West Fraser Stock Options
| WFG Stock | USD 85.31 3.00 3.40% |
West Fraser's latest option contracts expiring on January 17th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.62. The total put volume is at 1.0. The West Fraser option chain provides detailed quote and price information for the current West Fraser Timber option contracts. It shows all of West Fraser's listed puts, calls, expiration dates, strike prices, and other pricing information.
West Fraser Maximum Pain Price Across 2025-01-17 Option Contracts
Max pain usually refers to a trading concept that asserts that market manipulation can cause the market price of particular securities such as West Fraser close to expiration to expire worthless. So, 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, West Fraser'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 West Fraser
Analyzing West Fraser's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in West Fraser regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when West Fraser's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money West Fraser's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with West Fraser's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
West Fraser Timber In The Money Call Balance
When West Fraser's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against West Fraser Timber stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying West Fraser'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 West Fraser Timber 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.
West Current Options Market Mood
West Fraser'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 West 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
Unfortunately, most West Fraser's options investors are not very successful. West Fraser'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 West contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that West Fraser Timber will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0388% per day over the life of the 2025-01-17 option contract. With West Fraser trading at USD 85.31, that is roughly USD 0.0331. If you think that the market is fully incorporating West Fraser's daily price movement you should consider buying West Fraser Timber options at the current volatility level of 0.62%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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Purchasing West Fraser 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" West calls. Remember, the seller must deliver West Fraser Timber stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
West Fraser Option Chain
When West Fraser's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against West Fraser Timber 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.
West Fraser's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on West. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for West. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a West Fraser 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 | WFG250117C00050000 | 0 | 50.0 | 41.0 - 44.7 | 41.0 | In |
Call | WFG250117C00055000 | 0 | 55.0 | 35.6 - 39.5 | 35.6 | In |
Call | WFG250117C00060000 | 0 | 60.0 | 30.7 - 34.5 | 30.7 | In |
Call | WFG250117C00065000 | 0 | 65.0 | 25.8 - 29.5 | 25.8 | In |
Call | WFG250117C00070000 | 0 | 70.0 | 21.0 - 24.5 | 21.0 | In |
Call | WFG250117C00075000 | 0 | 75.0 | 16.0 - 20.0 | 16.0 | In |
Call | WFG250117C00080000 | 0 | 80.0 | 11.5 - 15.3 | 11.5 | In |
Call | WFG250117C00085000 | 0 | 85.0 | 7.0 - 11.0 | 7.0 | In |
Call | WFG250117C00090000 | 0 | 90.0 | 3.5 - 7.6 | 3.5 | In |
Call | WFG250117C00095000 | 0 | 95.0 | 0.55 - 4.9 | 0.55 | |
Put | WFG250117P00050000 | 0 | 50.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 4.8 | |
Put | WFG250117P00055000 | 0 | 55.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 4.8 | |
Put | WFG250117P00060000 | 0 | 60.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 4.8 | |
Put | WFG250117P00065000 | 0 | 65.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 4.8 | |
Put | WFG250117P00070000 | 0 | 70.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 4.8 | |
Put | WFG250117P00075000 | 0 | 75.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 4.8 | |
Put | WFG250117P00080000 | 0 | 80.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 4.8 | |
Put | WFG250117P00085000 | 0 | 85.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 1.95 | |
Put | WFG250117P00090000 | 0 | 90.0 | 1.0 - 5.5 | 1.0 | |
Put | WFG250117P00095000 | 0 | 95.0 | 3.5 - 7.4 | 3.5 | In |
West Fraser Selling And Marketing Expenses Over Time
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West Fraser Corporate Management
| Keith Carter | Vice President - Pulp and Energy Operations | Profile | |
| Alan Caputo | Vice President - Human Resources | Profile | |
| James Gorman | Vice President - Corporate and Government Relations | Profile | |
| Janice Rennie | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Alan McMeekin | Vice President European Engineered Wood Products | Profile | |
| Scott Stubbington | Vice President Sales Engineered Wood Products | Profile | |
| Charles Watkins | Vice President - Capital and Technology | Profile |
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Is Paper & Forest Products 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 West Fraser. If investors know West 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 West Fraser 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 (0.27) | Dividend Share 1.24 | Earnings Share (1.15) | Revenue Per Share | Quarterly Revenue Growth (0.16) |
The market value of West Fraser Timber is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of West that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of West Fraser's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is West Fraser'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 West Fraser's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect West Fraser'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 West Fraser's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if West Fraser is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, West Fraser'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.