GERN251017C00001000 Option on Geron
GERN Stock | USD 1.28 0.05 4.07% |
GERN251017C00001000 is a PUT option contract on Geron's common stock with a strick price of 1.0 expiring on 2025-10-17. The contract was not traded in recent days and, as of today, has 87 days remaining before the expiration. The option is currently trading at a bid price of $0.25, and an ask price of $1.0. The implied volatility as of the 22nd of July is 87.0.
A put option written on Geron becomes more valuable as the price of Geron drops. Conversely, Geron's put option loses its value as Geron Stock rises.
Rule 16 of 2025-10-17 Option Contract
The options market is anticipating that Geron will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.15% per day over the life of the option. With Geron trading at USD 1.28, that is roughly USD 0.001939. If you think that the market is fully understating Geron's daily price movement you should consider buying Geron options at that current volatility level of 2.42%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
In The Money Call Option on Geron
An 'In The Money' option is one with a strike price that the current stock price has already surpassed. Some options investors can hedge their Geron positions using in-the-money options. They may also want to buy options with some intrinsic value, not just time value. However, because in-the-money options on Geron Stock have intrinsic value and are priced higher than out-of-the-money options in the same chain, their volatilities are relatively smaller.
Call Contract Name | GERN251017C00001000 |
Expires On | 2025-10-17 |
Days Before Expriration | 87 |
Delta | 0.781687 |
Vega | 0.00178 |
Gamma | 0.201373 |
Theoretical Value | 0.62 |
Open Interest | 509 |
Strike Price | 1.0 |
Last Traded At | 0.48 |
Current Price Spread | 0.25 | 1.0 |
Rule 16 Daily Up or Down | USD 0.001939 |
Geron short PUT Option Greeks
Geron's Option Greeks for the contract ending on 2025-10-17 at a strike price of 1.0 measures the various factors that affect its cost and calculated using a theoretical options pricing model. It helps investors make more informed decisions about whether to trade this option contract or when to trade it. In addition to Geron's option greeks, its implied volatility helps estimate the risk of Geron stock implied by the prices of the options on Geron's stock.
Delta | 0.781687 | |
Gamma | 0.201373 | |
Theta | -0.002492 | |
Vega | 0.00178 | |
Rho | 8.11E-4 |
Geron long PUT Option Payoff at expiration
Put options written on Geron grant holders of the option the right to sell a specified amount of Geron at a specified price within a specified time frame. The put buyer has a limited loss and, while not fully unlimited gains, as the price of Geron Stock cannot fall below zero, the put buyer does gain as the price drops. So, purchasing a put option on Geron is like buying insurance aginst Geron's downside shift.
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Geron Price At Expiration |
Geron short PUT Option Payoff at expiration
By selling Geron's put option, the investors signal their bearish sentiment. A short position in a put option written on Geron will generally make money when the underlying price is above the strike price. Therefore Geron's put payoff at expiration depends on where the Geron Stock price is relative to the put option strike price. The breakeven price of 1.62 is the critical point that divides the payoff function into two parts. Below the breakeven price, the payoff is dropping and negative (the seller makes a loss). Above the breakeven price, the payoff line is upward sloping as the option payoff increases in proportion to Geron's price. Finally, at the strike price of 1.0, the payoff chart is constant and positive.
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Geron Price At Expiration |
Geron Available Call Options
Geron's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Geron. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Geron. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Geron 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 | GERN251017C00005500 | 226 | 5.5 | 0.0 - 0.75 | 0.75 | Out |
Call | GERN251017C00005000 | 0 | 5.0 | 0.0 - 0.75 | 0.75 | |
Call | GERN251017C00004500 | 0 | 4.5 | 0.0 - 0.75 | 0.75 | |
Call | GERN251017C00004000 | 52 | 4.0 | 0.0 - 0.7 | 0.7 | Out |
Call | GERN251017C00003500 | 19 | 3.5 | 0.0 - 0.75 | 0.75 | Out |
Call | GERN251017C00003000 | 53 | 3.0 | 0.05 - 0.4 | 0.15 | Out |
Call | GERN251017C00002500 | 32 | 2.5 | 0.0 - 0.25 | 0.05 | Out |
Call | GERN251017C00002000 | 343 | 2.0 | 0.0 - 0.15 | 0.2 | Out |
Call | GERN251017C00001500 | 179 | 1.5 | 0.1 - 0.2 | 0.2 | Out |
Call | GERN251017C00001000 | 509 | 1.0 | 0.25 - 1.0 | 0.48 | In |
Call | GERN251017C00000500 | 216 | 0.5 | 0.05 - 1.7 | 0.05 | In |
Geron Corporate Management
Andrew Grethlein | Executive VP of Devel. and Technical Operations | Profile | |
Faye MD | Executive Officer | Profile | |
Joseph MD | Executive Development | Profile | |
Stephen JD | Chief VP | Profile | |
Aron Feingold | Vice Communications | Profile |
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Earnings Share (0.21) | Revenue Per Share | Quarterly Revenue Growth 129.273 | Return On Assets | Return On Equity |
The market value of Geron is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Geron that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Geron's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Geron's 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 Geron's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Geron's 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 Geron's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Geron is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Geron's 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.