

IV can help traders determine if options are fairly valued, undervalued, or overvalued.

A higher ratio indicates unusual activity for the option. Vol/OI - for the Strike Price: today's volume / today's open interest.Open Interest: Open Interest is the total number of open option contracts that have been traded but not yet liquidated via offsetting trades for that date.Volume: The total number of option contracts bought and sold for the day, for that particular strike price.%Change: The difference between the current price and the previous day's settlement price, expressed as a percent.Change: The difference between the current price and the previous day's settlement price.Last: The last traded price for the options contract.Midpoint: The midpoint between the bid and ask.When a put option's Moneyness is negative, the underlying last price is greater than the strike price when positive, the underlying last price is less than the strike price. When a call option's Moneyness is negative, the underlying last price is less than the strike price when positive, the underlying last price is greater than the strike price. Moneyness refers to the relative position of the underlying asset's last price to the strike price. Moneyness - the percent from the last price: (strike price - last / last).This is true for options that are in the money the maximum amount that can be lost is the premium paid. The difference between the underlying contract's current market price and the option's strike price represents the amount of profit per share gained upon the exercise or the sale of the option. For call options, the strike price is where the shares can be bought (up to the expiration date), while for put options the strike price is the price at which shares can be sold. Strike: The price at which the contract can be exercised.Historic volatility is the standard deviation of the "price returns" over a given number of sessions, multiplied by a factor (260 days) to produce an annualized volatility level.Ī Stacked view lists Puts and Calls one on top of the other, sorted by Strike Price. Historic Volatility: The 30-day historic volatility for the underlying asset.IV is a forward looking prediction of the likelihood of price change of the underlying asset, with a higher IV signifying that the market expects significant price movement, and a lower IV signifying the market expects the underlying asset price to remain within the current trading range.


For both views, "Near-the-Money" Calls and Puts are highlighted: The View setting determines how Puts and Calls are listed on the page. You can also view options in a Stacked or Side-by-Side view. Note: Option quotes with an asterisk * after the strike price are "restricted options", typically created after spin-offs or mergers. Select an options expiration date from the drop-down list at the top of the table, and select "Near-the-Money" or "Show All' to view all options. Options information is delayed a minimum of 15 minutes, and is updated at least once every 15-minutes through-out the day. Barchart allows you to view options by Expiration Date (select the expiration month/year using the drop-down menu at the top of the page). Weekly expiration dates are labeled with a (w) in the expiration date list.
