Materials Select Stock Options
| XLB Etf | USD 85.98 1.11 1.31% |
Materials Select's latest option contracts expiring on June 20th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.32 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.82 over 100 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying slightly more calls than puts on contracts expiring on June 20th 2025. The total put volume is at 180, with calls trading at the volume of 195. This yields a 0.92 put-to-call volume ratio.
Open Interest Against June 20th 2025 Option Contracts
2025-06-20
The chart above shows Materials Select'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. Materials Select's open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Materials Select's option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
Materials Select Maximum Pain Price Across 2025-06-20 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 Materials Select 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, Materials Select'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 Materials Select
Analyzing Materials Select's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Materials Select regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Materials Select's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Materials Select's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Materials Select's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Materials Select's stock options are financial instruments that give investors the right to buy or sell shares of Materials Select Sector common stock at a specified price for a given time period. Generally speaking, an option to purchase or sell Materials stock makes it part of the underlying stock when the option's price is tied to the movement of the underlying stock. If Materials Select's stock price goes up or down, the stock options follow.
Materials Select Sector In The Money Call Balance
When Materials Select's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Materials Select Sector stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Materials Select'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 Materials Select Sector 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.
Materials Current Options Market Mood
Materials Select'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 Materials 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
Unfortunately, most Materials Select's options investors are not very successful. Materials Select'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 Materials contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Materials Select Sector will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.02% per day over the life of the 2025-06-20 option contract. With Materials Select trading at USD 85.98, that is roughly USD 0.0172. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Materials Select's daily price movement you should consider buying Materials Select Sector options at the current volatility level of 0.32%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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Purchasing Materials Select 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" Materials calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Materials Select Sector stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
Materials Select Option Chain
When Materials Select's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Materials Select Sector 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.
Materials Select's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Materials. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Materials. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Materials Select 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 | XLB250620C00135000 | 5 | 135.0 | 0.0 - 0.95 | 0.39 | Out |
Call | XLB250620C00130000 | 0 | 130.0 | 0.0 - 0.95 | 0.95 | |
Call | XLB250620C00125000 | 5 | 125.0 | 0.0 - 0.95 | 0.95 | Out |
Call | XLB250620C00120000 | 336 | 120.0 | 0.0 - 1.95 | 0.38 | Out |
Call | XLB250620C00115000 | 1478 | 115.0 | 0.0 - 0.21 | 0.3 | Out |
Call | XLB250620C00112000 | 0 | 112.0 | 0.0 - 1.95 | 1.95 | |
Call | XLB250620C00111000 | 0 | 111.0 | 0.0 - 1.75 | 1.75 | |
Call | XLB250620C00110000 | 52 | 110.0 | 0.0 - 1.95 | 0.4 | Out |
Call | XLB250620C00109000 | 0 | 109.0 | 0.0 - 2.15 | 2.15 | |
Call | XLB250620C00108000 | 0 | 108.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 4.8 | |
Call | XLB250620C00107000 | 2 | 107.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 0.09 | Out |
Call | XLB250620C00105000 | 140 | 105.0 | 0.0 - 1.75 | 0.17 | Out |
Call | XLB250620C00104000 | 1 | 104.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 0.01 | Out |
Call | XLB250620C00103000 | 2 | 103.0 | 0.0 - 1.75 | 1.5 | Out |
Call | XLB250620C00102000 | 6 | 102.0 | 0.0 - 1.99 | 0.28 | Out |
Call | XLB250620C00101000 | 31 | 101.0 | 0.0 - 2.15 | 0.3 | Out |
Call | XLB250620C00100000 | 2751 | 100.0 | 0.0 - 1.94 | 0.09 | Out |
Call | XLB250620C00099000 | 70 | 99.0 | 0.0 - 2.09 | 0.5 | Out |
Call | XLB250620C00098000 | 3949 | 98.0 | 0.04 - 1.15 | 0.3 | Out |
Call | XLB250620C00097000 | 153 | 97.0 | 0.0 - 2.34 | 0.58 | Out |
Call | XLB250620C00096000 | 1323 | 96.0 | 0.0 - 2.22 | 0.38 | Out |
Call | XLB250620C00095000 | 17118 | 95.0 | 0.0 - 1.3 | 0.44 | Out |
Call | XLB250620C00094000 | 3694 | 94.0 | 0.0 - 2.37 | 0.56 | Out |
Call | XLB250620C00093000 | 175 | 93.0 | 0.0 - 3.8 | 0.75 | Out |
Call | XLB250620C00092000 | 323 | 92.0 | 0.55 - 2.83 | 0.86 | Out |
Call | XLB250620C00091000 | 500 | 91.0 | 0.0 - 3.4 | 1.15 | Out |
Call | XLB250620C00090000 | 5536 | 90.0 | 0.0 - 4.0 | 1.52 | Out |
Call | XLB250620C00089000 | 639 | 89.0 | 1.85 - 5.05 | 1.86 | Out |
Call | XLB250620C00088000 | 863 | 88.0 | 0.0 - 3.6 | 2.29 | Out |
Call | XLB250620C00087000 | 298 | 87.0 | 0.7 - 5.35 | 2.83 | Out |
Call | XLB250620C00086000 | 2135 | 86.0 | 1.35 - 5.8 | 3.31 | Out |
Call | XLB250620C00085000 | 442 | 85.0 | 1.8 - 6.45 | 4.04 | In |
Call | XLB250620C00084000 | 111 | 84.0 | 2.35 - 7.1 | 4.5 | In |
Call | XLB250620C00083000 | 2561 | 83.0 | 2.93 - 7.85 | 7.2 | In |
Call | XLB250620C00082000 | 6 | 82.0 | 4.0 - 8.65 | 6.25 | In |
Call | XLB250620C00081000 | 2 | 81.0 | 4.45 - 9.35 | 6.9 | In |
Call | XLB250620C00080000 | 13 | 80.0 | 5.25 - 10.15 | 8.23 | In |
Call | XLB250620C00079000 | 8 | 79.0 | 6.25 - 11.0 | 11.01 | In |
Call | XLB250620C00078000 | 5 | 78.0 | 7.1 - 11.95 | 9.15 | In |
Call | XLB250620C00076000 | 1 | 76.0 | 8.8 - 13.75 | 16.12 | In |
Call | XLB250620C00075000 | 9 | 75.0 | 9.7 - 14.55 | 16.6 | In |
Call | XLB250620C00074000 | 21 | 74.0 | 10.6 - 15.5 | 15.5 | In |
Call | XLB250620C00073000 | 27 | 73.0 | 11.55 - 16.55 | 15.1 | In |
Call | XLB250620C00072000 | 4 | 72.0 | 12.3 - 17.3 | 15.25 | In |
Call | XLB250620C00070000 | 1 | 70.0 | 14.25 - 19.25 | 13.9 | In |
Call | XLB250620C00069000 | 2 | 69.0 | 15.65 - 20.3 | 14.6 | In |
Call | XLB250620C00067000 | 2 | 67.0 | 17.05 - 22.0 | 17.8 | In |
Call | XLB250620C00066000 | 77 | 66.0 | 17.95 - 22.9 | 16.5 | In |
Call | XLB250620C00065000 | 58 | 65.0 | 19.0 - 23.95 | 22.33 | In |
Call | XLB250620C00064000 | 1 | 64.0 | 19.95 - 24.9 | 26.42 | In |
Call | XLB250620C00050000 | 6 | 50.0 | 33.55 - 38.55 | 41.6 | In |
Call | XLB250620C00045000 | 3 | 45.0 | 38.3 - 43.3 | 44.68 | In |
Put | XLB250620P00135000 | 0 | 135.0 | 46.75 - 51.75 | 46.75 | In |
Put | XLB250620P00130000 | 0 | 130.0 | 41.9 - 46.9 | 41.9 | In |
Put | XLB250620P00125000 | 0 | 125.0 | 36.8 - 41.8 | 36.8 | In |
Put | XLB250620P00120000 | 0 | 120.0 | 31.85 - 36.85 | 31.85 | In |
Put | XLB250620P00115000 | 0 | 115.0 | 26.8 - 31.8 | 26.8 | In |
Put | XLB250620P00112000 | 0 | 112.0 | 23.8 - 28.8 | 23.8 | In |
Put | XLB250620P00111000 | 0 | 111.0 | 22.85 - 27.8 | 22.85 | In |
Put | XLB250620P00110000 | 0 | 110.0 | 22.05 - 27.05 | 26.77 | In |
Put | XLB250620P00109000 | 0 | 109.0 | 21.0 - 26.0 | 21.0 | In |
Put | XLB250620P00108000 | 0 | 108.0 | 19.8 - 24.8 | 19.8 | In |
Put | XLB250620P00101000 | 10 | 101.0 | 12.85 - 17.85 | 13.0 | In |
Put | XLB250620P00100000 | 16 | 100.0 | 13.7 - 15.35 | 13.24 | In |
Put | XLB250620P00097000 | 10 | 97.0 | 8.95 - 13.95 | 11.25 | In |
Put | XLB250620P00095000 | 8 | 95.0 | 6.9 - 11.85 | 5.6 | In |
Put | XLB250620P00094000 | 8 | 94.0 | 6.05 - 10.95 | 8.19 | In |
Put | XLB250620P00093000 | 98 | 93.0 | 5.05 - 9.95 | 5.32 | In |
Put | XLB250620P00092000 | 155 | 92.0 | 4.25 - 9.15 | 4.8 | In |
Put | XLB250620P00091000 | 176 | 91.0 | 3.45 - 8.35 | 5.25 | In |
Put | XLB250620P00090000 | 310 | 90.0 | 2.91 - 7.85 | 5.82 | In |
Put | XLB250620P00089000 | 916 | 89.0 | 2.36 - 7.3 | 4.52 | In |
Put | XLB250620P00088000 | 667 | 88.0 | 1.46 - 6.4 | 4.15 | In |
Put | XLB250620P00087000 | 450 | 87.0 | 1.06 - 6.0 | 3.55 | In |
Put | XLB250620P00086000 | 1713 | 86.0 | 0.56 - 5.5 | 3.65 | Out |
Put | XLB250620P00085000 | 3852 | 85.0 | 0.35 - 4.95 | 2.83 | Out |
Put | XLB250620P00084000 | 660 | 84.0 | 0.16 - 5.1 | 3.03 | Out |
Put | XLB250620P00083000 | 9080 | 83.0 | 0.01 - 4.95 | 2.1 | Out |
Put | XLB250620P00082000 | 654 | 82.0 | 0.01 - 4.95 | 2.24 | Out |
Put | XLB250620P00081000 | 372 | 81.0 | 0.2 - 4.95 | 1.57 | Out |
Put | XLB250620P00080000 | 4771 | 80.0 | 0.01 - 4.95 | 1.44 | Out |
Put | XLB250620P00079000 | 707 | 79.0 | 0.01 - 4.25 | 1.22 | Out |
Put | XLB250620P00078000 | 503 | 78.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 1.38 | Out |
Put | XLB250620P00077000 | 86 | 77.0 | 0.16 - 3.95 | 1.18 | Out |
Put | XLB250620P00076000 | 557 | 76.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 1.22 | Out |
Put | XLB250620P00075000 | 665 | 75.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 0.93 | Out |
Put | XLB250620P00074000 | 188 | 74.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 0.9 | Out |
Put | XLB250620P00073000 | 1256 | 73.0 | 0.01 - 2.49 | 0.59 | Out |
Put | XLB250620P00072000 | 8498 | 72.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 0.8 | Out |
Put | XLB250620P00071000 | 36 | 71.0 | 0.0 - 2.45 | 0.56 | Out |
Put | XLB250620P00070000 | 10 | 70.0 | 0.0 - 2.65 | 0.75 | Out |
Put | XLB250620P00069000 | 115 | 69.0 | 0.0 - 2.9 | 0.45 | Out |
Put | XLB250620P00068000 | 308 | 68.0 | 0.01 - 0.59 | 0.56 | Out |
Put | XLB250620P00067000 | 14 | 67.0 | 0.01 - 4.95 | 0.37 | Out |
Put | XLB250620P00065000 | 28 | 65.0 | 0.0 - 3.3 | 0.36 | Out |
Put | XLB250620P00064000 | 3 | 64.0 | 0.0 - 2.35 | 0.32 | Out |
Put | XLB250620P00060000 | 11 | 60.0 | 0.05 - 0.51 | 0.15 | Out |
Put | XLB250620P00055000 | 8 | 55.0 | 0.0 - 0.21 | 0.1 | Out |
Put | XLB250620P00045000 | 61 | 45.0 | 0.0 - 0.21 | 0.05 | Out |
Put | XLB250620P00040000 | 1 | 40.0 | 0.0 - 0.95 | 0.04 | Out |
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The market value of Materials Select Sector is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Materials that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Materials Select's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Materials Select'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 Materials Select's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Materials Select'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 Materials Select's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Materials Select is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Materials Select'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.