Quanex Building Stock Options

NX Stock  USD 24.18  0.38  1.60%   
Quanex Building's latest option contracts expiring on March 21st 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.82 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 1.0 over 18 outstanding agreements suggesting . The Quanex Building option chain provides detailed quote and price information for the current Quanex Building Products option contracts. It shows all of Quanex Building's listed puts, calls, expiration dates, strike prices, and other pricing information.

Open Interest Against March 21st 2025 Option Contracts

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

In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Quanex Building

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

Quanex Building Products In The Money Call Balance

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

Quanex Current Options Market Mood

Quanex Building'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 Quanex 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

Most options investors, including buyers and sellers of Quanex Building'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. Quanex Building'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 Quanex contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Quanex Building Products will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0513% per day over the life of the 2025-03-21 option contract. With Quanex Building trading at USD 24.18, that is roughly USD 0.0124. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Quanex Building's daily price movement you should consider buying Quanex Building Products options at the current volatility level of 0.82%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  
Purchasing Quanex Building 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" Quanex calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Quanex Building Products stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.

Quanex Building Option Chain

When Quanex Building's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Quanex Building Products 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.
Quanex Building's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Quanex. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Quanex. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Quanex Building 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
NX250321C00015000015.08.1 - 11.78.1In
Call
NX250321C00017500017.55.6 - 9.35.6In
Call
NX250321C00020000120.03.8 - 6.98.9In
Call
NX250321C00022500022.51.95 - 4.01.95In
Call
NX250321C00025000025.00.0 - 2.952.95Out
Call
NX250321C000300002430.00.0 - 2.351.25Out
Call
NX250321C00035000935.00.0 - 1.752.38Out
Call
NX250321C00040000840.00.0 - 2.150.25Out
Call
NX250321C00045000945.00.0 - 1.750.15Out
 Put
NX250321P00015000015.00.0 - 2.22.2Out
 Put
NX250321P00017500017.50.0 - 1.71.7Out
 Put
NX250321P000200002520.00.0 - 2.550.64Out
 Put
NX250321P000225002022.50.0 - 2.251.0Out
 Put
NX250321P00025000425.01.1 - 3.01.18In
 Put
NX250321P00030000230.04.9 - 7.72.57In
 Put
NX250321P00035000035.09.8 - 12.49.8In
 Put
NX250321P00040000040.014.9 - 17.514.9In
 Put
NX250321P00045000045.019.9 - 21.819.9In

Quanex Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

1.22 Billion

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

Quanex Building Corporate Directors

Robert BuckDirector and Member of Audit CommitteeProfile
Joseph RuppLead Independent DirectorProfile
Donald MaierIndependent DirectorProfile
William WaltzIndependent DirectorProfile

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