ProShares Short Stock Options
| SBB Etf | USD 16.17 0.36 2.18% |
ProShares Short's latest option contracts expiring on May 16th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.92. The ProShares Short option chain provides detailed quote and price information for the current ProShares Short SmallCap600 option contracts. It shows all of ProShares Short's listed puts, calls, expiration dates, strike prices, and other pricing information.
In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on ProShares Short
Analyzing ProShares Short's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in ProShares Short regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when ProShares Short's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money ProShares Short's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with ProShares Short's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
ProShares Short's stock options are financial instruments that give investors the right to buy or sell shares of ProShares Short Smal common stock at a specified price for a given time period. Generally speaking, an option to purchase or sell ProShares stock makes it part of the underlying stock when the option's price is tied to the movement of the underlying stock. If ProShares Short's stock price goes up or down, the stock options follow.
ProShares Current Options Market Mood
ProShares Short'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 ProShares 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 Volume
Unfortunately, most ProShares Short's options investors are not very successful. ProShares Short'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 ProShares contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that ProShares Short SmallCap600 will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0575% per day over the life of the 2025-05-16 option contract. With ProShares Short trading at USD 16.17, that is roughly USD 0.009298. If you think that the market is fully incorporating ProShares Short's daily price movement you should consider buying ProShares Short SmallCap600 options at the current volatility level of 0.92%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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Purchasing ProShares Short 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" ProShares calls. Remember, the seller must deliver ProShares Short SmallCap600 stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
ProShares Short Option Chain
When ProShares Short's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against ProShares Short SmallCap600 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.
ProShares Short's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on ProShares. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for ProShares. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a ProShares Short 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 | SBB250516C00025000 | 0 | 25.0 | 0.0 - 0.25 | 0.25 | |
Call | SBB250516C00024000 | 0 | 24.0 | 0.0 - 4.9 | 4.9 | |
Call | SBB250516C00023000 | 0 | 23.0 | 0.0 - 4.9 | 4.9 | |
Call | SBB250516C00022000 | 0 | 22.0 | 0.0 - 4.9 | 4.9 | |
Call | SBB250516C00021000 | 0 | 21.0 | 0.0 - 4.9 | 4.9 | |
Call | SBB250516C00020000 | 0 | 20.0 | 0.0 - 4.9 | 4.9 | |
Call | SBB250516C00019000 | 0 | 19.0 | 0.0 - 4.9 | 4.9 | |
Call | SBB250516C00018000 | 0 | 18.0 | 0.0 - 4.6 | 4.6 | |
Call | SBB250516C00017000 | 0 | 17.0 | 0.0 - 4.7 | 4.7 | |
Call | SBB250516C00016000 | 0 | 16.0 | 0.0 - 4.7 | 4.7 | |
Put | SBB250516P00025000 | 0 | 25.0 | 8.4 - 12.6 | 8.4 | In |
Put | SBB250516P00024000 | 0 | 24.0 | 7.0 - 11.9 | 7.0 | In |
Put | SBB250516P00023000 | 0 | 23.0 | 6.1 - 10.8 | 6.1 | In |
Put | SBB250516P00022000 | 0 | 22.0 | 5.2 - 9.8 | 5.2 | In |
Put | SBB250516P00021000 | 0 | 21.0 | 4.2 - 8.7 | 4.2 | In |
Put | SBB250516P00020000 | 0 | 20.0 | 3.0 - 8.0 | 3.0 | In |
Put | SBB250516P00019000 | 0 | 19.0 | 2.1 - 6.9 | 2.1 | In |
Put | SBB250516P00018000 | 0 | 18.0 | 1.05 - 5.4 | 1.05 | In |
Put | SBB250516P00017000 | 0 | 17.0 | 0.0 - 4.9 | 4.9 | In |
Put | SBB250516P00016000 | 0 | 16.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 4.8 | In |
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The market value of ProShares Short Smal is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of ProShares that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of ProShares Short's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is ProShares Short'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 ProShares Short's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect ProShares Short'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 ProShares Short's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if ProShares Short is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, ProShares Short'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.