null Option on NovaGold Resources

NG Stock  USD 6.11  0.26  4.44%   
NovaGold Resources' latest option contracts expiring on September 19th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 1.18 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.62 over 18 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying more calls than puts on contracts expiring on September 19th 2025. The total put volume is at 20.0, with calls trading at the volume of 647. This yields a 0.03 put-to-call volume ratio.

Open Interest Against September 19th 2025 Option Contracts

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

NovaGold Resources Maximum Pain Price Across 2025-09-19 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 NovaGold Resources 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, NovaGold Resources' 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 NovaGold Resources

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

NovaGold Resources In The Money Call Balance

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

NovaGold Current Options Market Mood

NovaGold Resources' 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 NovaGold 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

Unfortunately, most NovaGold Resources' options investors are not very successful. NovaGold Resources' 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 NovaGold contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that NovaGold Resources will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0738% per day over the life of the 2025-09-19 option contract. With NovaGold Resources trading at USD 6.11, that is roughly USD 0.004506. If you think that the market is fully incorporating NovaGold Resources' daily price movement you should consider buying NovaGold Resources options at the current volatility level of 1.18%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
Purchasing NovaGold Resources 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" NovaGold calls. Remember, the seller must deliver NovaGold Resources stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.

NovaGold Resources Option Chain

When NovaGold Resources' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against NovaGold Resources 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.
NovaGold Resources' option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on NovaGold. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for NovaGold. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a NovaGold Resources 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
NG250919C0000900009.00.0 - 0.150.15Out
Call
NG250919C0000800058.00.0 - 0.250.06Out
Call
NG250919C000070001947.00.25 - 0.350.3Out
Call
NG250919C000060007066.00.6 - 0.70.65In
Call
NG250919C0000500011535.01.25 - 1.41.25In
Call
NG250919C0000400010044.02.15 - 2.42.2In
Call
NG250919C000030009483.03.1 - 3.33.1In
Call
NG250919C000020005992.04.1 - 4.24.0In
Call
NG250919C00001000321.04.3 - 5.54.9In
 Put
NG250919P0000900009.02.75 - 3.12.75In
 Put
NG250919P0000800008.01.8 - 2.151.8In
 Put
NG250919P0000700007.00.0 - 1.252.61In
 Put
NG250919P00006000186.00.0 - 0.61.01Out
 Put
NG250919P00005000745.00.15 - 0.250.2Out
 Put
NG250919P000040002954.00.05 - 0.50.1Out
 Put
NG250919P0000300022733.00.0 - 0.050.09Out
 Put
NG250919P000020001992.00.0 - 0.050.08Out
 Put
NG250919P00001000231.00.0 - 0.050.05Out

NovaGold Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

(51.8 Million)

At this time, NovaGold Resources' Total Stockholder Equity is most likely to decrease significantly in the upcoming years.

NovaGold Resources Corporate Directors

Ethan SchuttIndependent DirectorProfile
Kalidas MadhavpeddiIndependent DirectorProfile
Clynton NaumanIndependent DirectorProfile
Anthony WalshLead Independent DirectorProfile
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Is Metals & Mining space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of NovaGold Resources. If investors know NovaGold will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about NovaGold Resources listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Earnings Share
(0.26)
Return On Assets
(0.06)
Return On Equity
(1.23)
The market value of NovaGold Resources is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of NovaGold that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of NovaGold Resources' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is NovaGold Resources' 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 NovaGold Resources' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect NovaGold Resources' 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 NovaGold Resources' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if NovaGold Resources is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, NovaGold Resources' 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.