Pacer Small Stock Options
| CALF Etf | USD 44.11 0.95 2.11% |
Pacer Small's latest option contracts expiring on April 17th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.26 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.02 over 24 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more calls than puts on contracts expiring on April 17th 2025.
Open Interest Against April 17th 2025 Option Contracts
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The chart above shows Pacer Small's 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. Pacer Small's open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Pacer Small's option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
Pacer Small 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 Pacer Small 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, Pacer Small'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 Pacer Small
Analyzing Pacer Small's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Pacer Small regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Pacer Small's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Pacer Small's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Pacer Small's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Pacer Small Cap In The Money Call Balance
When Pacer Small's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Pacer Small Cap stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Pacer Small's 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 Pacer Small Cap 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.
Pacer Current Options Market Mood
Pacer Small'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 Pacer Etf'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
It is estimated that an average options trader loses somewhere between 80% to 90% of the time. Using current Pacer Small's option volume and open interest to make an investment decision is considered a contrarian-sentiment measure that can be utilized in many timing strategies in both derivative and spot marketplace.
Rule 16 of the current Pacer contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Pacer Small Cap will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0163% per day over the life of the 2025-04-17 option contract. With Pacer Small trading at USD 44.11, that is roughly USD 0.007168. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Pacer Small's daily price movement you should consider buying Pacer Small Cap options at the current volatility level of 0.26%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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Purchasing Pacer Small 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" Pacer calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Pacer Small Cap stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
Pacer Small Option Chain
When Pacer Small's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Pacer Small Cap 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.
Pacer Small's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Pacer. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Pacer. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Pacer Small 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 | CALF250417C00039000 | 1 | 39.0 | 5.1 - 7.9 | 6.1 | In |
Call | CALF250417C00040000 | 187 | 40.0 | 4.2 - 7.1 | 5.9 | In |
Call | CALF250417C00043000 | 0 | 43.0 | 1.85 - 4.6 | 1.85 | In |
Call | CALF250417C00044000 | 0 | 44.0 | 1.15 - 3.8 | 1.15 | In |
Call | CALF250417C00045000 | 1 | 45.0 | 0.6 - 3.1 | 1.49 | Out |
Call | CALF250417C00046000 | 0 | 46.0 | 0.15 - 2.6 | 0.15 | |
Call | CALF250417C00047000 | 73 | 47.0 | 0.05 - 2.2 | 1.0 | Out |
Call | CALF250417C00048000 | 4 | 48.0 | 0.0 - 1.0 | 0.55 | Out |
Call | CALF250417C00049000 | 12 | 49.0 | 0.0 - 1.65 | 0.1 | Out |
Call | CALF250417C00050000 | 31 | 50.0 | 0.0 - 0.3 | 0.4 | Out |
Call | CALF250417C00051000 | 0 | 51.0 | 0.0 - 1.5 | 1.5 | |
Call | CALF250417C00052000 | 0 | 52.0 | 0.0 - 1.45 | 1.45 | |
Put | CALF250417P00040000 | 1 | 40.0 | 0.0 - 1.65 | 0.55 | Out |
Put | CALF250417P00042000 | 1 | 42.0 | 0.0 - 1.9 | 1.3 | Out |
Put | CALF250417P00043000 | 0 | 43.0 | 0.0 - 2.05 | 2.05 | |
Put | CALF250417P00044000 | 1 | 44.0 | 0.05 - 2.35 | 2.1 | Out |
Put | CALF250417P00045000 | 2 | 45.0 | 0.25 - 2.8 | 1.51 | Out |
Put | CALF250417P00046000 | 1 | 46.0 | 0.75 - 3.3 | 2.3 | In |
Put | CALF250417P00047000 | 1 | 47.0 | 1.25 - 4.1 | 2.3 | In |
Put | CALF250417P00048000 | 0 | 48.0 | 1.9 - 4.8 | 1.9 | In |
Put | CALF250417P00049000 | 0 | 49.0 | 2.7 - 5.6 | 2.7 | In |
Put | CALF250417P00050000 | 0 | 50.0 | 3.5 - 6.5 | 3.5 | In |
Put | CALF250417P00051000 | 0 | 51.0 | 4.5 - 7.5 | 4.5 | In |
Put | CALF250417P00052000 | 0 | 52.0 | 5.5 - 8.5 | 5.5 | In |
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The market value of Pacer Small Cap is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Pacer that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Pacer Small's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Pacer Small's 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 Pacer Small's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Pacer Small's 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 Pacer Small's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Pacer Small is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Pacer Small's 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.