Murphy Oil Stock Options

MUR Stock  USD 40.65  0.21  0.52%   
Murphy Oil's latest option contracts expiring on 2024-06-21 are carrying combined implied volatility of 36.56 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.24 over 30 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more calls than puts on contracts expiring on 2024-06-21. The Murphy Oil option chain provides detailed quote and price information for the current Murphy Oil option contracts. It shows all of Murphy Oil's listed puts, calls, expiration dates, strike prices, and other pricing information.

Open Interest Against 2024-06-21 Option Contracts

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

Murphy Oil Maximum Pain Price across 2024-06-21 Option Contracts

Max pain usually refers to a trading concept that asserts that market manipulation can cause the market price of particular securities such as Murphy Oil close to expiration to expire worthless. According to most research, approximately 10% to 15% of all stock options are exercised, while about 35% expire worthlessly, with roughly 50% traded out before the expiration date. So, Max pain occurs when market makers reach a net positive position across all options at a strike price where option holders stand to lose the most money. By contrast, option sellers may reap the most after selling more options than buying, causing them to expire worthless.
Murphy Oil's option chain provides insight into all available option contracts written on Murphy Oil's stock. Investors can see outstanding put and call contracts with pricing information and greeks for a given expiration period. In addition, each of Murphy Oil's stock options below provides a detailed picture of the payoff. Comparing vital and dynamic information of various option contracts across diverse expiration periods will help you make an educated decision on your market timing strategies around investing in a given Murphy option contract.

In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Murphy Oil

Analyzing Murphy Oil's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Murphy Oil regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Murphy Oil's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Murphy Oil's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Murphy Oil's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
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To learn how to invest in Murphy Stock, please use our How to Invest in Murphy Oil guide.At this time, Murphy Oil's Common Stock Shares Outstanding is relatively stable compared to the past year. As of 06/12/2024, Capital Stock is likely to grow to about 214.6 M, while Total Stockholder Equity is likely to drop slightly above 3.9 B.

Murphy Oil In The Money Call Balance

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

Murphy Current Options Market Mood

Murphy Oil'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 Murphy 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 Murphy Oil'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. Murphy Oil'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. Using current Murphy Oil's option volume and open interest to make an investment decision is considered a contrarian-sentiment measure that can be utilized in many timing strategies in both derivative and spot marketplace.

Rule 16 of the current Murphy contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Murphy Oil will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 2.28% per day over the life of the 2024-06-21 option contract. With Murphy Oil trading at USD 40.65, that is roughly USD 0.93. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Murphy Oil's daily price movement you should consider buying Murphy Oil options at the current volatility level of 36.56%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  
Purchasing Murphy Oil 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" Murphy calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Murphy Oil stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.

Murphy Oil Option Chain

When Murphy Oil's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Murphy Oil 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.
Murphy Oil's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Murphy. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Murphy. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Murphy Oil 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.
DeltaGammaOpen IntExpirationCurrent SpreadLast Price
Call
2024-06-21 CALL at $22.50.96180.005502024-06-2116.2 - 20.20.0In
Call
2024-06-21 CALL at $25.00.95540.007402024-06-2113.7 - 17.70.0In
Call
2024-06-21 CALL at $27.50.94110.010702024-06-2112.4 - 14.10.0In
Call
2024-06-21 CALL at $30.00.88660.01702024-06-219.9 - 12.40.0In
Call
2024-06-21 CALL at $32.50.8840.024102024-06-217.7 - 9.20.0In
Call
2024-06-21 CALL at $35.00.84470.038102024-06-214.9 - 6.00.0In
Call
2024-06-21 CALL at $37.50.75940.065302024-06-212.85 - 4.50.0In
Call
2024-06-21 CALL at $40.00.60710.2046332024-06-210.95 - 1.050.82In
Call
2024-06-21 CALL at $42.50.15420.1247732024-06-210.1 - 0.20.15Out
Call
2024-06-21 CALL at $45.00.04840.03963842024-06-210.0 - 0.10.05Out
 Put
2024-06-21 PUT at $37.5-0.08980.0692152024-06-210.05 - 0.150.15Out
 Put
2024-06-21 PUT at $40.0-0.38510.2226402024-06-210.4 - 0.550.8Out
 Put
2024-06-21 PUT at $42.5-0.81670.1242952024-06-211.4 - 2.252.58In
 Put
2024-06-21 PUT at $45.0-0.77930.0576122024-06-214.4 - 5.95.15In
 Put
2024-06-21 PUT at $47.5-0.82420.040332024-06-216.9 - 8.34.51In
 Put
2024-06-21 PUT at $50.0-0.81050.031302024-06-219.4 - 11.34.7In
 Put
2024-06-21 PUT at $52.5-0.8940.023402024-06-2111.4 - 13.40.0In
 Put
2024-06-21 PUT at $55.0-0.85190.021902024-06-2114.3 - 16.20.0In
 Put
2024-06-21 PUT at $60.0-0.87440.016902024-06-2119.0 - 21.40.0In

Murphy Oil Market Cap Over Time

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Murphy Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

3.88 Billion

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

Murphy Oil Corporate Directors

Robert MurphyIndependent DirectorProfile
Neal SchmaleIndependent DirectorProfile
Robert RyanIndependent DirectorProfile
James KelleyIndependent DirectorProfile

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