PAYC250117P00175000 Option on Paycom Soft

PAYC Stock  USD 215.43  2.01  0.92%   
Paycom Soft's latest option contracts expiring on June 20th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.54 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 2.36 over 70 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more puts than calls on contracts expiring on June 20th 2025. The total put volume is at 1.0, with calls trading at the volume of 8.0. This yields a 0.13 put-to-call volume ratio.

Open Interest Against June 20th 2025 Option Contracts

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

Paycom Soft Maximum Pain Price Across 2025-06-20 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 Paycom Soft 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, Paycom Soft'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 Paycom Soft

Analyzing Paycom Soft's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Paycom Soft regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Paycom Soft's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Paycom Soft's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Paycom Soft's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Paycom Soft's stock options are financial instruments that give investors the right to buy or sell shares of Paycom Soft common stock at a specified price for a given time period. Generally speaking, an option to purchase or sell Paycom stock makes it part of the underlying stock when the option's price is tied to the movement of the underlying stock. If Paycom Soft's stock price goes up or down, the stock options follow.
At present, Paycom Soft's Total Stockholder Equity is projected to increase significantly based on the last few years of reporting. The current year's Liabilities And Stockholders Equity is expected to grow to about 6.2 B, whereas Other Stockholder Equity is projected to grow to (296 M).

Paycom Soft In The Money Call Balance

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

Paycom Current Options Market Mood

Paycom Soft'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 Paycom 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 Paycom Soft'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. Paycom Soft'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 Paycom contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Paycom Soft will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0338% per day over the life of the 2025-06-20 option contract. With Paycom Soft trading at USD 215.43, that is roughly USD 0.0727. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Paycom Soft's daily price movement you should consider buying Paycom Soft options at the current volatility level of 0.54%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  
Purchasing Paycom Soft 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" Paycom calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Paycom Soft stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.

Paycom Soft Option Chain

When Paycom Soft's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Paycom Soft 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.
Paycom Soft's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Paycom. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Paycom. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Paycom Soft 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
PAYC250620C003500001350.00.0 - 1.61.45Out
Call
PAYC250620C0034000017340.00.0 - 1.652.95Out
Call
PAYC250620C003300001330.00.0 - 1.73.6Out
Call
PAYC250620C003200004320.00.1 - 1.853.35Out
Call
PAYC250620C003100003310.00.0 - 2.77.2Out
Call
PAYC250620C003000003300.00.0 - 2.952.01Out
Call
PAYC250620C002900005290.00.9 - 1.51.4Out
Call
PAYC250620C0028000014280.01.5 - 2.51.97Out
Call
PAYC250620C0027000023270.02.35 - 3.72.78Out
Call
PAYC250620C0026000049260.03.6 - 6.54.8Out
Call
PAYC250620C0025000067250.05.4 - 7.53.56Out
Call
PAYC250620C00240000136240.08.1 - 11.46.22Out
Call
PAYC250620C0023000064230.012.2 - 13.913.0Out
Call
PAYC250620C0022000034220.016.5 - 18.317.8Out
Call
PAYC250620C0021000068210.022.2 - 24.223.0In
Call
PAYC250620C0020000028200.028.0 - 31.124.8In
Call
PAYC250620C001950009195.031.5 - 34.626.66In
Call
PAYC250620C001900008190.035.1 - 38.028.15In
Call
PAYC250620C0018500014185.038.0 - 42.031.5In
Call
PAYC250620C0018000019180.042.3 - 45.938.65In
Call
PAYC250620C0017500011175.046.2 - 50.050.33In
Call
PAYC250620C0017000019170.050.5 - 54.046.38In
Call
PAYC250620C001650008165.054.8 - 58.647.71In
Call
PAYC250620C001600008160.059.3 - 63.162.0In
Call
PAYC250620C001550001155.063.8 - 67.626.25In
Call
PAYC250620C001500001150.068.3 - 72.369.98In
Call
PAYC250620C001450007145.072.8 - 77.574.28In
Call
PAYC250620C001350002135.082.3 - 87.029.5In
Call
PAYC250620C001250002125.092.0 - 96.953.1In
Call
PAYC250620C001200001120.096.7 - 101.552.66In
Call
PAYC250620C001100001110.0106.5 - 111.455.0In
 Put
PAYC250620P003500000350.0130.0 - 134.9130.0In
 Put
PAYC250620P003400000340.0120.0 - 124.9120.0In
 Put
PAYC250620P003300000330.0110.0 - 114.9110.0In
 Put
PAYC250620P003200000320.0100.0 - 104.9100.0In
 Put
PAYC250620P003100000310.090.0 - 94.990.0In
 Put
PAYC250620P003000000300.080.0 - 84.980.0In
 Put
PAYC250620P002900000290.070.0 - 74.970.0In
 Put
PAYC250620P002800000280.060.7 - 64.560.7In
 Put
PAYC250620P002700000270.051.4 - 55.251.4In
 Put
PAYC250620P0026000012260.042.6 - 46.748.9In
 Put
PAYC250620P002500006250.035.9 - 38.549.7In
 Put
PAYC250620P0024000024240.028.5 - 31.330.55In
 Put
PAYC250620P0023000095230.022.0 - 24.423.0In
 Put
PAYC250620P0022000081220.016.4 - 18.324.7In
 Put
PAYC250620P0021000069210.012.0 - 14.022.7Out
 Put
PAYC250620P0020000076200.08.4 - 11.29.26Out
 Put
PAYC250620P0019500048195.07.0 - 9.811.44Out
 Put
PAYC250620P0019000061190.05.7 - 8.29.7Out
 Put
PAYC250620P0018500015185.04.7 - 6.96.0Out
 Put
PAYC250620P00180000103180.02.85 - 5.97.2Out
 Put
PAYC250620P001750006175.02.45 - 5.03.9Out
 Put
PAYC250620P001700002170.02.45 - 4.93.0Out
 Put
PAYC250620P00165000517165.01.0 - 4.32.5Out
 Put
PAYC250620P001600001160.00.35 - 3.96.63Out
 Put
PAYC250620P001550002155.00.35 - 3.53.5Out
 Put
PAYC250620P001500004150.00.05 - 3.22.27Out
 Put
PAYC250620P0014500018145.00.05 - 2.42.2Out
 Put
PAYC250620P001400005140.00.0 - 2.81.2Out
 Put
PAYC250620P0013000016130.00.0 - 2.62.5Out
 Put
PAYC250620P0012500033125.00.0 - 1.92.3Out
 Put
PAYC250620P00120000117120.00.0 - 2.451.27Out
 Put
PAYC250620P001150001115.00.0 - 2.41.05Out
 Put
PAYC250620P001100003110.00.0 - 1.751.0Out
 Put
PAYC250620P001050009105.00.0 - 2.31.1Out
 Put
PAYC250620P0010000031100.00.0 - 2.30.59Out
 Put
PAYC250620P000950001995.00.0 - 2.30.85Out
 Put
PAYC250620P000850001285.00.0 - 2.250.86Out
 Put
PAYC250620P000800002680.00.0 - 2.22.13Out
 Put
PAYC250620P000750007175.00.0 - 1.60.55Out

Paycom Soft Selling And Marketing Expenses Over Time

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Paycom Soft Market Cap Over Time

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Paycom Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

1.65 Billion

At present, Paycom Soft's Total Stockholder Equity is projected to increase significantly based on the last few years of reporting.

Paycom Soft Corporate Directors

Robert LevensonIndependent DirectorProfile
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Quarterly Earnings Growth
0.418
Dividend Share
1.5
Earnings Share
8.92
Revenue Per Share
33.509
Quarterly Revenue Growth
0.136
The market value of Paycom Soft is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Paycom that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Paycom Soft's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Paycom Soft's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Paycom Soft's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Paycom Soft's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Paycom Soft's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Paycom Soft is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Paycom Soft's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.