Green Dot Stock Options
| GDOT Stock | USD 10.58 0.11 1.03% |
Green Dot's latest option contracts expiring on September 19th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 1.05 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.04 over 16 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more calls than puts on contracts expiring on September 19th 2025.
Open Interest Against September 19th 2025 Option Contracts
Green Dot 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 Green Dot's lending market. For example, when Green Dot'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 Green Dot, he or she must hedge the risk by shorting Green Dot stock over its option's life.
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The chart above shows Green Dot'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. Green Dot's open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Green Dot's option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Green Dot
Analyzing Green Dot's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Green Dot regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Green Dot's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Green Dot's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Green Dot's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Green Dot In The Money Call Balance
When Green Dot's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Green Dot stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Green Dot'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 Green Dot 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.
Green Current Options Market Mood
Green Dot'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 Green 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 Green Dot's calls and puts, are not very successful. It is estimated that an average options trader loses somewhere between 80% to 90% of the time. Green Dot'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 Green contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Green Dot will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0656% per day over the life of the 2025-09-19 option contract. With Green Dot trading at USD 10.58, that is roughly USD 0.006943. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Green Dot's daily price movement you should consider buying Green Dot options at the current volatility level of 1.05%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
Purchasing Green Dot 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" Green calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Green Dot stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
Green Dot Option Chain
When Green Dot's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Green Dot 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.
Green Dot's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Green. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Green. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Green Dot 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 | GDOT250919C00020000 | 50 | 20.0 | 0.0 - 0.75 | 0.15 | Out |
Call | GDOT250919C00017500 | 125 | 17.5 | 0.05 - 0.7 | 0.1 | Out |
Call | GDOT250919C00015000 | 560 | 15.0 | 0.1 - 0.35 | 0.23 | Out |
Call | GDOT250919C00012500 | 2863 | 12.5 | 0.3 - 0.5 | 0.5 | Out |
Call | GDOT250919C00010000 | 516 | 10.0 | 1.25 - 1.45 | 1.3 | In |
Call | GDOT250919C00007500 | 207 | 7.5 | 3.1 - 3.4 | 3.12 | In |
Call | GDOT250919C00005000 | 6 | 5.0 | 5.4 - 5.9 | 4.96 | In |
Call | GDOT250919C00002500 | 0 | 2.5 | 7.9 - 8.5 | 7.9 | In |
Put | GDOT250919P00020000 | 0 | 20.0 | 9.1 - 9.6 | 9.1 | In |
Put | GDOT250919P00017500 | 0 | 17.5 | 6.6 - 7.1 | 6.6 | In |
Put | GDOT250919P00015000 | 4 | 15.0 | 4.1 - 5.3 | 4.46 | In |
Put | GDOT250919P00012500 | 5 | 12.5 | 1.9 - 2.3 | 2.15 | In |
Put | GDOT250919P00010000 | 35 | 10.0 | 0.55 - 0.85 | 0.7 | Out |
Put | GDOT250919P00007500 | 67 | 7.5 | 0.0 - 0.2 | 0.2 | Out |
Put | GDOT250919P00005000 | 58 | 5.0 | 0.0 - 0.15 | 0.15 | Out |
Put | GDOT250919P00002500 | 0 | 2.5 | 0.0 - 0.75 | 0.75 |
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