Vanguard Small Stock Options

VBR Etf  USD 197.79  1.92  0.98%   
Vanguard Small's latest option contracts expiring on April 17th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.31 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.06 over 22 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more calls than puts on contracts expiring on April 17th 2025.

Open Interest Against April 17th 2025 Option Contracts

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

In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Vanguard Small

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

Vanguard Current Options Market Mood

Vanguard Small'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 Vanguard 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 Open Interest

Put-to-Call Volume

Most options investors, including buyers and sellers of Vanguard Small'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. Vanguard Small'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 Vanguard contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Vanguard Small Cap Value will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0194% per day over the life of the 2025-04-17 option contract. With Vanguard Small trading at USD 197.79, that is roughly USD 0.0383. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Vanguard Small's daily price movement you should consider buying Vanguard Small Cap Value options at the current volatility level of 0.31%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  
Purchasing Vanguard Small 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" Vanguard calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Vanguard Small Cap Value stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.

Vanguard Small Option Chain

When Vanguard Small's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Vanguard Small Cap Value 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.
Vanguard Small's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Vanguard. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Vanguard. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Vanguard Small 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
VBR250417C0020500018205.00.15 - 4.22.1Out
Call
VBR250417C002100000210.00.0 - 1.751.75Out
Call
VBR250417C002150000215.00.0 - 2.652.65Out
Call
VBR250417C002200000220.00.0 - 2.352.35Out
Call
VBR250417C002250000225.00.0 - 2.252.25Out
Call
VBR250417C002300000230.00.0 - 2.22.2Out
Call
VBR250417C002350000235.00.0 - 2.22.2Out
Call
VBR250417C002400000240.00.0 - 2.22.2Out
Call
VBR250417C002450000245.00.0 - 2.22.2Out
Call
VBR250417C002500000250.00.0 - 2.152.15Out
Call
VBR250417C002550000255.00.0 - 2.152.15Out
 Put
VBR250417P001900001190.00.4 - 4.92.88Out
 Put
VBR250417P002100000210.012.0 - 15.612.0In
 Put
VBR250417P002150000215.015.5 - 20.015.5In
 Put
VBR250417P002200000220.020.6 - 25.020.6In
 Put
VBR250417P002250000225.025.5 - 29.925.5In
 Put
VBR250417P002300000230.030.0 - 34.730.0In
 Put
VBR250417P002350000235.035.0 - 39.635.0In
 Put
VBR250417P002400000240.040.2 - 44.740.2In
 Put
VBR250417P002450000245.045.1 - 49.645.1In
 Put
VBR250417P002500000250.050.0 - 54.550.0In
 Put
VBR250417P002550000255.055.1 - 59.755.1In

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The market value of Vanguard Small Cap is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Vanguard that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Vanguard Small's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Vanguard Small'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 Vanguard Small's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Vanguard Small'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 Vanguard Small's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Vanguard Small is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Vanguard Small'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.