Essex Property Stock Options
| ESS Stock | USD 292.58 0.52 0.18% |
Essex Property's latest option contracts expiring on October 17th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.36 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 1.01 over 50 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying slightly more puts than calls on contracts expiring on October 17th 2025. The total put volume is at 5.0.
Open Interest Against October 17th 2025 Option Contracts
Essex Property option prices can potentially be used to forecast stock returns because most option chains provide information not only about the current prices but also about the future conditions in Essex Property's lending market. For example, when Essex Property's puts are not actively trading or completely missing in the marketplace, investors can use it to internalize expected shorting costs. So if an investor is writing a put option on Essex Property, he or she must hedge the risk by shorting Essex Property stock over its option's life.
2025-10-17
The chart above shows Essex Property's 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. Essex Property's open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Essex Property's option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
Essex Property Maximum Pain Price Across 2025-10-17 Option Contracts
Max pain occurs when Essex Property's market makers reach a net positive position across all Essex Property's options at a strike price where option holders stand to lose the most money. By contrast, Essex Property's 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 Essex Property
Analyzing Essex Property's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Essex Property regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Essex Property's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Essex Property's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Essex Property's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Essex Property Trust In The Money Call Balance
When Essex Property's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Essex Property Trust stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Essex Property's 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 Essex Property Trust 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.
Essex Current Options Market Mood
Essex Property's 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 Essex 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 Essex Property's options investors are not very successful. Essex Property's 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 Essex contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Essex Property Trust will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0225% per day over the life of the 2025-10-17 option contract. With Essex Property trading at USD 292.58, that is roughly USD 0.0658. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Essex Property's daily price movement you should consider buying Essex Property Trust options at the current volatility level of 0.36%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
Purchasing Essex Property 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" Essex calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Essex Property Trust stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
Essex Property Option Chain
When Essex Property's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Essex Property Trust 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.
Essex Property's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Essex. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Essex. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Essex Property 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 | ESS251017C00440000 | 0 | 440.0 | 0.0 - 2.15 | 2.15 | |
Call | ESS251017C00430000 | 1 | 430.0 | 0.0 - 2.15 | 2.15 | Out |
Call | ESS251017C00420000 | 1 | 420.0 | 0.0 - 2.15 | 2.15 | Out |
Call | ESS251017C00410000 | 0 | 410.0 | 0.0 - 2.15 | 2.15 | |
Call | ESS251017C00400000 | 2 | 400.0 | 0.0 - 1.75 | 1.75 | Out |
Call | ESS251017C00390000 | 4 | 390.0 | 0.0 - 1.75 | 1.75 | Out |
Call | ESS251017C00380000 | 3 | 380.0 | 0.0 - 2.25 | 2.25 | Out |
Call | ESS251017C00370000 | 4 | 370.0 | 0.0 - 1.75 | 1.75 | Out |
Call | ESS251017C00360000 | 2 | 360.0 | 0.0 - 1.75 | 1.75 | Out |
Call | ESS251017C00350000 | 7 | 350.0 | 0.0 - 2.45 | 0.65 | Out |
Call | ESS251017C00340000 | 3 | 340.0 | 0.0 - 2.65 | 1.05 | Out |
Call | ESS251017C00330000 | 11 | 330.0 | 0.65 - 1.95 | 0.7 | Out |
Call | ESS251017C00320000 | 9 | 320.0 | 0.6 - 3.9 | 2.08 | Out |
Call | ESS251017C00310000 | 381 | 310.0 | 2.8 - 6.1 | 3.65 | Out |
Call | ESS251017C00300000 | 39 | 300.0 | 6.5 - 10.0 | 6.0 | Out |
Call | ESS251017C00290000 | 53 | 290.0 | 12.3 - 15.5 | 10.25 | In |
Call | ESS251017C00280000 | 17 | 280.0 | 18.7 - 22.5 | 18.98 | In |
Call | ESS251017C00270000 | 3 | 270.0 | 26.8 - 30.0 | 26.8 | In |
Call | ESS251017C00260000 | 2 | 260.0 | 35.6 - 38.9 | 35.6 | In |
Call | ESS251017C00250000 | 1 | 250.0 | 44.7 - 47.9 | 44.7 | In |
Call | ESS251017C00230000 | 1 | 230.0 | 63.6 - 67.5 | 63.6 | In |
Call | ESS251017C00220000 | 2 | 220.0 | 73.2 - 77.0 | 73.2 | In |
Call | ESS251017C00200000 | 2 | 200.0 | 92.5 - 96.6 | 86.12 | In |
Put | ESS251017P00175000 | 8 | 175.0 | 0.0 - 2.25 | 2.25 | Out |
Put | ESS251017P00180000 | 3 | 180.0 | 0.0 - 2.3 | 0.25 | Out |
Put | ESS251017P00185000 | 6 | 185.0 | 0.0 - 2.35 | 2.35 | Out |
Put | ESS251017P00190000 | 9 | 190.0 | 0.0 - 2.4 | 2.4 | Out |
Put | ESS251017P00195000 | 10 | 195.0 | 0.0 - 2.45 | 2.45 | Out |
Put | ESS251017P00200000 | 66 | 200.0 | 0.0 - 2.5 | 2.5 | Out |
Put | ESS251017P00210000 | 18 | 210.0 | 0.0 - 2.7 | 0.7 | Out |
Put | ESS251017P00220000 | 16 | 220.0 | 0.0 - 2.15 | 1.1 | Out |
Put | ESS251017P00230000 | 21 | 230.0 | 0.0 - 2.55 | 1.4 | Out |
Put | ESS251017P00240000 | 13 | 240.0 | 0.65 - 3.1 | 1.6 | Out |
Put | ESS251017P00250000 | 23 | 250.0 | 1.8 - 3.8 | 3.8 | Out |
Put | ESS251017P00260000 | 313 | 260.0 | 2.5 - 5.0 | 4.0 | Out |
Put | ESS251017P00270000 | 21 | 270.0 | 2.6 - 6.5 | 13.87 | Out |
Put | ESS251017P00280000 | 8 | 280.0 | 4.6 - 8.4 | 12.0 | Out |
Put | ESS251017P00290000 | 7 | 290.0 | 8.6 - 11.7 | 8.6 | Out |
Put | ESS251017P00300000 | 5 | 300.0 | 13.7 - 16.4 | 14.4 | In |
Put | ESS251017P00310000 | 5 | 310.0 | 19.7 - 22.9 | 19.7 | In |
Put | ESS251017P00350000 | 0 | 350.0 | 55.5 - 59.3 | 55.5 | In |
Put | ESS251017P00360000 | 0 | 360.0 | 65.3 - 69.3 | 65.3 | In |
Put | ESS251017P00370000 | 0 | 370.0 | 75.4 - 79.3 | 75.4 | In |
Put | ESS251017P00380000 | 0 | 380.0 | 85.4 - 89.3 | 85.4 | In |
Put | ESS251017P00390000 | 0 | 390.0 | 95.3 - 99.3 | 95.3 | In |
Put | ESS251017P00400000 | 0 | 400.0 | 105.4 - 109.3 | 105.4 | In |
Put | ESS251017P00410000 | 0 | 410.0 | 115.4 - 119.3 | 115.4 | In |
Put | ESS251017P00420000 | 0 | 420.0 | 125.3 - 129.3 | 125.3 | In |
Put | ESS251017P00430000 | 0 | 430.0 | 135.3 - 139.3 | 135.3 | In |
Put | ESS251017P00440000 | 0 | 440.0 | 145.5 - 149.3 | 145.5 | In |
Essex Property Market Cap Over Time
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Essex Property Corporate Directors
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