Kinross Gold Stock Options

KGC Stock  USD 25.93  0.83  3.31%   
Kinross Gold's latest option contracts expiring on January 16th 2026 are carrying combined implied volatility of 1.16 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.48 over 74 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying more calls than puts on contracts expiring on January 16th 2026. The total put volume is at 155, with calls trading at the volume of 1.3 K. This yields a 0.12 put-to-call volume ratio.

Open Interest Against January 16th 2026 Option Contracts

The chart above shows Kinross Gold'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. Kinross Gold's open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Kinross Gold's option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.

Kinross Gold Maximum Pain Price Across 2026-01-16 Option Contracts

Max pain usually refers to a trading concept that asserts that market manipulation can cause the market price of particular securities such as Kinross Gold close to expiration to expire worthless. So, Max pain occurs when market makers reach a net positive position across all options at a strike price where option holders stand to lose the most money. By contrast, Kinross Gold'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 Kinross Gold

Analyzing Kinross Gold's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Kinross Gold regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Kinross Gold's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Kinross Gold's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Kinross Gold's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Kinross Gold's stock options are financial instruments that give investors the right to buy or sell shares of Kinross Gold common stock at a specified price for a given time period. Generally speaking, an option to purchase or sell Kinross stock makes it part of the underlying stock when the option's price is tied to the movement of the underlying stock. If Kinross Gold's stock price goes up or down, the stock options follow.
At present, Kinross Gold's Other Stockholder Equity is projected to increase significantly based on the last few years of reporting. The current year's Common Stock is expected to grow to about 6.9 B, whereas Total Stockholder Equity is forecasted to decline to about 4.4 B.

Kinross Gold In The Money Call Balance

When Kinross Gold's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Kinross Gold stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Kinross Gold'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 Kinross Gold 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.

Kinross Current Options Market Mood

Kinross Gold'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 Kinross 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 Kinross Gold'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. Kinross Gold'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 Kinross contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Kinross Gold will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0725% per day over the life of the 2026-01-16 option contract. With Kinross Gold trading at USD 25.93, that is roughly USD 0.0188. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Kinross Gold's daily price movement you should consider buying Kinross Gold options at the current volatility level of 1.16%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
Purchasing Kinross Gold 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" Kinross calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Kinross Gold stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.

Kinross Gold Option Chain

When Kinross Gold's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Kinross Gold 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.
Kinross Gold's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Kinross. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Kinross. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Kinross Gold 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 IntStrike PriceCurrent SpreadLast Price
Call
KGC260116C0003500055235.00.44 - 0.640.63Out
Call
KGC260116C00034000634.00.52 - 0.940.9Out
Call
KGC260116C0003300049133.00.46 - 1.080.76Out
Call
KGC260116C0003200015732.00.99 - 1.241.7Out
Call
KGC260116C00031000125631.00.97 - 1.341.23Out
Call
KGC260116C00030000318130.01.38 - 1.441.42Out
Call
KGC260116C0002900083429.01.6 - 1.71.8Out
Call
KGC260116C00028000133528.01.82 - 2.11.98Out
Call
KGC260116C00027000156727.02.31 - 2.442.2Out
Call
KGC260116C00026000555826.02.71 - 2.952.77Out
Call
KGC260116C00025000500625.03.2 - 3.353.25In
Call
KGC260116C00024000273424.03.6 - 3.93.8In
Call
KGC260116C0002300066623.04.25 - 4.64.5In
Call
KGC260116C00022000134022.04.9 - 5.155.1In
Call
KGC260116C0002100097021.05.75 - 6.055.45In
Call
KGC260116C00020000257220.05.85 - 6.756.62In
Call
KGC260116C00019000118719.06.4 - 8.57.35In
Call
KGC260116C00018000160118.07.5 - 8.68.0In
Call
KGC260116C00017000115817.08.15 - 9.358.61In
Call
KGC260116C0001600087316.09.25 - 11.110.2In
Call
KGC260116C000150001428615.010.1 - 11.8511.05In
Call
KGC260116C0001400018414.011.15 - 13.913.78In
Call
KGC260116C0001300020113.011.65 - 15.013.0In
Call
KGC260116C00012000397412.013.65 - 15.713.78In
Call
KGC260116C000110003611.013.9 - 16.9512.65In
Call
KGC260116C00010000510510.015.65 - 16.2516.01In
Call
KGC260116C0000900069.015.9 - 18.7511.17In
Call
KGC260116C0000800048.016.7 - 19.98.42In
Call
KGC260116C0000700015247.018.85 - 20.0518.9In
Call
KGC260116C000055002185.519.15 - 22.4519.73In
Call
KGC260116C0000500010685.019.65 - 22.919.8In
Call
KGC260116C00004500444.520.15 - 23.521.5In
Call
KGC260116C000040002054.020.65 - 24.020.0In
Call
KGC260116C0000350043.521.15 - 24.3510.9In
Call
KGC260116C00003000853.021.5 - 24.8522.55In
Call
KGC260116C0000250012.522.05 - 25.3522.05In
Call
KGC260116C00002000182.022.6 - 24.223.3In
Call
KGC260116C0000150011.523.05 - 26.3523.05In
Call
KGC260116C00000500100.524.0 - 27.3524.5In
 Put
KGC260116P00035000035.08.4 - 10.158.4In
 Put
KGC260116P00034000034.07.9 - 9.657.9In
 Put
KGC260116P00033000033.06.9 - 8.06.9In
 Put
KGC260116P00032000032.06.65 - 7.756.65In
 Put
KGC260116P00031000031.05.95 - 6.455.95In
 Put
KGC260116P000300004230.05.2 - 5.555.75In
 Put
KGC260116P000290007229.03.6 - 4.84.65In
 Put
KGC260116P0002800010128.03.55 - 3.94.0In
 Put
KGC260116P0002700020227.02.84 - 3.353.3In
 Put
KGC260116P0002600012526.02.39 - 2.792.61Out
 Put
KGC260116P00025000136825.01.87 - 2.172.17Out
 Put
KGC260116P0002400036024.01.43 - 1.791.94Out
 Put
KGC260116P0002300056523.01.12 - 1.321.6Out
 Put
KGC260116P00022000121522.00.75 - 1.050.99Out
 Put
KGC260116P00021000127821.00.68 - 0.740.88Out
 Put
KGC260116P0002000093320.00.35 - 0.610.56Out
 Put
KGC260116P00019000165119.00.3 - 0.660.26Out
 Put
KGC260116P00018000100818.00.21 - 0.540.23Out
 Put
KGC260116P00017000232517.00.0 - 0.280.24Out
 Put
KGC260116P00016000293716.00.06 - 0.250.1Out
 Put
KGC260116P00015000413615.00.04 - 0.160.07Out
 Put
KGC260116P0001400027614.00.0 - 0.080.05Out
 Put
KGC260116P0001300026513.00.01 - 0.050.05Out
 Put
KGC260116P00012000269712.00.01 - 0.040.03Out
 Put
KGC260116P0001100019911.00.0 - 0.030.02Out
 Put
KGC260116P00010000352610.00.0 - 0.020.01Out
 Put
KGC260116P00009000339.00.0 - 0.020.01Out
 Put
KGC260116P0000700018737.00.01 - 0.020.01Out
 Put
KGC260116P0000550010995.50.0 - 0.020.05Out
 Put
KGC260116P000050001655.00.0 - 0.030.03Out
 Put
KGC260116P00004500714.50.0 - 0.020.01Out
 Put
KGC260116P00004000184.00.0 - 2.130.01Out
 Put
KGC260116P00003500253.50.0 - 0.950.95Out
 Put
KGC260116P00003000213.00.0 - 0.020.02Out
 Put
KGC260116P0000250092.50.0 - 0.950.95Out

Kinross Gold Market Cap Over Time

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Kinross Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

4.35 Billion

At present, Kinross Gold's Total Stockholder Equity is projected to decrease significantly based on the last few years of reporting.

Kinross Gold Corporate Directors

Ian AtkinsonIndependent DirectorProfile
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Quarterly Earnings Growth
1.529
Dividend Share
0.12
Earnings Share
1.28
Revenue Per Share
4.944
Quarterly Revenue Growth
0.417
The market value of Kinross Gold is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Kinross that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Kinross Gold's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Kinross Gold'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 Kinross Gold's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Kinross Gold'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 Kinross Gold's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Kinross Gold is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Kinross Gold'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.