Western Alliance Stock Options

WAL Stock  USD 84.40  1.50  1.81%   
Western Alliance's latest option contracts expiring on January 17th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.64 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.13 over 47 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more calls than puts on contracts expiring on January 17th 2025. The total put volume is at 23.0, with calls trading at the volume of 10.0. This yields a 2.3 put-to-call volume ratio.

Open Interest Against January 17th 2025 Option Contracts

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

Western Alliance Maximum Pain Price Across 2025-01-17 Option Contracts

Western Alliance's 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, 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 Western Alliance

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

Western Current Options Market Mood

Western Alliance'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 Western 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 Western Alliance'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. Western Alliance'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 Western contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Western Alliance Bancorporation will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.04% per day over the life of the 2025-01-17 option contract. With Western Alliance trading at USD 84.4, that is roughly USD 0.0338. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Western Alliance's daily price movement you should consider buying Western Alliance Bancorporation options at the current volatility level of 0.64%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  
Purchasing Western Alliance 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" Western calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Western Alliance Bancorporation stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.

Western Alliance Option Chain

When Western Alliance's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Western Alliance Bancorporation 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.
Western Alliance's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Western. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Western. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Western Alliance 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
WAL250117C0000250022.541.6 - 43.041.6Out
Call
WAL250117C0000500005.038.3 - 41.738.3Out
Call
WAL250117C0000750017.536.2 - 38.336.2Out
Call
WAL250117C000100001610.034.2 - 35.034.2Out
Call
WAL250117C00012500412.531.8 - 32.731.8Out
Call
WAL250117C00015000515.029.4 - 30.729.4Out
Call
WAL250117C00017500317.526.0 - 28.326.0Out
Call
WAL250117C000200002320.025.2 - 25.725.2Out
Call
WAL250117C000225001322.521.9 - 23.821.9Out
Call
WAL250117C000250002225.020.6 - 21.920.6Out
Call
WAL250117C00027500927.518.2 - 20.018.2Out
Call
WAL250117C0003000042930.017.8 - 18.317.8Out
Call
WAL250117C000325008532.516.1 - 16.816.1Out
Call
WAL250117C0003500058735.014.1 - 15.014.1Out
Call
WAL250117C00037500118737.513.1 - 14.313.1Out
Call
WAL250117C0004000078740.011.7 - 12.311.7Out
Call
WAL250117C00042500119242.510.4 - 10.910.4Out
Call
WAL250117C0004500086845.09.2 - 11.49.2Out
Call
WAL250117C0004750015147.58.1 - 8.88.1Out
Call
WAL250117C0005000014950.07.2 - 7.97.2Out
Call
WAL250117C0005250016552.56.4 - 6.96.4Out
Call
WAL250117C000550003055.05.7 - 6.15.7Out
Call
WAL250117C0006000012560.04.3 - 4.84.4Out
Call
WAL250117C000700001270.02.35 - 2.952.35Out
Call
WAL250117C00075000875.01.55 - 2.051.55Out
 Put
WAL250117P000025001192.50.0 - 0.20.2Out
 Put
WAL250117P0000500055.00.05 - 0.350.05Out
 Put
WAL250117P0000750057.50.1 - 1.60.35Out
 Put
WAL250117P000100003510.00.3 - 1.050.3Out
 Put
WAL250117P000125001312.50.5 - 1.250.5Out
 Put
WAL250117P00015000815.00.85 - 1.250.85Out
 Put
WAL250117P00017500017.51.25 - 1.51.25Out
 Put
WAL250117P00020000520.01.6 - 1.81.65Out
 Put
WAL250117P00022500022.52.0 - 2.152.0Out
 Put
WAL250117P000250001625.02.45 - 2.652.55Out
 Put
WAL250117P00027500427.53.0 - 3.33.0Out
 Put
WAL250117P0003000014430.03.6 - 4.03.6Out
 Put
WAL250117P00032500132.54.1 - 4.84.1Out
 Put
WAL250117P000350001735.05.2 - 5.65.2Out
 Put
WAL250117P000375001537.56.0 - 6.56.0Out
 Put
WAL250117P0004000022040.06.9 - 7.56.9Out
 Put
WAL250117P00042500942.58.1 - 8.58.1Out
 Put
WAL250117P000450001245.09.3 - 9.79.3Out
 Put
WAL250117P0004750010647.510.6 - 11.010.8Out
 Put
WAL250117P000500003950.012.0 - 12.512.0Out
 Put
WAL250117P00055000155.015.0 - 15.715.0Out
 Put
WAL250117P00060000460.018.4 - 19.218.4Out

Western Alliance Selling And Marketing Expenses Over Time

   Selling And Marketing Expenses   
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Western Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

7.34 Billion

At this time, Western Alliance's Total Stockholder Equity is quite stable compared to the past year.

Western Alliance Corporate Directors

Steven HiltonIndependent DirectorProfile
Marianne JohnsonIndependent DirectorProfile
Donald SnyderIndependent DirectorProfile
Bruce BeachLead Independent DirectorProfile
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Quarterly Earnings Growth
(0.09)
Dividend Share
1.48
Earnings Share
6.47
Revenue Per Share
26.821
Quarterly Revenue Growth
0.121
The market value of Western Alliance Ban is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Western that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Western Alliance's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Western Alliance'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 Western Alliance's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Western Alliance'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 Western Alliance's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Western Alliance is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Western Alliance'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.