BKNG241213P04870000 Option on Booking Holdings

BKNG Stock  USD 4,927  61.80  1.27%   
Booking Holdings' latest option contracts expiring on April 17th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.37 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.67 over 164 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying more calls than puts on contracts expiring on April 17th 2025. The total put volume is at 27.0, with calls trading at the volume of 83.0. This yields a 0.33 put-to-call volume ratio.

Open Interest Against April 17th 2025 Option Contracts

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

Booking Holdings Maximum Pain Price Across 2025-04-17 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 Booking Holdings 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, Booking Holdings' 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 Booking Holdings

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

Booking Holdings In The Money Call Balance

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

Booking Current Options Market Mood

Booking Holdings' 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 Booking 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 Booking Holdings' options investors are not very successful. Booking Holdings' 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 Booking contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Booking Holdings will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0231% per day over the life of the 2025-04-17 option contract. With Booking Holdings trading at USD 4926.8, that is roughly USD 1.14. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Booking Holdings' daily price movement you should consider buying Booking Holdings options at the current volatility level of 0.37%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  
Purchasing Booking Holdings 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" Booking calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Booking Holdings stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.

Booking Holdings Option Chain

When Booking Holdings' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Booking Holdings 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.
Booking Holdings' option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Booking. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Booking. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Booking Holdings 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
BKNG250417C0192000011920.03014.4 - 3034.42033.5In
Call
BKNG250417C0250000012500.02441.5 - 2461.51454.4In
Call
BKNG250417C0260000012600.02343.7 - 2363.71298.8In
Call
BKNG250417C0270000012700.02244.9 - 2264.91280.6In
Call
BKNG250417C0290000012900.02049.8 - 2069.81104.8In
Call
BKNG250417C03000000113000.01949.7 - 1969.72021.69In
Call
BKNG250417C0339000013390.01564.6 - 1584.61492.6In
Call
BKNG250417C0340000013400.01554.0 - 1574.01085.2In
Call
BKNG250417C0345000013450.01507.2 - 1527.21041.0In
Call
BKNG250417C0348000013480.01476.9 - 1496.91375.8In
Call
BKNG250417C0354500013545.01413.4 - 1433.41277.4In
Call
BKNG250417C0363000013630.01333.0 - 1353.01607.2In
Call
BKNG250417C0363500043635.01324.9 - 1344.91602.5In
Call
BKNG250417C0365000033650.01310.6 - 1330.61398.57In
Call
BKNG250417C0365500013655.01309.4 - 1329.41581.73In
Call
BKNG250417C0369000013690.01272.1 - 1292.11640.2In
Call
BKNG250417C03700000133700.01263.4 - 1283.41076.1In
Call
BKNG250417C0370500023705.01258.1 - 1278.11625.8In
Call
BKNG250417C0371000023710.01254.3 - 1274.3410.68In
Call
BKNG250417C0371500013715.01249.1 - 1269.1533.9In
Call
BKNG250417C0372000023720.01243.3 - 1263.3490.11In
Call
BKNG250417C0373000013730.01233.7 - 1253.7796.9In
Call
BKNG250417C0374000053740.01224.0 - 1244.0459.9In
Call
BKNG250417C0375000023750.01216.1 - 1236.1487.66In
Call
BKNG250417C0390000033900.01073.1 - 1093.0895.5In
Call
BKNG250417C0400000024000.0981.5 - 1001.51042.3In
Call
BKNG250417C0410000074100.0889.4 - 909.4885.04In
Call
BKNG250417C0420000064200.0800.3 - 820.3777.1In
Call
BKNG250417C0425000024250.0755.2 - 775.2774.63In
Call
BKNG250417C0430000054300.0712.4 - 732.4967.2In
Call
BKNG250417C04350000514350.0671.9 - 691.9881.25In
Call
BKNG250417C04400000184400.0629.8 - 649.8646.06In
Call
BKNG250417C0445000054450.0588.5 - 608.5927.0In
Call
BKNG250417C0450000074500.0549.7 - 569.7857.3In
Call
BKNG250417C0455000074550.0511.7 - 529.4648.48In
Call
BKNG250417C0460000014600.0474.1 - 494.1629.9In
Call
BKNG250417C04650000214650.0437.1 - 457.1572.6In
Call
BKNG250417C04700000474700.0403.0 - 423.0445.3In
Call
BKNG250417C04750000434750.0369.4 - 389.4515.0In
Call
BKNG250417C04800000184800.0337.6 - 357.6300.71In
Call
BKNG250417C0485000014850.0305.5 - 324.4652.9In
Call
BKNG250417C04900000214900.0277.8 - 297.8262.2In
Call
BKNG250417C04950000384950.0254.9 - 274.9255.41Out
Call
BKNG250417C05000000115000.0226.1 - 242.1224.9Out
Call
BKNG250417C0505000025050.0202.5 - 221.6308.2Out
Call
BKNG250417C05100000195100.0179.2 - 198.0208.0Out
Call
BKNG250417C05150000585150.0158.9 - 178.3157.8Out
Call
BKNG250417C05200000205200.0140.4 - 160.4151.5Out
Call
BKNG250417C05250000275250.0123.7 - 142.1106.7Out
Call
BKNG250417C053000001215300.0115.0 - 128.6112.0Out
Call
BKNG250417C05350000375350.095.2 - 105.0103.0Out
Call
BKNG250417C054000001065400.081.7 - 99.398.0Out
Call
BKNG250417C0545000065450.073.3 - 83.085.7Out
Call
BKNG250417C055000003825500.069.1 - 75.968.0Out
Call
BKNG250417C055500004375550.055.4 - 63.062.0Out
Call
BKNG250417C05600000135600.043.8 - 63.164.9Out
Call
BKNG250417C0565000055650.041.8 - 56.240.0Out
Call
BKNG250417C05700000215700.040.2 - 48.245.0Out
Call
BKNG250417C0575000015750.031.1 - 45.0174.2Out
Call
BKNG250417C05800000375800.026.8 - 40.328.5Out
Call
BKNG250417C05900000605900.019.8 - 29.926.0Out
Call
BKNG250417C0600000096000.015.0 - 26.118.0Out
Call
BKNG250417C0610000036100.06.6 - 26.616.7Out
Call
BKNG250417C0620000016200.04.3 - 24.363.8Out
Call
BKNG250417C0630000016300.02.1 - 22.123.8Out
Call
BKNG250417C0640000016400.00.2 - 20.230.0Out
Call
BKNG250417C0650000016500.00.1 - 20.19.0Out
Call
BKNG250417C0660000016600.00.0 - 14.529.4Out
Call
BKNG250417C0670000006700.00.0 - 13.513.5Out
Call
BKNG250417C0680000026800.00.0 - 12.74.9Out
Call
BKNG250417C0690000016900.00.0 - 12.117.97Out
Call
BKNG250417C070000001407000.00.0 - 11.712.2Out
Call
BKNG250417C0710000007100.00.0 - 11.311.3Out
Call
BKNG250417C0720000007200.00.0 - 11.011.0Out
Call
BKNG250417C0730000007300.00.0 - 10.810.8Out
Call
BKNG250417C0740000027400.00.0 - 10.312.12Out
Call
BKNG250417C07500000167500.00.0 - 5.51.3Out
 Put
BKNG250417P01900000441900.01.1 - 18.70.89Out
 Put
BKNG250417P0192000031920.00.0 - 18.73.3Out
 Put
BKNG250417P0194000031940.00.0 - 11.21.2Out
 Put
BKNG250417P0196000021960.00.0 - 18.81.1Out
 Put
BKNG250417P0198000021980.00.0 - 11.71.1Out
 Put
BKNG250417P02000000172000.00.0 - 11.51.2Out
 Put
BKNG250417P0210000062100.00.0 - 12.05.36Out
 Put
BKNG250417P02200000132200.00.0 - 19.24.03Out
 Put
BKNG250417P0230000052300.00.0 - 12.81.77Out
 Put
BKNG250417P02400000132400.00.0 - 13.02.01Out
 Put
BKNG250417P0250000032500.00.0 - 13.28.65Out
 Put
BKNG250417P0270000012700.00.0 - 13.711.0Out
 Put
BKNG250417P0280000012800.00.0 - 14.032.0Out
 Put
BKNG250417P0290000022900.00.0 - 14.334.9Out
 Put
BKNG250417P03000000143000.00.0 - 14.79.85Out
 Put
BKNG250417P03100000893100.03.5 - 14.85.7Out
 Put
BKNG250417P03200000373200.04.0 - 21.85.0Out
 Put
BKNG250417P0330000073300.00.0 - 16.338.53Out
 Put
BKNG250417P0339000073390.00.0 - 17.14.5Out
 Put
BKNG250417P03400000113400.00.0 - 17.25.9Out
 Put
BKNG250417P0343000013430.00.0 - 17.075.97Out
 Put
BKNG250417P03440000103440.00.0 - 17.77.5Out
 Put
BKNG250417P03450000103450.00.5 - 20.56.94Out
 Put
BKNG250417P03475000213475.00.0 - 10.24.9Out
 Put
BKNG250417P03500000103500.04.0 - 17.97.98Out
 Put
BKNG250417P0355000043550.00.0 - 18.741.37Out
 Put
BKNG250417P03600000483600.00.0 - 12.013.0Out
 Put
BKNG250417P0360500013605.00.0 - 20.0107.7Out
 Put
BKNG250417P0361500013615.00.0 - 19.9211.3Out
 Put
BKNG250417P0363500033635.00.0 - 20.0119.4Out
 Put
BKNG250417P0364000023640.00.1 - 20.1120.1Out
 Put
BKNG250417P03650000893650.00.0 - 12.015.0Out
 Put
BKNG250417P0367000013670.00.0 - 14.112.1Out
 Put
BKNG250417P0369000033690.00.8 - 20.8132.5Out
 Put
BKNG250417P0369500013695.00.0 - 15.1164.1Out
 Put
BKNG250417P03700000693700.03.4 - 15.311.0Out
 Put
BKNG250417P0370500033705.00.0 - 15.2136.2Out
 Put
BKNG250417P0371000013710.01.5 - 21.5168.3Out
 Put
BKNG250417P0371500013715.04.9 - 24.9169.9Out
 Put
BKNG250417P0372000013720.03.0 - 23.0171.4Out
 Put
BKNG250417P0372500013725.03.8 - 23.8172.9Out
 Put
BKNG250417P0373000013730.05.4 - 25.4174.4Out
 Put
BKNG250417P0374000023740.05.7 - 25.7177.2Out
 Put
BKNG250417P0375000073750.06.0 - 26.022.0Out
 Put
BKNG250417P03760000133760.06.3 - 26.310.45Out
 Put
BKNG250417P03800000373800.013.0 - 18.722.0Out
 Put
BKNG250417P03900000513900.016.1 - 33.318.85Out
 Put
BKNG250417P04000000294000.018.8 - 35.038.0Out
 Put
BKNG250417P04100000544100.025.6 - 38.431.85Out
 Put
BKNG250417P04200000164200.035.1 - 52.453.67Out
 Put
BKNG250417P0425000044250.039.1 - 59.184.9Out
 Put
BKNG250417P04300000204300.043.7 - 63.799.48Out
 Put
BKNG250417P0435000094350.050.3 - 70.3110.69Out
 Put
BKNG250417P04400000234400.060.3 - 80.3107.1Out
 Put
BKNG250417P0445000084450.068.1 - 87.8102.0Out
 Put
BKNG250417P04500000774500.082.4 - 99.089.2Out
 Put
BKNG250417P04550000294550.093.4 - 108.0168.14Out
 Put
BKNG250417P0460000094600.0100.7 - 120.7185.68Out
 Put
BKNG250417P04650000154650.0115.1 - 135.1212.6Out
 Put
BKNG250417P04700000284700.0128.8 - 148.4159.55Out
 Put
BKNG250417P04750000144750.0146.1 - 166.1149.0Out
 Put
BKNG250417P04800000284800.0164.4 - 183.8282.02Out
 Put
BKNG250417P04850000274850.0184.1 - 204.1210.1Out
 Put
BKNG250417P04900000114900.0207.7 - 225.7205.05Out
 Put
BKNG250417P04950000334950.0228.5 - 248.5228.0Out
 Put
BKNG250417P0500000095000.0254.1 - 272.7323.4In
 Put
BKNG250417P05050000155050.0282.0 - 298.7314.5In
 Put
BKNG250417P05100000185100.0310.7 - 329.9333.4In
 Put
BKNG250417P05150000295150.0338.8 - 358.8307.8In
 Put
BKNG250417P0520000075200.0368.2 - 388.2301.35In
 Put
BKNG250417P0525000075250.0403.8 - 423.8329.7In
 Put
BKNG250417P0530000035300.0439.4 - 459.4349.4In
 Put
BKNG250417P0535000015350.0474.1 - 494.1389.3In
 Put
BKNG250417P0540000045400.0515.5 - 535.5329.4In
 Put
BKNG250417P0545000015450.0554.3 - 574.1450.3In
 Put
BKNG250417P05500000215500.0595.1 - 614.7587.0In
 Put
BKNG250417P05550000525550.0639.2 - 658.9510.0In
 Put
BKNG250417P0660000006600.01664.6 - 1684.61664.6In
 Put
BKNG250417P0670000006700.01763.2 - 1783.21763.2In
 Put
BKNG250417P0680000006800.01863.7 - 1883.71738.2In
 Put
BKNG250417P0690000006900.01963.8 - 1983.81963.8In
 Put
BKNG250417P0700000007000.02065.5 - 2085.52065.5In
 Put
BKNG250417P0710000007100.02164.7 - 2184.72164.7In
 Put
BKNG250417P0720000007200.02263.9 - 2283.92263.9In
 Put
BKNG250417P0730000007300.02362.9 - 2382.92362.9In
 Put
BKNG250417P0740000007400.02462.9 - 2482.92462.9In
 Put
BKNG250417P0750000007500.02564.0 - 2584.02564.0In

Booking Holdings Selling And Marketing Expenses Over Time

   Selling And Marketing Expenses   
       Timeline  

Booking Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

(3 Billion)

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

Booking Holdings Corporate Management

When determining whether Booking Holdings is a strong investment it is important to analyze Booking Holdings' competitive position within its industry, examining market share, product or service uniqueness, and competitive advantages. Beyond financials and market position, potential investors should also consider broader economic conditions, industry trends, and any regulatory or geopolitical factors that may impact Booking Holdings' future performance. For an informed investment choice regarding Booking Stock, refer to the following important reports:
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Is Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines 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 Booking Holdings. If investors know Booking 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 Booking Holdings 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
0.065
Dividend Share
26.25
Earnings Share
147.8
Revenue Per Share
677.218
Quarterly Revenue Growth
0.089
The market value of Booking Holdings is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Booking that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Booking Holdings' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Booking Holdings' 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 Booking Holdings' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Booking Holdings' 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 Booking Holdings' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Booking Holdings is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Booking Holdings' 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.