null Option on Walgreens Boots Alliance
| WBA Stock | USD 11.54 0.02 0.17% |
Walgreens Boots' latest option contracts expiring on October 17th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 1.03 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 1.42 over 26 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more puts than calls on contracts expiring on October 17th 2025. The total put volume is at 350, with calls trading at the volume of 629. This yields a 0.56 put-to-call volume ratio.
Open Interest Against October 17th 2025 Option Contracts
2025-10-17
The chart above shows Walgreens Boots' 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. Walgreens Boots' open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Walgreens Boots' option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
Walgreens Boots Maximum Pain Price Across 2025-10-17 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 Walgreens Boots 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, Walgreens Boots' 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 Walgreens Boots
Analyzing Walgreens Boots' in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Walgreens Boots regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Walgreens Boots' options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Walgreens Boots' options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Walgreens Boots' stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Walgreens Boots' stock options are financial instruments that give investors the right to buy or sell shares of Walgreens Boots Alliance common stock at a specified price for a given time period. Generally speaking, an option to purchase or sell Walgreens stock makes it part of the underlying stock when the option's price is tied to the movement of the underlying stock. If Walgreens Boots' stock price goes up or down, the stock options follow.
At present, Walgreens Boots' Total Stockholder Equity is projected to decrease significantly based on the last few years of reporting. The current year's Common Stock Shares Outstanding is expected to grow to about 784.1 M, whereas Other Stockholder Equity is projected to grow to (8.6 B). Walgreens Boots Alliance In The Money Call Balance
When Walgreens Boots' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Walgreens Boots Alliance stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Walgreens Boots' 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 Walgreens Boots Alliance 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.
Walgreens Current Options Market Mood
Walgreens Boots' 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 Walgreens 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 Walgreens Boots' options investors are not very successful. Walgreens Boots' 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 Walgreens contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Walgreens Boots Alliance will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0644% per day over the life of the 2025-10-17 option contract. With Walgreens Boots trading at USD 11.54, that is roughly USD 0.007429. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Walgreens Boots' daily price movement you should consider buying Walgreens Boots Alliance options at the current volatility level of 1.03%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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Purchasing Walgreens Boots 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" Walgreens calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Walgreens Boots Alliance stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
Walgreens Boots Option Chain
When Walgreens Boots' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Walgreens Boots Alliance 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.
Walgreens Boots' option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Walgreens. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Walgreens. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Walgreens Boots 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 | WBA251017C00020000 | 32 | 20.0 | 0.0 - 0.38 | 0.02 | Out |
Call | WBA251017C00019000 | 0 | 19.0 | 0.0 - 2.13 | 2.13 | |
Call | WBA251017C00017500 | 62 | 17.5 | 0.0 - 0.05 | 0.01 | Out |
Call | WBA251017C00016000 | 1 | 16.0 | 0.0 - 1.05 | 1.05 | Out |
Call | WBA251017C00015000 | 893 | 15.0 | 0.0 - 0.01 | 0.01 | Out |
Call | WBA251017C00014000 | 0 | 14.0 | 0.0 - 1.5 | 1.5 | |
Call | WBA251017C00012500 | 1768 | 12.5 | 0.03 - 0.04 | 0.03 | Out |
Call | WBA251017C00011000 | 5137 | 11.0 | 0.75 - 0.77 | 0.78 | In |
Call | WBA251017C00010000 | 5727 | 10.0 | 1.41 - 1.8 | 1.56 | In |
Call | WBA251017C00009000 | 7 | 9.0 | 2.18 - 3.05 | 2.88 | In |
Call | WBA251017C00007500 | 20 | 7.5 | 3.65 - 4.35 | 3.65 | In |
Call | WBA251017C00005000 | 2 | 5.0 | 6.1 - 8.65 | 6.1 | In |
Call | WBA251017C00004000 | 1 | 4.0 | 7.0 - 9.7 | 7.0 | In |
Call | WBA251017C00002500 | 1 | 2.5 | 8.5 - 11.2 | 9.39 | In |
Put | WBA251017P00020000 | 0 | 20.0 | 7.9 - 10.55 | 7.9 | In |
Put | WBA251017P00019000 | 0 | 19.0 | 6.9 - 9.55 | 6.9 | In |
Put | WBA251017P00017500 | 0 | 17.5 | 5.4 - 8.05 | 5.4 | In |
Put | WBA251017P00016000 | 0 | 16.0 | 3.9 - 6.55 | 3.9 | In |
Put | WBA251017P00015000 | 0 | 15.0 | 2.93 - 5.55 | 2.93 | In |
Put | WBA251017P00014000 | 1 | 14.0 | 1.91 - 4.55 | 2.27 | In |
Put | WBA251017P00012500 | 35 | 12.5 | 0.42 - 2.6 | 0.99 | In |
Put | WBA251017P00011000 | 7894 | 11.0 | 0.15 - 0.16 | 0.15 | Out |
Put | WBA251017P00010000 | 11445 | 10.0 | 0.03 - 0.16 | 0.1 | Out |
Put | WBA251017P00009000 | 50 | 9.0 | 0.0 - 0.14 | 0.05 | Out |
Put | WBA251017P00005000 | 10 | 5.0 | 0.0 - 0.81 | 0.81 | Out |
Put | WBA251017P00004000 | 5 | 4.0 | 0.0 - 2.13 | 0.07 | Out |
Walgreens Boots Selling And Marketing Expenses Over Time
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Walgreens Total Stockholder Equity
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Walgreens Boots Corporate Management
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Is Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail 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 Walgreens Boots. If investors know Walgreens 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 Walgreens Boots listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Quarterly Earnings Growth 1.915 | Dividend Share 0.5 | Earnings Share (7.29) | Revenue Per Share | Quarterly Revenue Growth 0.072 |
The market value of Walgreens Boots Alliance is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Walgreens that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Walgreens Boots' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Walgreens Boots' 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 Walgreens Boots' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Walgreens Boots' 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 Walgreens Boots' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Walgreens Boots is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Walgreens Boots' 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.