Burford Capital Stock Options

BUR Stock  USD 13.14  0.10  0.76%   
Burford Capital's latest option contracts expiring on January 17th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.53. The Burford Capital option chain provides detailed quote and price information for the current Burford Capital option contracts. It shows all of Burford Capital's listed puts, calls, expiration dates, strike prices, and other pricing information.

Burford Capital Maximum Pain Price Across 2025-01-17 Option Contracts

Max pain occurs when Burford Capital's market makers reach a net positive position across all Burford Capital's options at a strike price where option holders stand to lose the most money. By contrast, Burford Capital's 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 Burford Capital

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

Burford Current Options Market Mood

Burford Capital'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 Burford 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 Volume

Unfortunately, most Burford Capital's options investors are not very successful. Burford Capital'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 Burford contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Burford Capital will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0331% per day over the life of the 2025-01-17 option contract. With Burford Capital trading at USD 13.14, that is roughly USD 0.004353. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Burford Capital's daily price movement you should consider buying Burford Capital options at the current volatility level of 0.53%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  
Purchasing Burford Capital 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" Burford calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Burford Capital stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.

Burford Capital Option Chain

When Burford Capital's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Burford Capital 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.
Burford Capital's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Burford. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Burford. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Burford Capital 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
BUR250117C0000250002.510.7 - 14.210.7Out
Call
BUR250117C0000500005.08.0 - 12.08.0Out
Call
BUR250117C0000750007.56.1 - 9.56.1Out
Call
BUR250117C00010000010.04.2 - 7.34.2Out
Call
BUR250117C00012500012.52.65 - 5.42.65Out
Call
BUR250117C00015000015.01.9 - 3.91.9Out
Call
BUR250117C00017500017.50.1 - 3.00.1Out
Call
BUR250117C00020000020.00.25 - 2.90.25Out
Call
BUR250117C00022500022.50.0 - 3.23.2Out
Call
BUR250117C00025000025.00.15 - 0.450.45Out
 Put
BUR250117P0000250002.50.0 - 0.30.3Out
 Put
BUR250117P0000500005.00.0 - 3.93.9Out
 Put
BUR250117P0000750007.50.0 - 4.04.0Out
 Put
BUR250117P00010000010.00.0 - 2.22.2Out
 Put
BUR250117P00012500012.50.2 - 3.20.2Out
 Put
BUR250117P00015000015.00.15 - 3.00.15Out
 Put
BUR250117P00017500017.52.1 - 5.12.1Out
 Put
BUR250117P00020000020.03.0 - 8.03.0Out
 Put
BUR250117P00022500022.56.3 - 9.26.3Out
 Put
BUR250117P00025000025.08.4 - 11.78.4Out

Burford Capital Market Cap Over Time

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Burford Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

2.77 Billion

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

Burford Capital Corporate Management

Jonathan MolotChief Investment OfficerProfile
Charles ACAChief OfficerProfile
Mark KleinChief Administrative Officer, General CounselProfile
Craig ArnottDeputy Chief Investment OfficerProfile

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