Gen Digital Stock Options
| GEN Stock | USD 30.84 0.06 0.19% |
Gen Digital's latest option contracts expiring on 2024-12-20 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.59 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.6 over 16 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying more calls than puts on contracts expiring on 2024-12-20. The total put volume is at 71.0, with calls trading at the volume of 71.0. This yields a 1.54 put-to-call volume ratio.
Open Interest Against 2024-12-20 Option Contracts
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The chart above shows Gen Digital'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. Gen Digital's open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Gen Digital's option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
Gen Digital Maximum Pain Price across 2024-12-20 Option Contracts
Max pain occurs when Gen Digital's market makers reach a net positive position across all Gen Digital's options at a strike price where option holders stand to lose the most money. By contrast, Gen Digital's option sellers may reap the most after selling more options than buying, causing them to expire worthless.
Gen Digital's option chain provides insight into all available option contracts written on Gen Digital's stock. Investors can see outstanding put and call contracts with pricing information and greeks for a given expiration period. In addition, each of Gen Digital'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 Gen option contract.
In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Gen Digital
Analyzing Gen Digital's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Gen Digital regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Gen Digital's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Gen Digital's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Gen Digital's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Check out Risk vs Return Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Gen Digital. Also, note that the market value of any company could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in income.
Please note that buying 'in-the-money' options on Gen Digital lessens the impact of time decay, as they carry both intrinsic and time value. So, even if Gen Digital's value remains static through the expiration date, the investor can sell to close an 'in-the-money' option to avoid a potential loss. However, in-the-money Gen Digital contracts are usually more expensive to enter than their out-of-the-money counterparts. So keep in mind that while the payoffs on an in-the-money trade can be high, the investors could ultimately experience a more consequential loss if Gen Stock moves the wrong way.
Gen Digital In The Money Call Balance
When Gen Digital's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Gen Digital stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Gen Digital'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 Gen Digital 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.
Gen Current Options Market Mood
Gen Digital'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 Gen 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 Gen Digital's options investors are not very successful. Gen Digital'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 Gen contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Gen Digital will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0369% per day over the life of the 2024-12-20 option contract. With Gen Digital trading at USD 30.84, that is roughly USD 0.0114. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Gen Digital's daily price movement you should consider buying Gen Digital options at the current volatility level of 0.59%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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Purchasing Gen Digital 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" Gen calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Gen Digital stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
Gen Digital Option Chain
When Gen Digital's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Gen Digital 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.
Gen Digital's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Gen. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Gen. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Gen Digital 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 | Expiration | Current Spread | Last Price | |||
Call | GEN Option Call 20-12-2024 24 | 12 | 2024-12-20 | 6.3 - 8.8 | 5.5 | In |
Call | GEN Option Call 20-12-2024 25 | 1 | 2024-12-20 | 4.6 - 7.2 | 2.75 | In |
Call | GEN Option Call 20-12-2024 26 | 5 | 2024-12-20 | 4.1 - 6.0 | 5.0 | In |
Call | GEN Option Call 20-12-2024 27 | 1 | 2024-12-20 | 2.65 - 5.3 | 1.75 | In |
Call | GEN Option Call 20-12-2024 28 | 29 | 2024-12-20 | 2.3 - 4.0 | 3.0 | In |
Call | GEN Option Call 20-12-2024 29 | 95 | 2024-12-20 | 1.75 - 2.1 | 2.1 | In |
Call | GEN Option Call 20-12-2024 30 | 114 | 2024-12-20 | 0.95 - 1.5 | 1.18 | In |
Call | GEN Option Call 20-12-2024 31 | 93 | 2024-12-20 | 0.45 - 1.05 | 0.48 | Out |
Call | GEN Option Call 20-12-2024 32 | 42 | 2024-12-20 | 0.1 - 0.25 | 0.2 | Out |
Put | GEN Option Put 20-12-2024 24 | 2 | 2024-12-20 | 0.0 - 1.0 | 0.33 | Out |
Put | GEN Option Put 20-12-2024 25 | 7 | 2024-12-20 | 0.0 - 1.0 | 0.2 | Out |
Put | GEN Option Put 20-12-2024 26 | 39 | 2024-12-20 | 0.0 - 1.0 | 0.91 | Out |
Put | GEN Option Put 20-12-2024 27 | 20 | 2024-12-20 | 0.0 - 0.2 | 0.1 | Out |
Put | GEN Option Put 20-12-2024 28 | 85 | 2024-12-20 | 0.0 - 0.55 | 0.1 | Out |
Put | GEN Option Put 20-12-2024 29 | 31 | 2024-12-20 | 0.05 - 0.15 | 0.28 | Out |
Put | GEN Option Put 20-12-2024 30 | 50 | 2024-12-20 | 0.2 - 0.35 | 0.35 | Out |
Gen Digital Selling And Marketing Expenses Over Time
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Gen Digital Corporate Directors
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| James Bloem | Independent Director | Profile |
Check out Risk vs Return Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Gen Digital. Also, note that the market value of any company could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in income. To learn how to invest in Gen Stock, please use our How to Invest in Gen Digital guide.You can also try the Transaction History module to view history of all your transactions and understand their impact on performance.
Is Application Software 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 Gen Digital. If investors know Gen 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 Gen Digital 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 0.132 | Dividend Share 0.5 | Earnings Share 0.99 | Revenue Per Share 6.171 | Quarterly Revenue Growth 0.031 |
The market value of Gen Digital is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Gen that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Gen Digital's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Gen Digital'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 Gen Digital's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Gen Digital'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 Gen Digital's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Gen Digital is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Gen Digital'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.