Morgan Stanley Stock Options

MS Stock  USD 120.22  3.46  2.96%   
Morgan Stanley's latest option contracts expiring on July 18th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.52. The total put volume is at 307. The Morgan Stanley option chain provides detailed quote and price information for the current Morgan Stanley option contracts. It shows all of Morgan Stanley's listed puts, calls, expiration dates, strike prices, and other pricing information.

In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Morgan Stanley

Analyzing Morgan Stanley's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Morgan Stanley regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Morgan Stanley's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Morgan Stanley's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Morgan Stanley's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.

Morgan Current Options Market Mood

Morgan Stanley'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 Morgan 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 Volume

Unfortunately, most Morgan Stanley's options investors are not very successful. Morgan Stanley'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 Morgan contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Morgan Stanley will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0325% per day over the life of the 2025-07-18 option contract. With Morgan Stanley trading at USD 120.22, that is roughly USD 0.0391. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Morgan Stanley's daily price movement you should consider buying Morgan Stanley options at the current volatility level of 0.52%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
Purchasing Morgan Stanley 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" Morgan calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Morgan Stanley stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.

Morgan Stanley Selling And Marketing Expenses Over Time

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Morgan Stanley Market Cap Over Time

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Morgan Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

109.74 Billion

At this time, Morgan Stanley's Total Stockholder Equity is comparatively stable compared to the past year.

Morgan Stanley Corporate Directors

Thomas GlocerLead Independent DirectorProfile
Judith MiscikIndependent DirectorProfile
Mary SchapiroIndependent DirectorProfile
Matthew SmithManaging DirectorProfile

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