DFS250417P00130000 Option on Discover Financial

DFS Stock  USD 187.18  2.14  1.16%   
DFS250417P00130000 is a PUT option contract on Discover Financial's common stock with a strick price of 130.0 expiring on 2025-04-17. The contract was not traded in recent days and, as of today, has 85 days remaining before the expiration. The option is currently trading at a bid price of $0.05, and an ask price of $1.0. The implied volatility as of the 22nd of January is 85.0.
  
When exercised, put options on Discover Financial produce a short position in Discover Stock. Because of this protective nature, they are typically used either for hedging purposes or to capitalize on Discover Financial's downside price movement.

Rule 16 of 2025-04-17 Option Contract

The options market is anticipating that Discover Financial Services will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0279% per day over the life of the option. With Discover Financial trading at USD 187.18, that is roughly USD 0.0522. If you think that the market is fully understating Discover Financial's daily price movement you should consider buying Discover Financial Services options at that current volatility level of 0.45%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.

Out Of The Money Put Option on Discover Financial

An 'Out of The Money' option on Discover has a strike price that Discover Stock has yet to reach, meaning the option has no intrinsic value. 'Out of The Money' options are usually less costly than 'In The Money' options, making them more desirable to traders with smaller amounts of capital. Some of the uses for Discover Financial's 'Out of The Money' options include buying the options if you expect a big move in Discover Financial's stock. Since 'Out of The Money' options have a lower up-front cost (i.e., no intrinsic value) than 'In The Money' options, buying it is a reasonable choice.
Put Contract NameDFS250417P00130000
Expires On2025-04-17
Days Before Expriration85
Vega0.063333
Gamma0.001683
Theoretical Value0.53
Open Interest24
Strike Price130.0
Last Traded At1.15
Current Price Spread0.05 | 1.0
Rule 16 Daily Up or DownUSD 0.0522

Discover short PUT Option Greeks

Discover Financial's Option Greeks for the contract ending on 2025-04-17 at a strike price of 130.0 measures the various factors that affect its cost and calculated using a theoretical options pricing model. It helps investors make more informed decisions about whether to trade this option contract or when to trade it. In addition to Discover Financial's option greeks, its implied volatility helps estimate the risk of Discover Financial stock implied by the prices of the options on Discover Financial's stock.
Delta-0.030492
Gamma0.001683
Theta-0.015933
Vega0.063333
Rho-0.013847

Discover long PUT Option Payoff at expiration

Put options written on Discover Financial grant holders of the option the right to sell a specified amount of Discover Financial at a specified price within a specified time frame. The put buyer has a limited loss and, while not fully unlimited gains, as the price of Discover Stock cannot fall below zero, the put buyer does gain as the price drops. So, purchasing a put option on Discover Financial is like buying insurance aginst Discover Financial's downside shift.
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Discover short PUT Option Payoff at expiration

By selling Discover Financial's put option, the investors signal their bearish sentiment. A short position in a put option written on Discover Financial will generally make money when the underlying price is above the strike price. Therefore Discover Financial's put payoff at expiration depends on where the Discover Stock price is relative to the put option strike price. The breakeven price of 129.47 is the critical point that divides the payoff function into two parts. Below the breakeven price, the payoff is dropping and negative (the seller makes a loss). Above the breakeven price, the payoff line is upward sloping as the option payoff increases in proportion to Discover Financial's price. Finally, at the strike price of 130.0, the payoff chart is constant and positive.
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Discover Financial Available Put Options

Discover Financial's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Discover. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Discover. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Discover Financial 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
 Put
DFS250417P000650001165.00.0 - 2.150.23Out
 Put
DFS250417P000900001490.00.0 - 2.251.3Out
 Put
DFS250417P001000002100.00.0 - 2.32.8Out
 Put
DFS250417P001050008105.00.0 - 2.350.53Out
 Put
DFS250417P0011000015110.00.0 - 0.650.34Out
 Put
DFS250417P0011500010115.00.0 - 1.10.67Out
 Put
DFS250417P0012000019120.00.0 - 1.851.15Out
 Put
DFS250417P0012500023125.00.0 - 0.950.48Out
 Put
DFS250417P0013000024130.00.05 - 1.01.15Out
 Put
DFS250417P0013500053135.00.0 - 2.72.4Out
 Put
DFS250417P0014000044140.00.0 - 1.91.3Out
 Put
DFS250417P0014500051145.00.0 - 1.81.82Out
 Put
DFS250417P0015000010150.01.05 - 2.22.0Out
 Put
DFS250417P0015500018155.01.1 - 2.852.18Out
 Put
DFS250417P0016000011160.02.4 - 3.73.75Out
 Put
DFS250417P0016500012165.02.85 - 4.95.64Out
 Put
DFS250417P0017000018170.04.7 - 5.911.9Out
 Put
DFS250417P0017500025175.05.1 - 7.96.85Out
 Put
DFS250417P001800004180.07.6 - 10.315.8Out
 Put
DFS250417P001850005185.08.5 - 11.712.5Out
 Put
DFS250417P0019000011190.011.1 - 14.515.1Out
 Put
DFS250417P001950007195.013.1 - 17.323.5In
 Put
DFS250417P0020000014200.015.9 - 19.518.79In
 Put
DFS250417P002100000210.022.5 - 26.322.5In
 Put
DFS250417P002200000220.030.5 - 34.330.5In
 Put
DFS250417P002300000230.039.3 - 42.039.3In
 Put
DFS250417P002400000240.048.8 - 52.648.8In
 Put
DFS250417P002500000250.058.7 - 62.558.7In
 Put
DFS250417P002600000260.068.7 - 72.568.7In
 Put
DFS250417P002700000270.078.9 - 82.478.9In
 Put
DFS250417P002800000280.088.7 - 92.488.7In

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