Highwoods Properties Stock Options

HIW Stock  USD 30.22  0.45  1.51%   
Highwoods Properties' latest option contracts expiring on March 21st 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.77. The Highwoods Properties option chain provides detailed quote and price information for the current Highwoods Properties option contracts. It shows all of Highwoods Properties' listed puts, calls, expiration dates, strike prices, and other pricing information.

In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Highwoods Properties

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

Highwoods Properties In The Money Call Balance

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

Highwoods Current Options Market Mood

Highwoods Properties' 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 Highwoods 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 Highwoods Properties' options investors are not very successful. Highwoods Properties' 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 Highwoods contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Highwoods Properties will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0481% per day over the life of the 2025-03-21 option contract. With Highwoods Properties trading at USD 30.22, that is roughly USD 0.0145. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Highwoods Properties' daily price movement you should consider buying Highwoods Properties options at the current volatility level of 0.77%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  
Purchasing Highwoods Properties 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" Highwoods calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Highwoods Properties stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.

Highwoods Properties Option Chain

When Highwoods Properties' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Highwoods Properties 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.
Highwoods Properties' option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Highwoods. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Highwoods. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Highwoods Properties 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
HIW250321C00015000015.013.3 - 16.213.3In
Call
HIW250321C00017500017.510.6 - 14.810.6In
Call
HIW250321C00020000020.09.4 - 11.79.4In
Call
HIW250321C00022500022.57.1 - 9.67.1In
Call
HIW250321C00025000025.04.1 - 7.64.1In
Call
HIW250321C00030000030.00.55 - 3.00.55In
Call
HIW250321C00035000035.00.0 - 0.90.9Out
Call
HIW250321C00040000040.00.0 - 1.351.35Out
 Put
HIW250321P00015000015.00.0 - 0.750.75Out
 Put
HIW250321P00017500017.50.0 - 0.750.75Out
 Put
HIW250321P00020000020.00.0 - 0.750.75Out
 Put
HIW250321P00022500022.50.0 - 0.750.75Out
 Put
HIW250321P00025000025.00.0 - 1.451.45Out
 Put
HIW250321P00030000030.00.5 - 3.10.5Out
 Put
HIW250321P00035000035.03.4 - 7.13.4In
 Put
HIW250321P00040000040.07.9 - 12.17.9In

Highwoods Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

1.7 Billion

At this time, Highwoods Properties' Total Stockholder Equity is fairly stable compared to the past year.

Highwoods Properties Corporate Directors

Sherry KellettIndependent DirectorProfile
Gene AndersonIndependent DirectorProfile
Charles AndersonIndependent DirectorProfile
Anne LloydIndependent DirectorProfile

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