Critical Metals Stock Options
| CRML Stock | 7.13 0.10 1.38% |
Critical Metals' latest option contracts expiring on February 20th 2026 are carrying combined implied volatility of 1.42 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.44 over 28 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying more calls than puts on contracts expiring on February 20th 2026. The total put volume is at 186, with calls trading at the volume of 999. This yields a 0.19 put-to-call volume ratio.
Open Interest Against February 20th 2026 Option Contracts
2026-02-20
The chart above shows Critical Metals' 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. Critical Metals' open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Critical Metals' option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Critical Metals
Analyzing Critical Metals' in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Critical Metals regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Critical Metals' options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Critical Metals' options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Critical Metals' stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Critical Metals Corp In The Money Call Balance
When Critical Metals' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Critical Metals Corp stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Critical Metals' 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 Critical Metals Corp 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.
Critical Current Options Market Mood
Critical Metals' 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 Critical 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 Critical Metals' calls and puts, are not very successful. It is estimated that an average options trader loses somewhere between 80% to 90% of the time. Critical Metals' 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 Critical contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Critical Metals Corp will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0888% per day over the life of the 2026-02-20 option contract. With Critical Metals trading at USD 7.13, that is roughly USD 0.006328. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Critical Metals' daily price movement you should consider buying Critical Metals Corp options at the current volatility level of 1.42%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
Purchasing Critical Metals 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" Critical calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Critical Metals Corp stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
Critical Metals Option Chain
When Critical Metals' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Critical Metals Corp 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.
Critical Metals' option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Critical. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Critical. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Critical Metals 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 | CRML260220C00045000 | 721 | 45.0 | 0.0 - 0.2 | 0.12 | Out |
Call | CRML260220C00040000 | 99 | 40.0 | 0.0 - 1.75 | 0.39 | Out |
Call | CRML260220C00035000 | 162 | 35.0 | 0.05 - 0.25 | 0.12 | Out |
Call | CRML260220C00030000 | 1644 | 30.0 | 0.15 - 0.25 | 0.16 | Out |
Call | CRML260220C00025000 | 1035 | 25.0 | 0.05 - 0.4 | 0.25 | Out |
Call | CRML260220C00022500 | 400 | 22.5 | 0.0 - 0.5 | 0.39 | Out |
Call | CRML260220C00020000 | 988 | 20.0 | 0.2 - 0.5 | 0.35 | Out |
Call | CRML260220C00017500 | 374 | 17.5 | 0.3 - 0.5 | 0.43 | Out |
Call | CRML260220C00015000 | 3309 | 15.0 | 0.4 - 0.6 | 0.5 | Out |
Call | CRML260220C00012500 | 1658 | 12.5 | 0.35 - 1.6 | 0.72 | Out |
Call | CRML260220C00010000 | 1521 | 10.0 | 0.85 - 1.3 | 1.05 | Out |
Call | CRML260220C00007500 | 2535 | 7.5 | 1.5 - 1.75 | 1.7 | Out |
Call | CRML260220C00005000 | 1204 | 5.0 | 1.6 - 3.1 | 3.3 | In |
Call | CRML260220C00002500 | 384 | 2.5 | 4.1 - 5.0 | 4.6 | In |
Put | CRML260220P00045000 | 0 | 45.0 | 36.5 - 39.1 | 36.5 | In |
Put | CRML260220P00040000 | 0 | 40.0 | 31.6 - 34.1 | 31.6 | In |
Put | CRML260220P00035000 | 7 | 35.0 | 26.7 - 29.1 | 26.51 | In |
Put | CRML260220P00030000 | 30 | 30.0 | 21.7 - 24.2 | 21.44 | In |
Put | CRML260220P00025000 | 45 | 25.0 | 16.9 - 19.2 | 17.05 | In |
Put | CRML260220P00022500 | 14 | 22.5 | 14.5 - 16.8 | 11.6 | In |
Put | CRML260220P00020000 | 232 | 20.0 | 12.0 - 14.3 | 12.3 | In |
Put | CRML260220P00017500 | 129 | 17.5 | 10.0 - 11.9 | 11.35 | In |
Put | CRML260220P00015000 | 1069 | 15.0 | 7.6 - 8.6 | 8.4 | In |
Put | CRML260220P00012500 | 597 | 12.5 | 5.8 - 6.3 | 6.07 | In |
Put | CRML260220P00010000 | 941 | 10.0 | 3.6 - 4.1 | 3.68 | In |
Put | CRML260220P00007500 | 990 | 7.5 | 1.9 - 2.1 | 1.91 | In |
Put | CRML260220P00005000 | 2439 | 5.0 | 0.55 - 0.7 | 0.65 | Out |
Put | CRML260220P00002500 | 608 | 2.5 | 0.0 - 0.2 | 0.05 | Out |
Critical Total Stockholder Equity
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Critical Metals Corporate Management
| John Thomas | General Counsel | Profile | |
| Steven Parkes | Chief Officer | Profile | |
| ACIS AGIA | Chief Officer | Profile | |
| Sergey Savchenko | Chief Officer | Profile |
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Earnings Share (0.56) | Revenue Per Share | Quarterly Revenue Growth 0.714 | Return On Assets | Return On Equity |
The market value of Critical Metals Corp is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Critical that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Critical Metals' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Critical Metals' 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 Critical Metals' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Critical Metals' 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 Critical Metals' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Critical Metals is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Critical Metals' 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.