ZBRA241220P00370000 Option on Zebra Technologies
| ZBRA Stock | USD 407.00 1.25 0.31% |
Zebra Technologies' latest option contracts expiring on 2024-12-20 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.88 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 1.21 over 74 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying more puts than calls on contracts expiring on 2024-12-20. The total put volume is at 108, with calls trading at the volume of 108. This yields a 0.81 put-to-call volume ratio.
Open Interest Against 2024-12-20 Option Contracts
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The chart above shows Zebra Technologies' 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. Zebra Technologies' open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Zebra Technologies' option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
Zebra Technologies Maximum Pain Price across 2024-12-20 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 Zebra Technologies 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, Zebra Technologies' option sellers may reap the most after selling more options than buying, causing them to expire worthless.
Zebra Technologies' option chain provides insight into all available option contracts written on Zebra Technologies' stock. Investors can see outstanding put and call contracts with pricing information and greeks for a given expiration period. In addition, each of Zebra Technologies' stock options below provides a detailed picture of the payoff. Comparing vital and dynamic information of various option contracts across diverse expiration periods will help you make an educated decision on your market timing strategies around investing in a given Zebra option contract.
In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Zebra Technologies
Analyzing Zebra Technologies' in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Zebra Technologies regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Zebra Technologies' options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Zebra Technologies' options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Zebra Technologies' stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Zebra Technologies' stock options are financial instruments that give investors the right to buy or sell shares of Zebra Technologies common stock at a specified price for a given time period. Generally speaking, an option to purchase or sell Zebra stock makes it part of the underlying stock when the option's price is tied to the movement of the underlying stock. If Zebra Technologies' stock price goes up or down, the stock options follow.
At present, Zebra Technologies' Total Stockholder Equity is projected to increase significantly based on the last few years of reporting. The current year's Liabilities And Stockholders Equity is expected to grow to about 7.7 B, whereas Common Stock Shares Outstanding is forecasted to decline to about 48.1 M. Zebra Technologies In The Money Call Balance
When Zebra Technologies' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Zebra Technologies stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Zebra Technologies' 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 Zebra Technologies 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.
Zebra Current Options Market Mood
Zebra Technologies' 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 Zebra 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
Most options investors, including buyers and sellers of Zebra Technologies' calls and puts, are not very successful. It is estimated that an average options trader loses somewhere between 80% to 90% of the time. Zebra Technologies' 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 Zebra contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Zebra Technologies will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.055% per day over the life of the 2024-12-20 option contract. With Zebra Technologies trading at USD 407.0, that is roughly USD 0.22. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Zebra Technologies' daily price movement you should consider buying Zebra Technologies options at the current volatility level of 0.88%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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Purchasing Zebra Technologies 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" Zebra calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Zebra Technologies stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
Zebra Technologies Option Chain
When Zebra Technologies' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Zebra Technologies 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.
Zebra Technologies' option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Zebra. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Zebra. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Zebra Technologies 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. Zebra Technologies Selling And Marketing Expenses Over Time
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Zebra Technologies Market Cap Over Time
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Zebra Technologies Corporate Management
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Is Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components 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 Zebra Technologies. If investors know Zebra 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 Zebra Technologies 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 (0.22) | Earnings Share 7.37 | Revenue Per Share 90.49 | Quarterly Revenue Growth 0.313 | Return On Assets 0.0523 |
The market value of Zebra Technologies is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Zebra that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Zebra Technologies' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Zebra Technologies' 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 Zebra Technologies' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Zebra Technologies' 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 Zebra Technologies' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Zebra Technologies is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Zebra Technologies' 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.