ICON PLC Stock Options Expiring on 18th of July 2025
| ICLR Stock | USD 212.18 3.78 1.75% |
ICON PLC's latest option contracts expiring on 2025-07-18 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.07 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.73 over 28 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying slightly more calls than puts on contracts expiring on 2025-07-18. The total put volume is at 41.0, with calls trading at the volume of 41.0. This yields a 0.31 put-to-call volume ratio.
Open Interest Against 2025-07-18 Option Contracts
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The chart above shows ICON PLC'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. ICON PLC's open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for ICON PLC's option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
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When ICON PLC's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against ICON PLC stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying ICON PLC'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 ICON PLC 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.
ICON Current Options Market Mood
ICON PLC'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 ICON 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 Open Interest
Put-to-Call Volume
Unfortunately, most ICON PLC's options investors are not very successful. ICON PLC'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 ICON contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that ICON PLC will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.004238% per day over the life of the 2025-07-18 option contract. With ICON PLC trading at USD 212.18, that is roughly USD 0.008991. If you think that the market is fully incorporating ICON PLC's daily price movement you should consider buying ICON PLC options at the current volatility level of 0.0678%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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ICON PLC Option Chain
When ICON PLC's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against ICON PLC 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.
ICON PLC's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on ICON. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for ICON. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a ICON PLC 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. ICON PLC Market Cap Over Time
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