PennantPark Investment Stock Options

PNNT Stock  USD 7.14  0.05  0.71%   
PennantPark Investment's latest option contracts expiring on January 17th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 3.28. The PennantPark Investment option chain provides detailed quote and price information for the current PennantPark Investment option contracts. It shows all of PennantPark Investment's listed puts, calls, expiration dates, strike prices, and other pricing information.

In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on PennantPark Investment

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

PennantPark Investment In The Money Call Balance

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

PennantPark Current Options Market Mood

PennantPark Investment'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 PennantPark 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 Volume

Most options investors, including buyers and sellers of PennantPark Investment'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. PennantPark Investment'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 PennantPark contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that PennantPark Investment will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.21% per day over the life of the 2025-01-17 option contract. With PennantPark Investment trading at USD 7.14, that is roughly USD 0.0146. If you think that the market is fully incorporating PennantPark Investment's daily price movement you should consider buying PennantPark Investment options at the current volatility level of 3.28%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  
Purchasing PennantPark Investment 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" PennantPark calls. Remember, the seller must deliver PennantPark Investment stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.

PennantPark Investment Option Chain

When PennantPark Investment's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against PennantPark Investment 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.
PennantPark Investment's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on PennantPark. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for PennantPark. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a PennantPark Investment 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
PNNT250117C0000250002.52.05 - 6.52.05In
Call
PNNT250117C0000500005.00.0 - 4.84.8In
Call
PNNT250117C0000750007.50.0 - 0.050.05Out
Call
PNNT250117C00010000010.00.0 - 4.84.8Out
Call
PNNT250117C00012500012.50.0 - 4.84.8Out
 Put
PNNT250117P0000250002.50.0 - 4.84.8Out
 Put
PNNT250117P0000500005.00.0 - 4.84.8Out
 Put
PNNT250117P0000750007.50.0 - 4.84.8In
 Put
PNNT250117P00010000010.00.6 - 5.50.6In
 Put
PNNT250117P00012500012.53.1 - 8.03.1In

PennantPark Investment Market Cap Over Time

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PennantPark Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

599.58 Million

At this time, PennantPark Investment's Total Stockholder Equity is comparatively stable compared to the past year.

PennantPark Investment Corporate Directors

Adam BernsteinIndependent DirectorProfile
Jeffrey FlugIndependent DirectorProfile
Marshall BrozostIndependent DirectorProfile
Steve WinogradManaging DirectorProfile

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