Webster Financial Stock Options

WBS Stock  USD 55.48  0.67  1.22%   
Webster Financial's latest option contracts expiring on January 17th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.34. The Webster Financial option chain provides detailed quote and price information for the current Webster Financial option contracts. It shows all of Webster Financial's listed puts, calls, expiration dates, strike prices, and other pricing information.

Webster Financial Maximum Pain Price Across 2025-01-17 Option Contracts

Max pain occurs when Webster Financial's market makers reach a net positive position across all Webster Financial's options at a strike price where option holders stand to lose the most money. By contrast, Webster Financial's 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 Webster Financial

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

Webster Current Options Market Mood

Webster Financial'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 Webster 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 Webster Financial'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. Webster Financial'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 Webster contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Webster Financial will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0213% per day over the life of the 2025-01-17 option contract. With Webster Financial trading at USD 55.48, that is roughly USD 0.0118. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Webster Financial's daily price movement you should consider buying Webster Financial options at the current volatility level of 0.34%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  
Purchasing Webster Financial 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" Webster calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Webster Financial stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.

Webster Financial Option Chain

When Webster Financial's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Webster Financial 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.
Webster Financial's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Webster. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Webster. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Webster Financial 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
WBS250117C00022500022.519.7 - 24.519.7Out
Call
WBS250117C00025000025.017.5 - 22.017.5Out
Call
WBS250117C00030000030.014.0 - 18.514.0Out
Call
WBS250117C00035000035.010.2 - 14.510.2Out
Call
WBS250117C00040000040.07.3 - 11.07.3Out
Call
WBS250117C00045000045.04.6 - 6.64.6Out
Call
WBS250117C00050000050.03.1 - 3.53.1Out
Call
WBS250117C00055000055.01.05 - 4.61.05Out
Call
WBS250117C00060000060.00.1 - 4.80.1Out
Call
WBS250117C00065000065.00.15 - 0.650.15Out
 Put
WBS250117P00022500022.50.0 - 3.93.9Out
 Put
WBS250117P00025000025.00.0 - 3.83.8Out
 Put
WBS250117P00030000030.00.1 - 3.80.1Out
 Put
WBS250117P00035000035.00.3 - 4.30.3Out
 Put
WBS250117P00040000040.00.5 - 2.850.5Out
 Put
WBS250117P00045000045.04.1 - 4.74.1Out
 Put
WBS250117P00050000050.05.0 - 7.65.0Out
 Put
WBS250117P00055000055.08.8 - 12.58.8Out
 Put
WBS250117P00060000060.012.8 - 17.512.8Out
 Put
WBS250117P00065000065.018.5 - 23.018.5Out

Webster Financial Selling And Marketing Expenses Over Time

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Webster Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

10.49 Billion

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

Webster Financial Corporate Directors

Mark PettieIndependent DirectorProfile
Emlen CFADirector RelationsProfile
Laurence MorseIndependent DirectorProfile
William WhistonIndependent DirectorProfile

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