Western Union Stock Options
| WU Stock | USD 10.43 0.11 1.04% |
Western Union's latest option contracts expiring on March 21st 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.55. The total put volume is at 10.0, with calls trading at the volume of 9.0. This yields a 1.11 put-to-call volume ratio. The Western Union option chain provides detailed quote and price information for the current Western Union Co option contracts. It shows all of Western Union's listed puts, calls, expiration dates, strike prices, and other pricing information.
In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Western Union
Analyzing Western Union's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Western Union regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Western Union's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Western Union's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Western Union's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Western Union In The Money Call Balance
When Western Union's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Western Union Co stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Western Union'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 Western Union Co 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.
Western Current Options Market Mood
Western Union'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 Volume
Most options investors, including buyers and sellers of Western Union'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 Union'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 Union Co will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0344% per day over the life of the 2025-03-21 option contract. With Western Union trading at USD 10.43, that is roughly USD 0.003585. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Western Union's daily price movement you should consider buying Western Union Co options at the current volatility level of 0.55%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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Purchasing Western Union 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 Union Co stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
Western Union Option Chain
When Western Union's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Western Union Co 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 Union'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 Union 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 | WU250321C00009000 | 0 | 9.0 | 1.5 - 1.6 | 1.5 | In |
Call | WU250321C00010000 | 0 | 10.0 | 0.7 - 0.8 | 0.75 | In |
Call | WU250321C00011000 | 0 | 11.0 | 0.2 - 0.3 | 0.25 | |
Call | WU250321C00012000 | 0 | 12.0 | 0.0 - 0.1 | 0.1 | |
Call | WU250321C00013000 | 0 | 13.0 | 0.0 - 0.3 | 0.3 | |
Call | WU250321C00014000 | 0 | 14.0 | 0.0 - 0.5 | 0.5 | |
Call | WU250321C00015000 | 0 | 15.0 | 0.0 - 0.5 | 0.5 | |
Call | WU250321C00016000 | 0 | 16.0 | 0.0 - 0.5 | 0.5 | |
Call | WU250321C00017000 | 0 | 17.0 | 0.0 - 0.5 | 0.5 | |
Call | WU250321C00018000 | 0 | 18.0 | 0.0 - 0.5 | 0.5 | |
Put | WU250321P00009000 | 0 | 9.0 | 0.0 - 0.15 | 0.15 | |
Put | WU250321P00010000 | 0 | 10.0 | 0.3 - 0.35 | 0.35 | |
Put | WU250321P00011000 | 0 | 11.0 | 0.0 - 0.95 | 0.9 | In |
Put | WU250321P00012000 | 0 | 12.0 | 1.7 - 1.8 | 1.7 | In |
Put | WU250321P00013000 | 0 | 13.0 | 2.45 - 2.85 | 2.45 | In |
Put | WU250321P00014000 | 0 | 14.0 | 3.6 - 3.8 | 3.6 | In |
Put | WU250321P00015000 | 0 | 15.0 | 4.5 - 4.9 | 4.5 | In |
Put | WU250321P00016000 | 0 | 16.0 | 5.6 - 5.8 | 5.6 | In |
Put | WU250321P00017000 | 0 | 17.0 | 6.6 - 6.8 | 6.6 | In |
Put | WU250321P00018000 | 0 | 18.0 | 7.6 - 7.8 | 7.6 | In |
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Western Union Corporate Directors
| Angela Sun | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Martin Cole | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Joyce Phillips | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Betsy Holden | Independent Director | Profile |
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