Prospect Capital Stock Options
| PSEC Stock | USD 4.33 0.01 0.23% |
Prospect Capital's latest option contracts expiring on March 21st 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.76. The total put volume is at 505, with calls trading at the volume of 2.0. This yields a 252.5 put-to-call volume ratio. The Prospect Capital option chain provides detailed quote and price information for the current Prospect Capital option contracts. It shows all of Prospect Capital's listed puts, calls, expiration dates, strike prices, and other pricing information.
In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Prospect Capital
Analyzing Prospect Capital's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Prospect Capital regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Prospect Capital's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Prospect Capital's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Prospect Capital's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Prospect Capital's stock options are financial instruments that give investors the right to buy or sell shares of Prospect Capital common stock at a specified price for a given time period. Generally speaking, an option to purchase or sell Prospect stock makes it part of the underlying stock when the option's price is tied to the movement of the underlying stock. If Prospect Capital's stock price goes up or down, the stock options follow.
At present, Prospect Capital's Liabilities And Stockholders Equity is projected to increase significantly based on the last few years of reporting. The current year's Common Stock Shares Outstanding is expected to grow to about 755 M, whereas Other Stockholder Equity is forecasted to decline to about 2.6 B. Prospect Capital In The Money Call Balance
When Prospect Capital's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Prospect Capital stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Prospect Capital'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 Prospect Capital 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.
Prospect Current Options Market Mood
Prospect Capital'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 Prospect 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 Prospect Capital'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. Prospect Capital'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 Prospect contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Prospect Capital will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0475% per day over the life of the 2025-03-21 option contract. With Prospect Capital trading at USD 4.33, that is roughly USD 0.002057. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Prospect Capital's daily price movement you should consider buying Prospect Capital options at the current volatility level of 0.76%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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Purchasing Prospect Capital 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" Prospect calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Prospect Capital stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
Prospect Capital Option Chain
When Prospect Capital's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Prospect Capital 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.
Prospect Capital's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Prospect. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Prospect. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Prospect Capital 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 Int | Strike Price | Current Spread | Last Price | |||
Call | PSEC250321C00003500 | 0 | 3.5 | 0.7 - 1.0 | 0.7 | In |
Call | PSEC250321C00003000 | 0 | 3.0 | 1.15 - 1.5 | 1.15 | In |
Call | PSEC250321C00002500 | 0 | 2.5 | 1.65 - 2.0 | 1.65 | In |
Call | PSEC250321C00006000 | 0 | 6.0 | 0.0 - 0.45 | 0.45 | |
Call | PSEC250321C00005500 | 0 | 5.5 | 0.0 - 0.4 | 0.4 | |
Call | PSEC250321C00005000 | 0 | 5.0 | 0.0 - 0.1 | 0.08 | |
Call | PSEC250321C00004500 | 0 | 4.5 | 0.0 - 0.2 | 0.2 | |
Call | PSEC250321C00004000 | 0 | 4.0 | 0.0 - 0.55 | 0.38 | In |
Call | PSEC250321C00007000 | 0 | 7.0 | 0.0 - 0.45 | 0.45 | |
Call | PSEC250321C00008000 | 0 | 8.0 | 0.0 - 0.45 | 0.45 | |
Put | PSEC250321P00003500 | 0 | 3.5 | 0.0 - 0.15 | 0.15 | |
Put | PSEC250321P00003000 | 0 | 3.0 | 0.0 - 0.1 | 0.1 | |
Put | PSEC250321P00002500 | 0 | 2.5 | 0.0 - 0.15 | 0.15 | |
Put | PSEC250321P00006000 | 0 | 6.0 | 1.6 - 1.95 | 1.6 | In |
Put | PSEC250321P00005500 | 0 | 5.5 | 1.1 - 1.4 | 1.1 | In |
Put | PSEC250321P00005000 | 0 | 5.0 | 0.65 - 0.9 | 0.78 | In |
Put | PSEC250321P00004500 | 0 | 4.5 | 0.0 - 1.15 | 1.15 | In |
Put | PSEC250321P00004000 | 0 | 4.0 | 0.15 - 0.2 | 0.16 | |
Put | PSEC250321P00007000 | 0 | 7.0 | 2.6 - 2.9 | 2.6 | In |
Put | PSEC250321P00008000 | 0 | 8.0 | 2.9 - 4.6 | 2.9 | In |
Prospect Capital Market Cap Over Time
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Prospect Capital Corporate Management
| Jonathan JD | Deputy Counsel | Profile | |
| Bart JD | Managing Director | Profile | |
| Jonathan Li | Deputy Counsel | Profile | |
| David Belzer | Managing Director | Profile | |
| Trisha Blackman | Head Administration | Profile | |
| Al Faella | Chief Officer | Profile |
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Is Asset Management & Custody Banks space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of Prospect Capital. If investors know Prospect will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about Prospect Capital listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Quarterly Earnings Growth (0.78) | Dividend Share 0.72 | Earnings Share (0.25) | Revenue Per Share | Quarterly Revenue Growth (0.17) |
The market value of Prospect Capital is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Prospect that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Prospect Capital's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Prospect Capital'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 Prospect Capital's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Prospect Capital'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 Prospect Capital's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Prospect Capital is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Prospect Capital'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.