XLP250117C00081000 Option on Consumer Staples Select
| XLP Etf | USD 77.22 0.38 0.49% |
Consumer Staples' latest option contracts expiring on March 21st 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.4 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 2.66 over 87 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more puts than calls on contracts expiring on March 21st 2025. The total put volume is at 276, with calls trading at the volume of 2.1 K. This yields a 0.13 put-to-call volume ratio.
Open Interest Against March 21st 2025 Option Contracts
2025-03-21
The chart above shows Consumer Staples' 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. Consumer Staples' open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Consumer Staples' option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
Consumer Staples Maximum Pain Price Across 2025-03-21 Option Contracts
Max pain occurs when Consumer Staples' market makers reach a net positive position across all Consumer Staples' options at a strike price where option holders stand to lose the most money. By contrast, Consumer Staples' 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 Consumer Staples
Analyzing Consumer Staples' in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Consumer Staples regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Consumer Staples' options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Consumer Staples' options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Consumer Staples' stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Consumer Staples Select In The Money Call Balance
When Consumer Staples' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Consumer Staples Select stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Consumer Staples' 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 Consumer Staples Select 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.
Consumer Current Options Market Mood
Consumer Staples' 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 Consumer 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 Consumer Staples' options investors are not very successful. Consumer Staples' 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 Consumer contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Consumer Staples Select will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.025% per day over the life of the 2025-03-21 option contract. With Consumer Staples trading at USD 77.22, that is roughly USD 0.0193. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Consumer Staples' daily price movement you should consider buying Consumer Staples Select options at the current volatility level of 0.4%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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Purchasing Consumer Staples 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" Consumer calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Consumer Staples Select stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
Consumer Staples Option Chain
When Consumer Staples' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Consumer Staples Select 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.
Consumer Staples' option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Consumer. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Consumer. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Consumer Staples 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 | XLP250321C00040000 | 2 | 40.0 | 35.5 - 39.8 | 39.5 | In |
Call | XLP250321C00058000 | 18 | 58.0 | 17.95 - 22.5 | 23.45 | In |
Call | XLP250321C00059000 | 1 | 59.0 | 16.5 - 20.6 | 23.29 | In |
Call | XLP250321C00060000 | 6 | 60.0 | 16.15 - 19.75 | 20.6 | In |
Call | XLP250321C00062000 | 1 | 62.0 | 14.4 - 18.15 | 21.23 | In |
Call | XLP250321C00063000 | 5 | 63.0 | 13.05 - 16.25 | 18.3 | In |
Call | XLP250321C00065000 | 15 | 65.0 | 10.55 - 15.25 | 13.1 | In |
Call | XLP250321C00069000 | 10 | 69.0 | 6.8 - 10.65 | 12.65 | In |
Call | XLP250321C00070000 | 15 | 70.0 | 6.4 - 10.5 | 9.78 | In |
Call | XLP250321C00071000 | 6 | 71.0 | 5.25 - 9.15 | 10.4 | In |
Call | XLP250321C00072000 | 21 | 72.0 | 5.55 - 8.4 | 11.25 | In |
Call | XLP250321C00073000 | 3 | 73.0 | 4.9 - 6.6 | 10.04 | In |
Call | XLP250321C00074000 | 839 | 74.0 | 3.25 - 4.8 | 4.5 | In |
Call | XLP250321C00075000 | 271 | 75.0 | 1.35 - 6.0 | 3.5 | In |
Call | XLP250321C00076000 | 596 | 76.0 | 1.8 - 3.25 | 2.7 | In |
Call | XLP250321C00077000 | 3422 | 77.0 | 1.95 - 3.6 | 2.14 | In |
Call | XLP250321C00078000 | 929 | 78.0 | 1.2 - 1.74 | 1.52 | Out |
Call | XLP250321C00079000 | 534 | 79.0 | 0.86 - 1.24 | 1.0 | Out |
Call | XLP250321C00080000 | 1238 | 80.0 | 0.24 - 0.75 | 0.65 | Out |
Call | XLP250321C00081000 | 1361 | 81.0 | 0.0 - 0.67 | 0.34 | Out |
Call | XLP250321C00082000 | 730 | 82.0 | 0.08 - 0.85 | 0.17 | Out |
Call | XLP250321C00083000 | 1070 | 83.0 | 0.01 - 0.3 | 0.12 | Out |
Call | XLP250321C00084000 | 1289 | 84.0 | 0.06 - 0.26 | 0.08 | Out |
Call | XLP250321C00085000 | 995 | 85.0 | 0.0 - 0.49 | 0.1 | Out |
Call | XLP250321C00086000 | 950 | 86.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 0.03 | Out |
Call | XLP250321C00087000 | 642 | 87.0 | 0.0 - 0.96 | 0.05 | Out |
Call | XLP250321C00088000 | 448 | 88.0 | 0.0 - 2.08 | 0.08 | Out |
Call | XLP250321C00089000 | 300 | 89.0 | 0.0 - 1.68 | 0.09 | Out |
Call | XLP250321C00090000 | 91 | 90.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 0.02 | Out |
Call | XLP250321C00091000 | 10 | 91.0 | 0.0 - 0.13 | 0.06 | Out |
Call | XLP250321C00092000 | 13 | 92.0 | 0.0 - 2.13 | 0.09 | Out |
Call | XLP250321C00093000 | 22 | 93.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 0.09 | Out |
Call | XLP250321C00094000 | 19 | 94.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 0.03 | Out |
Call | XLP250321C00095000 | 34 | 95.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 0.07 | Out |
Call | XLP250321C00096000 | 15 | 96.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 0.04 | Out |
Call | XLP250321C00097000 | 413 | 97.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 0.06 | Out |
Call | XLP250321C00098000 | 6178 | 98.0 | 0.0 - 0.2 | 0.04 | Out |
Call | XLP250321C00099000 | 12 | 99.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 0.06 | Out |
Call | XLP250321C00100000 | 15 | 100.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 0.03 | Out |
Call | XLP250321C00101000 | 36 | 101.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 0.03 | Out |
Call | XLP250321C00105000 | 83 | 105.0 | 0.0 - 0.17 | 0.01 | Out |
Call | XLP250321C00110000 | 740 | 110.0 | 0.0 - 0.15 | 0.03 | Out |
Call | XLP250321C00115000 | 665 | 115.0 | 0.0 - 0.09 | 0.05 | Out |
Put | XLP250321P00049000 | 1 | 49.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 0.07 | Out |
Put | XLP250321P00054000 | 1 | 54.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 0.2 | Out |
Put | XLP250321P00055000 | 2 | 55.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 0.22 | Out |
Put | XLP250321P00056000 | 2 | 56.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 0.03 | Out |
Put | XLP250321P00057000 | 2 | 57.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 0.14 | Out |
Put | XLP250321P00058000 | 3 | 58.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 0.16 | Out |
Put | XLP250321P00059000 | 1 | 59.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 0.12 | Out |
Put | XLP250321P00060000 | 2 | 60.0 | 0.0 - 0.25 | 0.15 | Out |
Put | XLP250321P00061000 | 2 | 61.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 0.18 | Out |
Put | XLP250321P00062000 | 10 | 62.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 0.11 | Out |
Put | XLP250321P00063000 | 18 | 63.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 0.17 | Out |
Put | XLP250321P00064000 | 17 | 64.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 0.18 | Out |
Put | XLP250321P00065000 | 608 | 65.0 | 0.01 - 0.2 | 0.08 | Out |
Put | XLP250321P00066000 | 388 | 66.0 | 0.0 - 0.5 | 0.2 | Out |
Put | XLP250321P00068000 | 390 | 68.0 | 0.0 - 0.52 | 0.14 | Out |
Put | XLP250321P00069000 | 2 | 69.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 0.12 | Out |
Put | XLP250321P00070000 | 8075 | 70.0 | 0.01 - 0.27 | 0.11 | Out |
Put | XLP250321P00071000 | 27 | 71.0 | 0.01 - 5.0 | 0.15 | Out |
Put | XLP250321P00072000 | 425 | 72.0 | 0.15 - 2.11 | 0.19 | Out |
Put | XLP250321P00073000 | 93 | 73.0 | 0.0 - 0.4 | 0.26 | Out |
Put | XLP250321P00074000 | 16763 | 74.0 | 0.2 - 0.59 | 0.37 | Out |
Put | XLP250321P00075000 | 12351 | 75.0 | 0.05 - 1.3 | 0.53 | Out |
Put | XLP250321P00076000 | 467 | 76.0 | 0.44 - 2.17 | 0.75 | Out |
Put | XLP250321P00077000 | 2933 | 77.0 | 0.71 - 2.27 | 1.0 | Out |
Put | XLP250321P00078000 | 1486 | 78.0 | 0.3 - 5.0 | 1.47 | In |
Put | XLP250321P00079000 | 6206 | 79.0 | 0.59 - 5.0 | 1.84 | In |
Put | XLP250321P00080000 | 10970 | 80.0 | 1.54 - 5.0 | 2.56 | In |
Put | XLP250321P00081000 | 238 | 81.0 | 1.92 - 3.75 | 3.28 | In |
Put | XLP250321P00082000 | 627 | 82.0 | 3.35 - 6.45 | 4.26 | In |
Put | XLP250321P00083000 | 1887 | 83.0 | 4.9 - 5.7 | 5.45 | In |
Put | XLP250321P00084000 | 6 | 84.0 | 5.25 - 6.9 | 7.75 | In |
Put | XLP250321P00085000 | 2 | 85.0 | 5.3 - 7.9 | 7.67 | In |
Put | XLP250321P00086000 | 89 | 86.0 | 6.9 - 8.75 | 8.56 | In |
Put | XLP250321P00087000 | 15 | 87.0 | 8.7 - 9.85 | 10.65 | In |
Put | XLP250321P00095000 | 0 | 95.0 | 16.05 - 18.3 | 16.05 | In |
Put | XLP250321P00096000 | 0 | 96.0 | 17.25 - 19.85 | 17.25 | In |
Put | XLP250321P00097000 | 0 | 97.0 | 17.1 - 21.75 | 13.69 | In |
Put | XLP250321P00098000 | 0 | 98.0 | 18.3 - 22.5 | 18.3 | In |
Put | XLP250321P00099000 | 0 | 99.0 | 19.5 - 22.65 | 19.5 | In |
Put | XLP250321P00100000 | 0 | 100.0 | 21.3 - 24.45 | 21.3 | In |
Put | XLP250321P00101000 | 0 | 101.0 | 22.0 - 25.85 | 22.0 | In |
Put | XLP250321P00105000 | 0 | 105.0 | 25.5 - 29.6 | 25.5 | In |
Put | XLP250321P00110000 | 0 | 110.0 | 30.15 - 34.85 | 30.15 | In |
Put | XLP250321P00115000 | 0 | 115.0 | 35.3 - 38.8 | 35.3 | In |
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The market value of Consumer Staples Select is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Consumer that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Consumer Staples' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Consumer Staples' 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 Consumer Staples' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Consumer Staples' 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 Consumer Staples' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Consumer Staples is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Consumer Staples' 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.