, such as profits or enterprise value. In other words, they help investors to determine the cost of investment in McCormick with respect to the benefits of owning McCormick Company security.