null Option on Ziff Davis
| ZD Stock | USD 32.90 1.09 3.43% |
Ziff Davis' latest option contracts expiring on September 19th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.85 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 1.29 over 23 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying more puts than calls on contracts expiring on September 19th 2025. The total put volume is at 8.0.
Open Interest Against September 19th 2025 Option Contracts
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The chart above shows Ziff Davis' 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. Ziff Davis' open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Ziff Davis' option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
Ziff Davis 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 Ziff Davis 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, Ziff Davis' 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 Ziff Davis
Analyzing Ziff Davis' in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Ziff Davis regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Ziff Davis' options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Ziff Davis' options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Ziff Davis' stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Ziff Davis' stock options are financial instruments that give investors the right to buy or sell shares of Ziff Davis common stock at a specified price for a given time period. Generally speaking, an option to purchase or sell Ziff stock makes it part of the underlying stock when the option's price is tied to the movement of the underlying stock. If Ziff Davis' stock price goes up or down, the stock options follow.
At present, Ziff Davis' Common Stock Shares Outstanding is projected to increase significantly based on the last few years of reporting. The current year's Liabilities And Stockholders Equity is expected to grow to about 3.9 B, whereas Capital Stock is forecasted to decline to about 369.8 K. Ziff Davis In The Money Call Balance
When Ziff Davis' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Ziff Davis stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Ziff Davis' 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 Ziff Davis 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.
Ziff Current Options Market Mood
Ziff Davis' 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 Ziff 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 Ziff Davis' options investors are not very successful. Ziff Davis' 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 Ziff contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Ziff Davis will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0531% per day over the life of the 2025-09-19 option contract. With Ziff Davis trading at USD 32.9, that is roughly USD 0.0175. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Ziff Davis' daily price movement you should consider buying Ziff Davis options at the current volatility level of 0.85%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
Purchasing Ziff Davis 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" Ziff calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Ziff Davis stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
Ziff Davis Option Chain
When Ziff Davis' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Ziff Davis 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.
Ziff Davis' option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Ziff. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Ziff. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Ziff Davis 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 | ZD250919C00075000 | 1 | 75.0 | 0.0 - 1.15 | 1.15 | Out |
Call | ZD250919C00070000 | 0 | 70.0 | 0.0 - 2.15 | 2.15 | |
Call | ZD250919C00065000 | 0 | 65.0 | 0.0 - 2.15 | 2.15 | |
Call | ZD250919C00060000 | 0 | 60.0 | 0.0 - 2.15 | 2.15 | |
Call | ZD250919C00055000 | 0 | 55.0 | 0.0 - 0.95 | 0.95 | |
Call | ZD250919C00050000 | 0 | 50.0 | 0.0 - 1.0 | 1.0 | |
Call | ZD250919C00045000 | 1 | 45.0 | 0.0 - 1.95 | 1.95 | Out |
Call | ZD250919C00040000 | 37 | 40.0 | 0.0 - 1.4 | 0.25 | Out |
Call | ZD250919C00035000 | 85 | 35.0 | 1.5 - 2.1 | 1.41 | Out |
Call | ZD250919C00030000 | 82 | 30.0 | 4.0 - 5.5 | 3.15 | In |
Put | ZD250919P00075000 | 0 | 75.0 | 40.2 - 44.3 | 40.2 | In |
Put | ZD250919P00070000 | 0 | 70.0 | 35.2 - 39.3 | 35.2 | In |
Put | ZD250919P00065000 | 0 | 65.0 | 30.2 - 34.3 | 30.2 | In |
Put | ZD250919P00060000 | 0 | 60.0 | 25.2 - 29.3 | 25.2 | In |
Put | ZD250919P00055000 | 0 | 55.0 | 20.2 - 24.3 | 20.2 | In |
Put | ZD250919P00050000 | 0 | 50.0 | 15.2 - 19.3 | 15.2 | In |
Put | ZD250919P00045000 | 0 | 45.0 | 10.7 - 13.4 | 10.7 | In |
Put | ZD250919P00040000 | 1 | 40.0 | 5.6 - 8.8 | 5.6 | In |
Put | ZD250919P00035000 | 164 | 35.0 | 3.2 - 4.1 | 3.7 | In |
Put | ZD250919P00030000 | 76 | 30.0 | 1.15 - 2.5 | 1.4 | Out |
Put | ZD250919P00025000 | 18 | 25.0 | 0.2 - 1.6 | 0.75 | Out |
Put | ZD250919P00022500 | 4 | 22.5 | 0.0 - 1.8 | 1.8 | Out |
Put | ZD250919P00020000 | 2 | 20.0 | 0.0 - 1.15 | 0.25 | Out |
Ziff Davis Selling And Marketing Expenses Over Time
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Ziff Davis Market Cap Over Time
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Ziff Total Stockholder Equity
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Ziff Davis Corporate Management
| Joey Fortuna | Chief Officer | Profile | |
| MD MA | Chief Health | Profile | |
| Alan Steier | Vice Finance | Profile | |
| Sean Alford | Senior Development | Profile | |
| Rebecca Wright | Senior Communications | Profile | |
| Layth Taki | Chief Officer | Profile |
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Quarterly Earnings Growth 1.443 | Earnings Share 1.75 | Revenue Per Share | Quarterly Revenue Growth 0.045 | Return On Assets |
The market value of Ziff Davis is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Ziff that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Ziff Davis' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Ziff Davis' 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 Ziff Davis' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Ziff Davis' 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 Ziff Davis' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Ziff Davis is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Ziff Davis' 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.