IShares SP Stock Options Expiring on 15th of August
| IJK Etf | USD 93.10 1.03 1.12% |
IShares SP's latest option contracts expiring on August 15th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.19. The IShares SP option chain provides detailed quote and price information for the current iShares SP Mid Cap option contracts. It shows all of IShares SP's listed puts, calls, expiration dates, strike prices, and other pricing information.
iShares SP Mid In The Money Call Balance
When IShares SP's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against iShares SP Mid Cap stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying IShares SP'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 iShares SP Mid Cap 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.
IShares Current Options Market Mood
IShares SP'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 IShares Etf'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 Volume
It is estimated that an average options trader loses somewhere between 80% to 90% of the time. Using current IShares SP's option volume and open interest to make an investment decision is considered a contrarian-sentiment measure that can be utilized in many timing strategies in both derivative and spot marketplace.
Rule 16 of the current IShares contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that iShares SP Mid Cap will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0119% per day over the life of the 2025-08-15 option contract. With IShares SP trading at USD 93.1, that is roughly USD 0.0111. If you think that the market is fully incorporating IShares SP's daily price movement you should consider buying iShares SP Mid Cap options at the current volatility level of 0.19%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
IShares SP Option Chain
When IShares SP's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against iShares SP Mid Cap 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.
IShares SP's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on IShares. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for IShares. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a IShares SP 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 | IJK250815C00105000 | 0 | 105.0 | 0.0 - 0.25 | 0.25 | |
Call | IJK250815C00100000 | 0 | 100.0 | 0.0 - 1.5 | 1.5 | |
Call | IJK250815C00098000 | 0 | 98.0 | 0.0 - 0.7 | 0.7 | |
Call | IJK250815C00097000 | 0 | 97.0 | 0.0 - 0.85 | 0.85 | |
Call | IJK250815C00096000 | 0 | 96.0 | 0.0 - 1.0 | 1.0 | |
Call | IJK250815C00095000 | 4 | 95.0 | 0.0 - 1.5 | 0.67 | Out |
Call | IJK250815C00094000 | 0 | 94.0 | 0.0 - 1.9 | 1.9 | |
Call | IJK250815C00093000 | 2 | 93.0 | 0.0 - 2.45 | 2.01 | Out |
Call | IJK250815C00092000 | 6 | 92.0 | 1.7 - 3.1 | 2.32 | In |
Call | IJK250815C00091000 | 0 | 91.0 | 2.5 - 3.8 | 2.5 | In |
Call | IJK250815C00090000 | 2 | 90.0 | 3.4 - 4.5 | 4.72 | In |
Put | IJK250815P00105000 | 0 | 105.0 | 11.4 - 12.6 | 11.4 | In |
Put | IJK250815P00100000 | 0 | 100.0 | 6.4 - 8.1 | 6.4 | In |
Put | IJK250815P00098000 | 0 | 98.0 | 4.4 - 5.8 | 4.4 | In |
Put | IJK250815P00097000 | 0 | 97.0 | 3.5 - 4.8 | 3.5 | In |
Put | IJK250815P00096000 | 0 | 96.0 | 2.6 - 4.4 | 2.6 | In |
Put | IJK250815P00095000 | 0 | 95.0 | 1.75 - 4.7 | 1.75 | In |
Put | IJK250815P00094000 | 0 | 94.0 | 1.3 - 2.55 | 1.3 | In |
Put | IJK250815P00093000 | 0 | 93.0 | 0.0 - 3.7 | 3.7 | |
Put | IJK250815P00092000 | 0 | 92.0 | 0.0 - 1.6 | 1.6 | |
Put | IJK250815P00091000 | 0 | 91.0 | 0.0 - 1.35 | 1.35 |
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The market value of iShares SP Mid is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of IShares that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of IShares SP's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is IShares SP'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 IShares SP's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect IShares SP'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 IShares SP's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if IShares SP is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, IShares SP'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.