Zumiez Stock Options

ZUMZ Stock  USD 18.08  0.28  1.57%   
Zumiez's latest option contracts expiring on 2024-06-21 are carrying combined implied volatility of 85.96 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.7 over 24 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying more calls than puts on contracts expiring on 2024-06-21. The current put volume is at 1.0, with calls trading at the volume of 3.0. This yields a 0.33 put-to-call volume ratio.

Open Interest Against 2024-06-21 Option Contracts

Zumiez 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 Zumiez's lending market. For example, when Zumiez'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 Zumiez, he or she must hedge the risk by shorting Zumiez stock over its option's life.
The chart above shows Zumiez'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. Zumiez's open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Zumiez's option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
Zumiez's option chain provides insight into all available option contracts written on Zumiez's stock. Investors can see outstanding put and call contracts with pricing information and greeks for a given expiration period. In addition, each of Zumiez'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 Zumiez option contract.

In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Zumiez

Analyzing Zumiez's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Zumiez regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Zumiez's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Zumiez's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Zumiez's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
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At this time, Zumiez's Common Stock Shares Outstanding is fairly stable compared to the past year. Sale Purchase Of Stock is likely to rise to 0.00 in 2024, whereas Total Stockholder Equity is likely to drop slightly above 281.2 M in 2024.

Zumiez Current Options Market Mood

Zumiez'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 Zumiez 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 Zumiez'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. Zumiez'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 Zumiez'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 Zumiez contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Zumiez Inc will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 5.37% per day over the life of the 2024-06-21 option contract. With Zumiez trading at USD 18.08, that is roughly USD 0.97. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Zumiez's daily price movement you should consider buying Zumiez Inc options at the current volatility level of 85.96%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  
Purchasing Zumiez 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" Zumiez calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Zumiez Inc stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.

Zumiez Option Chain

When Zumiez's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Zumiez Inc 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.
Zumiez's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Zumiez. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Zumiez. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Zumiez 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 $5.00.95510.004202024-06-2113.4 - 15.40.0In
Call
2024-06-21 CALL at $7.50.95840.007302024-06-2110.0 - 12.90.0In
Call
2024-06-21 CALL at $10.00.90120.014422024-06-218.4 - 10.56.6In
Call
2024-06-21 CALL at $12.50.89560.025842024-06-215.9 - 7.35.5In
Call
2024-06-21 CALL at $15.00.98220.0219272024-06-213.6 - 3.82.4In
Call
2024-06-21 CALL at $17.50.85870.1903952024-06-211.15 - 1.40.8In
 Put
2024-06-21 PUT at $15.0-0.0320.03133492024-06-210.0 - 0.050.03Out
 Put
2024-06-21 PUT at $20.0-0.67460.1471512024-06-211.0 - 2.62.2In
 Put
2024-06-21 PUT at $22.5-0.82750.076222024-06-213.2 - 4.14.5In
 Put
2024-06-21 PUT at $25.0-0.93680.03702024-06-216.2 - 6.60.0In
 Put
2024-06-21 PUT at $30.0-0.95310.020102024-06-2111.1 - 11.70.0In
 Put
2024-06-21 PUT at $35.0-0.8950.022802024-06-2116.1 - 17.20.0In

Zumiez Selling And Marketing Expenses Over Time

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Zumiez Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

281.19 Million

At this time, Zumiez's Total Stockholder Equity is fairly stable compared to the past year.

Zumiez Corporate Executives

Elected by the shareholders, the Zumiez's board of directors comprises two types of representatives: Zumiez inside directors who are chosen from within the company, and outside directors, selected externally and held independent of Zumiez. The board's role is to monitor Zumiez's management team and ensure that shareholders' interests are well served. Zumiez's inside directors are responsible for reviewing and approving budgets prepared by upper management to implement core corporate initiatives and projects. On the other hand, Zumiez's outside directors are responsible for providing unbiased perspectives on the board's policies.
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