El Pollo Stock Options
| LOCO Stock | USD 11.87 0.05 0.42% |
El Pollo's latest option contracts expiring on March 21st 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.72 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.08 over 26 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more calls than puts on contracts expiring on March 21st 2025.
Open Interest Against March 21st 2025 Option Contracts
2025-03-21
The chart above shows El Pollo'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. El Pollo's open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for El Pollo's option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
El Pollo Maximum Pain Price Across 2025-03-21 Option Contracts
Max pain occurs when El Pollo's market makers reach a net positive position across all El Pollo's options at a strike price where option holders stand to lose the most money. By contrast, El Pollo's option sellers may reap the most after selling more options than buying, causing them to expire worthless.
In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on El Pollo
Analyzing El Pollo's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in El Pollo regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when El Pollo's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money El Pollo's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with El Pollo's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Please note that buying 'in-the-money' options on El Pollo lessens the impact of time decay, as they carry both intrinsic and time value. So, even if El Pollo'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 El Pollo 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 LOCO Stock moves the wrong way.
El Pollo Loco In The Money Call Balance
When El Pollo's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against El Pollo Loco stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying El Pollo'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 El Pollo Loco 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.
LOCO Current Options Market Mood
El Pollo'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 LOCO 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 El Pollo's options investors are not very successful. El Pollo'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 LOCO contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that El Pollo Loco will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.045% per day over the life of the 2025-03-21 option contract. With El Pollo trading at USD 11.87, that is roughly USD 0.005341. If you think that the market is fully incorporating El Pollo's daily price movement you should consider buying El Pollo Loco options at the current volatility level of 0.72%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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Purchasing El Pollo 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" LOCO calls. Remember, the seller must deliver El Pollo Loco stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
El Pollo Option Chain
When El Pollo's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against El Pollo Loco 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.
El Pollo's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on LOCO. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for LOCO. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a El Pollo 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 | LOCO250321C00008000 | 1 | 8.0 | 3.7 - 5.0 | 5.9 | In |
Call | LOCO250321C00009000 | 82 | 9.0 | 2.8 - 3.3 | 3.0 | In |
Call | LOCO250321C00010000 | 232 | 10.0 | 1.95 - 2.2 | 1.74 | In |
Call | LOCO250321C00011000 | 5 | 11.0 | 1.05 - 2.25 | 1.35 | In |
Call | LOCO250321C00012000 | 36 | 12.0 | 0.6 - 0.8 | 0.78 | Out |
Call | LOCO250321C00013000 | 104 | 13.0 | 0.25 - 0.4 | 0.35 | Out |
Call | LOCO250321C00014000 | 2139 | 14.0 | 0.1 - 0.25 | 0.14 | Out |
Call | LOCO250321C00015000 | 11 | 15.0 | 0.05 - 0.15 | 0.06 | Out |
Call | LOCO250321C00016000 | 30 | 16.0 | 0.0 - 0.5 | 0.35 | Out |
Call | LOCO250321C00017000 | 0 | 17.0 | 0.0 - 0.5 | 0.5 | |
Call | LOCO250321C00018000 | 0 | 18.0 | 0.0 - 0.5 | 0.5 | |
Call | LOCO250321C00019000 | 0 | 19.0 | 0.0 - 0.5 | 0.5 | |
Call | LOCO250321C00020000 | 230 | 20.0 | 0.0 - 0.5 | 0.1 | Out |
Put | LOCO250321P00008000 | 3 | 8.0 | 0.0 - 0.25 | 0.07 | Out |
Put | LOCO250321P00009000 | 1 | 9.0 | 0.0 - 0.15 | 0.1 | Out |
Put | LOCO250321P00010000 | 13 | 10.0 | 0.1 - 0.3 | 0.3 | Out |
Put | LOCO250321P00011000 | 112 | 11.0 | 0.2 - 0.6 | 0.5 | Out |
Put | LOCO250321P00012000 | 61 | 12.0 | 0.6 - 0.9 | 1.22 | In |
Put | LOCO250321P00013000 | 32 | 13.0 | 1.3 - 1.55 | 1.63 | In |
Put | LOCO250321P00014000 | 0 | 14.0 | 1.95 - 2.45 | 2.0 | In |
Put | LOCO250321P00015000 | 0 | 15.0 | 3.1 - 3.4 | 3.1 | In |
Put | LOCO250321P00016000 | 0 | 16.0 | 3.9 - 5.5 | 3.9 | In |
Put | LOCO250321P00017000 | 0 | 17.0 | 4.9 - 6.5 | 4.9 | In |
Put | LOCO250321P00018000 | 0 | 18.0 | 5.9 - 6.4 | 5.9 | In |
Put | LOCO250321P00019000 | 0 | 19.0 | 7.1 - 8.5 | 7.1 | In |
Put | LOCO250321P00020000 | 0 | 20.0 | 8.1 - 8.3 | 8.1 | In |
LOCO Total Stockholder Equity
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El Pollo Corporate Management
| Anne Jollay | Chief EVP | Profile | |
| Tim Welsh | Chief Officer | Profile | |
| Bjorn Erland | Chief Officer | Profile | |
| Jill Adams | Chief Officer | Profile | |
| Clark Matthews | Chief Officer | Profile | |
| Andy Rebhun | Chief Officer | Profile |
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Quarterly Earnings Growth (0.24) | Earnings Share 0.79 | Revenue Per Share | Return On Assets | Return On Equity |
The market value of El Pollo Loco is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of LOCO that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of El Pollo's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is El Pollo'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 El Pollo's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect El Pollo'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 El Pollo's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if El Pollo is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, El Pollo'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.