Ampco Pittsburgh Stock Options

AP Stock  USD 2.16  0.19  9.64%   
Ampco Pittsburgh's latest option contracts expiring on 2024-12-20 are carrying combined implied volatility of 6.3 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.18 over 4 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more calls than puts on contracts expiring on 2024-12-20. The total put volume is at 600, with calls trading at the volume of 600. This yields a 46.15 put-to-call volume ratio.
Ampco Pittsburgh's option chain provides insight into all available option contracts written on Ampco Pittsburgh's stock. Investors can see outstanding put and call contracts with pricing information and greeks for a given expiration period. In addition, each of Ampco Pittsburgh's stock options below provides a detailed picture of the payoff. Comparing vital and dynamic information of various option contracts across diverse expiration periods will help you make an educated decision on your market timing strategies around investing in a given Ampco option contract.

In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Ampco Pittsburgh

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

Ampco Pittsburgh'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 Ampco 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

Most options investors, including buyers and sellers of Ampco Pittsburgh's calls and puts, are not very successful. It is estimated that an average options trader loses somewhere between 80% to 90% of the time. Ampco Pittsburgh'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 Ampco contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Ampco Pittsburgh will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.39% per day over the life of the 2024-12-20 option contract. With Ampco Pittsburgh trading at USD 2.16, that is roughly USD 0.008505. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Ampco Pittsburgh's daily price movement you should consider buying Ampco Pittsburgh options at the current volatility level of 6.3%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  
Purchasing Ampco Pittsburgh 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" Ampco calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Ampco Pittsburgh stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.

Ampco Pittsburgh Option Chain

When Ampco Pittsburgh's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Ampco Pittsburgh 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.
Ampco Pittsburgh's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Ampco. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Ampco. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Ampco Pittsburgh 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 IntExpirationCurrent SpreadLast Price
Call
AP Option Call 20-12-2024 202024-12-200.0 - 0.00.15Out
Call
AP Option Call 20-12-2024 51092024-12-200.0 - 0.10.1Out
Call
AP Option Call 20-12-2024 7262024-12-200.0 - 0.30.05Out
 Put
AP Option Put 20-12-2024 2242024-12-200.0 - 4.83.5In

Ampco Pittsburgh Market Cap Over Time

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Ampco Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

111.99 Million

At this time, Ampco Pittsburgh's Total Stockholder Equity is relatively stable compared to the past year.

Ampco Pittsburgh Corporate Directors

Terry DunlapIndependent DirectorProfile
Carl PforzheimerIndependent DirectorProfile
Michael GermanIndependent DirectorProfile
Paul GouldIndependent DirectorProfile

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