NewMarket Stock Options
| NEU Stock | USD 500.74 6.68 1.35% |
NewMarket's latest option contracts expiring on March 21st 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.35 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 3.0 over 27 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more puts than calls on contracts expiring on March 21st 2025.
Open Interest Against March 21st 2025 Option Contracts
NewMarket 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 NewMarket's lending market. For example, when NewMarket's 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 NewMarket, he or she must hedge the risk by shorting NewMarket stock over its option's life.
2025-03-21
The chart above shows NewMarket'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. NewMarket's open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for NewMarket's option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on NewMarket
Analyzing NewMarket's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in NewMarket regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when NewMarket's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money NewMarket's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with NewMarket's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
NewMarket Current Options Market Mood
NewMarket'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 NewMarket 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
Most options investors, including buyers and sellers of NewMarket's calls and puts, are not very successful. It is estimated that an average options trader loses somewhere between 80% to 90% of the time. NewMarket'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 NewMarket contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that NewMarket will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0219% per day over the life of the 2025-03-21 option contract. With NewMarket trading at USD 500.74, that is roughly USD 0.11. If you think that the market is fully incorporating NewMarket's daily price movement you should consider buying NewMarket options at the current volatility level of 0.35%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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Purchasing NewMarket 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" NewMarket calls. Remember, the seller must deliver NewMarket stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
NewMarket Option Chain
When NewMarket's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against NewMarket 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.
NewMarket's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on NewMarket. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for NewMarket. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a NewMarket 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 | NEU250321C00525000 | 1 | 525.0 | 1.5 - 6.5 | 4.58 | Out |
Call | NEU250321C00550000 | 1 | 550.0 | 0.05 - 5.0 | 47.3 | Out |
Call | NEU250321C00560000 | 2 | 560.0 | 0.05 - 5.0 | 4.9 | Out |
Call | NEU250321C00570000 | 4 | 570.0 | 0.05 - 5.0 | 1.6 | Out |
Call | NEU250321C00605000 | 0 | 605.0 | 0.05 - 5.0 | 0.05 | |
Call | NEU250321C00610000 | 0 | 610.0 | 0.05 - 5.0 | 0.05 | |
Call | NEU250321C00615000 | 0 | 615.0 | 0.05 - 5.0 | 0.05 | |
Call | NEU250321C00620000 | 0 | 620.0 | 0.05 - 5.0 | 0.05 | |
Call | NEU250321C00625000 | 0 | 625.0 | 0.05 - 5.0 | 0.05 | |
Call | NEU250321C00630000 | 0 | 630.0 | 0.05 - 5.0 | 0.05 | |
Call | NEU250321C00635000 | 0 | 635.0 | 0.05 - 4.8 | 0.05 | |
Call | NEU250321C00640000 | 0 | 640.0 | 0.05 - 4.8 | 0.05 | |
Call | NEU250321C00645000 | 0 | 645.0 | 0.05 - 4.8 | 0.05 | |
Call | NEU250321C00650000 | 0 | 650.0 | 0.05 - 4.8 | 0.05 | |
Put | NEU250321P00495000 | 20 | 495.0 | 9.0 - 14.0 | 18.0 | Out |
Put | NEU250321P00500000 | 1 | 500.0 | 10.5 - 15.5 | 6.6 | Out |
Put | NEU250321P00565000 | 3 | 565.0 | 62.5 - 67.5 | 26.3 | In |
Put | NEU250321P00605000 | 0 | 605.0 | 102.5 - 107.5 | 102.5 | In |
Put | NEU250321P00610000 | 0 | 610.0 | 107.5 - 112.5 | 107.5 | In |
Put | NEU250321P00615000 | 0 | 615.0 | 112.5 - 117.5 | 112.5 | In |
Put | NEU250321P00620000 | 0 | 620.0 | 117.5 - 122.5 | 117.5 | In |
Put | NEU250321P00625000 | 0 | 625.0 | 122.5 - 127.5 | 122.5 | In |
Put | NEU250321P00630000 | 0 | 630.0 | 127.5 - 132.5 | 127.5 | In |
Put | NEU250321P00635000 | 0 | 635.0 | 132.5 - 137.5 | 132.5 | In |
Put | NEU250321P00640000 | 0 | 640.0 | 137.5 - 142.5 | 137.5 | In |
Put | NEU250321P00645000 | 0 | 645.0 | 142.5 - 147.5 | 142.5 | In |
Put | NEU250321P00650000 | 0 | 650.0 | 147.5 - 152.5 | 147.5 | In |
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NewMarket Corporate Directors
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| Patrick Hanley | Independent Director | Profile | |
| James Rogers | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Ting Xu | Independent Director | Profile |
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