Kezar Life Stock Options

KZR Stock  USD 6.48  0.05  0.78%   
Kezar Life's latest option contracts expiring on April 17th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 3.58 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.19 over 10 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

The chart above shows Kezar Life'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. Kezar Life's open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Kezar Life's option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.

In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Kezar Life

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

Kezar Life Sciences In The Money Call Balance

When Kezar Life's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Kezar Life Sciences stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Kezar Life'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 Kezar Life Sciences 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.

Kezar Current Options Market Mood

Kezar Life'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 Kezar 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 Kezar Life's options investors are not very successful. Kezar Life'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 Kezar contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Kezar Life Sciences will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.22% per day over the life of the 2025-04-17 option contract. With Kezar Life trading at USD 6.48, that is roughly USD 0.0145. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Kezar Life's daily price movement you should consider buying Kezar Life Sciences options at the current volatility level of 3.58%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  
Purchasing Kezar Life 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" Kezar calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Kezar Life Sciences stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.

Kezar Life Option Chain

When Kezar Life's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Kezar Life Sciences 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.
Kezar Life's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Kezar. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Kezar. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Kezar Life 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
KZR250417C000025003682.50.0 - 0.10.1In
Call
KZR250417C0000500005.00.0 - 9.60.23In
Call
KZR250417C0000750027.50.0 - 10.01.05Out
Call
KZR250417C00010000010.00.0 - 10.010.0Out
Call
KZR250417C00012500012.50.0 - 10.010.0Out
 Put
KZR250417P0000250002.50.0 - 2.952.95Out
 Put
KZR250417P00005000625.00.0 - 0.70.15Out
 Put
KZR250417P0000750087.50.0 - 9.51.65In
 Put
KZR250417P00010000110.00.0 - 10.03.9In
 Put
KZR250417P00012500012.51.1 - 11.01.1In

Kezar Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

129.12 Million

At this time, Kezar Life's Total Stockholder Equity is relatively stable compared to the past year.

Kezar Life Corporate Management

Joe TedrickVice ResourcesProfile
Noreen MDChief OfficerProfile
Pattie ChiangSenior ControllerProfile
Michael WolfeSr OperationsProfile

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