Highwoods Properties Stock Options Expiring on 21st of March
| HIW Stock | USD 29.79 0.23 0.78% |
Highwoods Properties' latest option contracts expiring on March 21st 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.8 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.4 over 16 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying more calls than puts on contracts expiring on March 21st 2025.
Open Interest Against March 21st 2025 Option Contracts
Highwoods Properties option prices can potentially be used to forecast stock returns because most option chains provide information not only about the current prices but also about the future conditions in Highwoods Properties' lending market. For example, when Highwoods Properties' puts are not actively trading or completely missing in the marketplace, investors can use it to internalize expected shorting costs. So if an investor is writing a put option on Highwoods Properties, he or she must hedge the risk by shorting Highwoods Properties stock over its option's life.
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The chart above shows Highwoods Properties' 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. Highwoods Properties' open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Highwoods Properties' option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
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 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 0.05% per day over the life of the 2025-03-21 option contract. With Highwoods Properties trading at USD 29.79, that is roughly USD 0.0149. 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 0.8%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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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 Int | Strike Price | Current Spread | Last Price | |||
Call | HIW250321C00015000 | 0 | 15.0 | 12.9 - 16.7 | 12.9 | In |
Call | HIW250321C00017500 | 0 | 17.5 | 11.8 - 14.2 | 11.8 | In |
Call | HIW250321C00020000 | 0 | 20.0 | 9.2 - 11.5 | 9.2 | In |
Call | HIW250321C00022500 | 0 | 22.5 | 6.7 - 9.2 | 6.7 | In |
Call | HIW250321C00025000 | 5 | 25.0 | 4.3 - 5.7 | 4.85 | In |
Call | HIW250321C00030000 | 10 | 30.0 | 0.5 - 2.65 | 1.16 | Out |
Call | HIW250321C00035000 | 0 | 35.0 | 0.0 - 0.95 | 0.95 | |
Call | HIW250321C00040000 | 0 | 40.0 | 0.0 - 1.45 | 1.45 | |
Put | HIW250321P00015000 | 0 | 15.0 | 0.0 - 1.0 | 1.0 | |
Put | HIW250321P00017500 | 0 | 17.5 | 0.0 - 0.75 | 0.75 | |
Put | HIW250321P00020000 | 0 | 20.0 | 0.0 - 0.75 | 0.75 | |
Put | HIW250321P00022500 | 0 | 22.5 | 0.0 - 0.95 | 0.95 | |
Put | HIW250321P00025000 | 1 | 25.0 | 0.0 - 0.65 | 0.3 | Out |
Put | HIW250321P00030000 | 5 | 30.0 | 1.15 - 2.45 | 1.05 | In |
Put | HIW250321P00035000 | 0 | 35.0 | 4.8 - 7.5 | 4.8 | In |
Put | HIW250321P00040000 | 0 | 40.0 | 9.9 - 11.9 | 9.9 | In |
Highwoods Total Stockholder Equity
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Highwoods Properties Corporate Directors
| Sherry Kellett | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Gene Anderson | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Charles Anderson | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Anne Lloyd | Independent Director | Profile |
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