Alto Ingredients Stock Options

ALTO Stock  USD 1.24  0.01  0.80%   
Alto Ingredients' latest option contracts expiring on October 17th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 1.52 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.02 over 10 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more calls than puts on contracts expiring on October 17th 2025.

Open Interest Against October 17th 2025 Option Contracts

The chart above shows Alto Ingredients' 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. Alto Ingredients' open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Alto Ingredients' option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.

In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Alto Ingredients

Analyzing Alto Ingredients' in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Alto Ingredients regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Alto Ingredients' options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Alto Ingredients' options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Alto Ingredients' stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Please note that buying 'in-the-money' options on Alto Ingredients lessens the impact of time decay, as they carry both intrinsic and time value. So, even if Alto Ingredients' value remains static through the expiration date, the investor can sell to close an 'in-the-money' option to avoid a potential loss. However, in-the-money Alto Ingredients contracts are usually more expensive to enter than their out-of-the-money counterparts. So keep in mind that while the payoffs on an in-the-money trade can be high, the investors could ultimately experience a more consequential loss if Alto Stock moves the wrong way.

Alto Ingredients In The Money Call Balance

When Alto Ingredients' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Alto Ingredients stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Alto Ingredients' 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 Alto Ingredients 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.

Alto Current Options Market Mood

Alto Ingredients' 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 Alto 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 Alto Ingredients' options investors are not very successful. Alto Ingredients' 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 Alto contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Alto Ingredients will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.095% per day over the life of the 2025-10-17 option contract. With Alto Ingredients trading at USD 1.24, that is roughly USD 0.001178. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Alto Ingredients' daily price movement you should consider buying Alto Ingredients options at the current volatility level of 1.52%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
Purchasing Alto Ingredients 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" Alto calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Alto Ingredients stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.

Alto Ingredients Option Chain

When Alto Ingredients' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Alto Ingredients 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.
Alto Ingredients' option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Alto. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Alto. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Alto Ingredients 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 IntStrike PriceCurrent SpreadLast Price
Call
ALTO251017C0000500005.00.0 - 0.750.75Out
Call
ALTO251017C0000400004.00.0 - 0.750.75Out
Call
ALTO251017C00003000383.00.0 - 0.10.04Out
Call
ALTO251017C000020006612.00.0 - 0.10.05Out
Call
ALTO251017C000010001801.00.25 - 0.40.25In
 Put
ALTO251017P0000500005.03.7 - 3.83.7In
 Put
ALTO251017P0000400004.02.7 - 2.852.7In
 Put
ALTO251017P0000300003.01.7 - 1.81.7In
 Put
ALTO251017P0000200002.00.7 - 0.850.7In
 Put
ALTO251017P00001000161.00.0 - 0.20.18Out

Alto Ingredients Market Cap Over Time

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Alto Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

172.39 Million

At this time, Alto Ingredients' Total Stockholder Equity is very stable compared to the past year.

Alto Ingredients Corporate Management

James CPAVP OfficerProfile
Todd BentonChief OfficerProfile
Ed BakerVice ResourcesProfile
Auste JDChief SecretaryProfile
Bryon McGregorChief OfficerProfile
James SneedVP OfficerProfile
William JonesFounder ChairmanProfile
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Quarterly Earnings Growth
(0.66)
Earnings Share
(0.81)
Revenue Per Share
12.897
Quarterly Revenue Growth
(0.06)
Return On Assets
(0.03)
The market value of Alto Ingredients is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Alto that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Alto Ingredients' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Alto Ingredients' 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 Alto Ingredients' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Alto Ingredients' 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 Alto Ingredients' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Alto Ingredients is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Alto Ingredients' 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.