Options

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in AdaptHealth Corp (Symbol: AHCO), where a total volume of 9,233 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 923,300 underlying shares (given that every 1 …

Investors in Republic Services Inc (Symbol: RSG) saw new options begin trading today, for the February 2025 expiration. One of the key inputs that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 70 days until expiration the newly trading contracts represent …

Investors in Upstart Holdings Inc (Symbol: UPST) saw new options become available this week, for the January 2026 expiration. One of the key inputs that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 399 days until expiration the newly available contracts …

Investors in Five Below Inc (Symbol: FIVE) saw new options begin trading today, for the June 2025 expiration. One of the key data points that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 189 days until expiration the newly trading contracts …

Shareholders of Quanex Building Products Corp (Symbol: NX) looking to boost their income beyond the stock’s 1.1% annualized dividend yield can sell the December covered call at the $30 strike and collect the premium based on the 20 cents bid, which annualizes to an additional 37.7% rate of return against …

Shareholders of WK Kellogg Co (Symbol: KLG) looking to boost their income beyond the stock’s 3.1% annualized dividend yield can sell the June 2025 covered call at the $22.50 strike and collect the premium based on the $1.70 bid, which annualizes to an additional 15.8% rate of return against the …

Shareholders of VSE Corp. (Symbol: VSEC) looking to boost their income beyond the stock’s 0.4% annualized dividend yield can sell the October 2025 covered call at the $125 strike and collect the premium based on the $8.30 bid, which annualizes to an additional 9.2% rate of return against the current …

We have spent a lot of time talking about ticks, spreads and trading costs in the equities markets.   Today, we take a look at options trading. As we know, options markets are very different to stocks – and their spreads are no exception.  Options prices driven by option Greeks Black-Scholes …

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Comerica, Inc. (Symbol: CMA), where a total volume of 68,713 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 6.9 million underlying shares (given that every …