null Option on BJs Restaurants
| BJRI Stock | USD 40.04 1.14 2.93% |
BJs Restaurants' latest option contracts expiring on October 17th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.55 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.47 over 28 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying more calls than puts on contracts expiring on October 17th 2025.
Open Interest Against October 17th 2025 Option Contracts
2025-10-17
The chart above shows BJs Restaurants' 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. BJs Restaurants' open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for BJs Restaurants' option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
BJs Restaurants Maximum Pain Price Across 2025-10-17 Option Contracts
BJs Restaurants' 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, 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 BJs Restaurants
Analyzing BJs Restaurants' in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in BJs Restaurants regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when BJs Restaurants' options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money BJs Restaurants' options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with BJs Restaurants' stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
BJs Restaurants In The Money Call Balance
When BJs Restaurants' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against BJs Restaurants stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying BJs Restaurants' 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 BJs Restaurants 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.
BJs Current Options Market Mood
BJs Restaurants' 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 BJs 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 BJs Restaurants' options investors are not very successful. BJs Restaurants' 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 BJs contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that BJs Restaurants will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0344% per day over the life of the 2025-10-17 option contract. With BJs Restaurants trading at USD 40.04, that is roughly USD 0.0138. If you think that the market is fully incorporating BJs Restaurants' daily price movement you should consider buying BJs Restaurants options at the current volatility level of 0.55%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
Purchasing BJs Restaurants 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" BJs calls. Remember, the seller must deliver BJs Restaurants stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
BJs Restaurants Option Chain
When BJs Restaurants' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against BJs Restaurants 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.
BJs Restaurants' option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on BJs. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for BJs. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a BJs Restaurants 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 | BJRI251017C00065000 | 0 | 65.0 | 0.0 - 0.95 | 0.95 | |
Call | BJRI251017C00060000 | 0 | 60.0 | 0.0 - 0.95 | 0.95 | |
Call | BJRI251017C00055000 | 0 | 55.0 | 0.0 - 0.95 | 0.95 | |
Call | BJRI251017C00052500 | 5 | 52.5 | 0.0 - 1.9 | 1.4 | Out |
Call | BJRI251017C00050000 | 19 | 50.0 | 0.0 - 1.7 | 1.53 | Out |
Call | BJRI251017C00047500 | 0 | 47.5 | 0.0 - 2.55 | 2.55 | |
Call | BJRI251017C00045000 | 1015 | 45.0 | 0.55 - 3.5 | 3.6 | Out |
Call | BJRI251017C00042500 | 1 | 42.5 | 1.25 - 4.4 | 1.25 | Out |
Call | BJRI251017C00040000 | 56 | 40.0 | 2.55 - 5.5 | 7.83 | Out |
Call | BJRI251017C00037500 | 0 | 37.5 | 3.6 - 7.3 | 3.6 | In |
Call | BJRI251017C00035000 | 815 | 35.0 | 5.4 - 8.5 | 5.4 | In |
Call | BJRI251017C00027500 | 1 | 27.5 | 12.3 - 15.5 | 12.3 | In |
Call | BJRI251017C00025000 | 1 | 25.0 | 14.8 - 17.3 | 14.8 | In |
Put | BJRI251017P00065000 | 0 | 65.0 | 23.8 - 26.7 | 23.8 | In |
Put | BJRI251017P00060000 | 0 | 60.0 | 19.1 - 21.7 | 19.1 | In |
Put | BJRI251017P00055000 | 0 | 55.0 | 13.8 - 16.3 | 13.8 | In |
Put | BJRI251017P00052500 | 0 | 52.5 | 11.4 - 14.3 | 11.4 | In |
Put | BJRI251017P00050000 | 2 | 50.0 | 9.7 - 12.2 | 8.2 | In |
Put | BJRI251017P00047500 | 0 | 47.5 | 7.1 - 9.9 | 7.1 | In |
Put | BJRI251017P00045000 | 0 | 45.0 | 5.1 - 7.7 | 5.1 | In |
Put | BJRI251017P00042500 | 2 | 42.5 | 3.1 - 5.8 | 4.3 | In |
Put | BJRI251017P00040000 | 1 | 40.0 | 1.15 - 4.5 | 2.2 | Out |
Put | BJRI251017P00037500 | 0 | 37.5 | 1.0 - 3.4 | 1.0 | |
Put | BJRI251017P00035000 | 875 | 35.0 | 0.9 - 1.85 | 1.35 | Out |
Put | BJRI251017P00032500 | 1 | 32.5 | 0.0 - 1.75 | 1.75 | Out |
Put | BJRI251017P00030000 | 20 | 30.0 | 0.0 - 2.15 | 2.15 | Out |
Put | BJRI251017P00025000 | 2 | 25.0 | 0.0 - 2.4 | 2.4 | Out |
Put | BJRI251017P00022500 | 1 | 22.5 | 0.0 - 0.95 | 0.95 | Out |
BJs Restaurants Market Cap Over Time
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BJs Restaurants Corporate Management
| Kendra Miller | Sr. VP, General Counsel and Assistant Secretary | Profile | |
| Heidi Rogers | Senior Marketing | Profile | |
| Brian Krakower | Executive Officer | Profile | |
| Scott Rodriguez | VP Culinary | Profile | |
| Christopher Pinsak | Senior Operations | Profile | |
| Thomas Kowalski | Senior Officer | Profile | |
| Robert Deliema | Pres Foundation | Profile |
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Quarterly Earnings Growth 0.813 | Earnings Share 0.96 | Revenue Per Share | Quarterly Revenue Growth 0.032 | Return On Assets |
The market value of BJs Restaurants is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of BJs that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of BJs Restaurants' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is BJs Restaurants' 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 BJs Restaurants' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect BJs Restaurants' 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 BJs Restaurants' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if BJs Restaurants is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, BJs Restaurants' 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.