BlackRock Stock Options Expiring on 16th of August

BLK Stock  USD 815.70  12.74  1.59%   
BlackRock's latest option contracts expiring on 2024-08-16 are carrying combined implied volatility of 20.7 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.33 over 98 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more calls than puts on contracts expiring on 2024-08-16. The current put volume is at 66, with calls trading at the volume of 40. This yields a 1.65 put-to-call volume ratio. The BlackRock option chain provides detailed quote and price information for the current BlackRock option contracts. It shows all of BlackRock's listed puts, calls, expiration dates, strike prices, and other pricing information.

Open Interest Against 2024-08-16 Option Contracts

BlackRock 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 BlackRock's lending market. For example, when BlackRock'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 BlackRock, he or she must hedge the risk by shorting BlackRock stock over its option's life.
The chart above shows BlackRock'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. BlackRock's open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for BlackRock's option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.

BlackRock Maximum Pain Price across 2024-08-16 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 BlackRock 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.
BlackRock's stock options are financial instruments that give investors the right to buy or sell shares of BlackRock common stock at a specified price for a given time period. Generally speaking, an option to purchase or sell BlackRock stock makes it part of the underlying stock when the option's price is tied to the movement of the underlying stock. If BlackRock's stock price goes up or down, the stock options follow.
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Please note that buying 'in-the-money' options on BlackRock lessens the impact of time decay, as they carry both intrinsic and time value. So, even if BlackRock'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 BlackRock 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 BlackRock Stock moves the wrong way.
At this time, BlackRock's Other Stockholder Equity is quite stable compared to the past year. Stock Based Compensation To Revenue is expected to rise to 0.05 this year, although the value of Total Stockholder Equity will most likely fall to about 21.1 B.

BlackRock In The Money Call Balance

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

BlackRock Current Options Market Mood

BlackRock'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 BlackRock 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 BlackRock'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. BlackRock'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 BlackRock'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 BlackRock contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that BlackRock will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 1.29% per day over the life of the 2024-08-16 option contract. With BlackRock trading at USD 815.7, that is roughly USD 10.55. If you think that the market is fully incorporating BlackRock's daily price movement you should consider buying BlackRock options at the current volatility level of 20.7%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  

BlackRock Option Chain

When BlackRock's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against BlackRock 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.
BlackRock's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on BlackRock. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for BlackRock. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a BlackRock 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
2024-08-16 CALL at $380.00.9871.0E-402024-08-16432.2 - 442.00.0In
Call
2024-08-16 CALL at $390.00.98781.0E-402024-08-16422.2 - 431.80.0In
Call
2024-08-16 CALL at $400.00.98721.0E-402024-08-16412.2 - 422.00.0In
Call
2024-08-16 CALL at $410.00.98711.0E-402024-08-16402.3 - 412.00.0In
Call
2024-08-16 CALL at $420.00.98741.0E-402024-08-16392.3 - 402.00.0In
Call
2024-08-16 CALL at $430.00.98741.0E-402024-08-16382.4 - 392.00.0In
Call
2024-08-16 CALL at $440.00.98221.0E-402024-08-16373.8 - 382.00.0In
Call
2024-08-16 CALL at $450.00.98211.0E-402024-08-16363.9 - 372.00.0In
Call
2024-08-16 CALL at $460.00.98181.0E-402024-08-16354.1 - 362.00.0In
Call
2024-08-16 CALL at $470.00.98182.0E-402024-08-16344.2 - 352.00.0In
Call
2024-08-16 CALL at $480.00.9822.0E-402024-08-16334.3 - 342.00.0In
Call
2024-08-16 CALL at $490.00.97722.0E-402024-08-16324.5 - 333.00.0In
Call
2024-08-16 CALL at $500.00.97682.0E-402024-08-16314.7 - 323.00.0In
Call
2024-08-16 CALL at $520.00.97612.0E-402024-08-16295.1 - 303.00.0In
Call
2024-08-16 CALL at $540.00.97183.0E-402024-08-16275.3 - 283.90.0In
Call
2024-08-16 CALL at $560.00.96834.0E-402024-08-16256.1 - 264.00.0In
Call
2024-08-16 CALL at $580.00.96874.0E-402024-08-16236.2 - 244.00.0In
Call
2024-08-16 CALL at $600.00.96325.0E-402024-08-16216.6 - 224.70.0In
Call
2024-08-16 CALL at $620.00.95896.0E-402024-08-16197.1 - 205.00.0In
Call
2024-08-16 CALL at $640.00.94768.0E-402024-08-16178.0 - 185.90.0In
Call
2024-08-16 CALL at $660.00.93949.0E-402024-08-16158.5 - 166.50.0In
Call
2024-08-16 CALL at $680.00.92960.001202024-08-16139.6 - 146.50.0In
Call
2024-08-16 CALL at $700.00.90750.001632024-08-16121.0 - 127.8124.4In
Call
2024-08-16 CALL at $720.00.87720.00202024-08-16103.6 - 108.80.0In
Call
2024-08-16 CALL at $740.00.83070.00267122024-08-1686.1 - 92.374.6In
Call
2024-08-16 CALL at $760.00.76750.0032362024-08-1671.5 - 76.270.73In
Call
2024-08-16 CALL at $780.00.70310.004372024-08-1656.0 - 60.045.93In
Call
2024-08-16 CALL at $800.00.6170.0044562024-08-1640.3 - 46.745.57In
Call
2024-08-16 CALL at $820.00.52550.0049502024-08-1632.2 - 33.431.6Out
Call
2024-08-16 CALL at $840.00.4270.0049222024-08-1623.0 - 24.024.3Out
Call
2024-08-16 CALL at $860.00.33260.0046412024-08-1615.7 - 16.716.3Out
Call
2024-08-16 CALL at $880.00.25110.0041132024-08-1610.5 - 11.611.2Out
Call
2024-08-16 CALL at $900.00.17680.003492024-08-166.6 - 7.44.55Out
Call
2024-08-16 CALL at $920.00.12250.002762024-08-164.0 - 4.98.9Out
Call
2024-08-16 CALL at $940.00.0820.002182024-08-162.4 - 3.11.8Out
Call
2024-08-16 CALL at $960.00.05680.001512024-08-161.5 - 2.151.7Out
Call
2024-08-16 CALL at $980.00.04060.001102024-08-160.95 - 1.60.0Out
Call
2024-08-16 CALL at $1000.00.03289.0E-432024-08-160.8 - 1.30.8Out
Call
2024-08-16 CALL at $1020.00.0257.0E-402024-08-160.5 - 1.10.0Out
Call
2024-08-16 CALL at $1040.00.02176.0E-4202024-08-160.4 - 1.00.72Out
Call
2024-08-16 CALL at $1060.00.01795.0E-432024-08-160.3 - 0.90.64Out
Call
2024-08-16 CALL at $1080.00.01594.0E-412024-08-160.25 - 0.850.59Out
Call
2024-08-16 CALL at $1100.00.01293.0E-402024-08-160.15 - 0.750.0Out
Call
2024-08-16 CALL at $1160.00.00932.0E-402024-08-160.05 - 0.650.0Out
Call
2024-08-16 CALL at $1180.00.02264.0E-4172024-08-160.05 - 2.20.5Out
Call
2024-08-16 CALL at $1200.00.02694.0E-4352024-08-160.05 - 2.90.75Out
Call
2024-08-16 CALL at $1220.00.03625.0E-402024-08-160.05 - 4.50.0Out
 Put
2024-08-16 PUT at $460.0-0.02262.0E-402024-08-160.05 - 4.80.0Out
 Put
2024-08-16 PUT at $470.0-0.02342.0E-402024-08-160.05 - 4.80.0Out
 Put
2024-08-16 PUT at $480.0-0.02552.0E-402024-08-160.05 - 5.20.0Out
 Put
2024-08-16 PUT at $490.0-0.02643.0E-402024-08-160.05 - 5.20.0Out
 Put
2024-08-16 PUT at $500.0-0.00641.0E-412024-08-160.05 - 0.71.1Out
 Put
2024-08-16 PUT at $520.0-0.02963.0E-402024-08-160.05 - 5.30.0Out
 Put
2024-08-16 PUT at $540.0-0.03214.0E-402024-08-160.05 - 5.40.0Out
 Put
2024-08-16 PUT at $580.0-0.01693.0E-402024-08-160.35 - 1.450.0Out
 Put
2024-08-16 PUT at $600.0-0.01763.0E-402024-08-160.55 - 1.150.0Out
 Put
2024-08-16 PUT at $620.0-0.02174.0E-4142024-08-160.8 - 1.21.8Out
 Put
2024-08-16 PUT at $640.0-0.03046.0E-4102024-08-161.1 - 1.71.7Out
 Put
2024-08-16 PUT at $660.0-0.03978.0E-402024-08-161.55 - 2.00.0Out
 Put
2024-08-16 PUT at $680.0-0.0560.0011192024-08-162.3 - 2.755.5Out
 Put
2024-08-16 PUT at $700.0-0.08140.0015932024-08-163.3 - 4.03.8Out
 Put
2024-08-16 PUT at $720.0-0.1110.0021152024-08-164.8 - 5.67.8Out
 Put
2024-08-16 PUT at $740.0-0.15580.0027472024-08-167.4 - 8.17.59Out
 Put
2024-08-16 PUT at $760.0-0.21790.0034812024-08-1610.8 - 11.711.4Out
 Put
2024-08-16 PUT at $780.0-0.2930.0041432024-08-1615.0 - 16.716.4Out
 Put
2024-08-16 PUT at $800.0-0.38020.0047282024-08-1622.2 - 23.422.7Out
 Put
2024-08-16 PUT at $820.0-0.47980.00532024-08-1630.9 - 32.231.5In
 Put
2024-08-16 PUT at $840.0-0.58130.00502024-08-1639.3 - 46.30.0In
 Put
2024-08-16 PUT at $860.0-0.68540.004702024-08-1651.8 - 58.30.0In
 Put
2024-08-16 PUT at $880.0-0.76420.00422024-08-1667.4 - 75.0125.88In
 Put
2024-08-16 PUT at $900.0-0.83760.003102024-08-1684.1 - 92.00.0In
 Put
2024-08-16 PUT at $920.0-0.87870.002402024-08-16103.0 - 110.50.0In
 Put
2024-08-16 PUT at $940.0-0.89360.00202024-08-16122.0 - 131.10.0In
 Put
2024-08-16 PUT at $960.0-0.91160.001602024-08-16141.0 - 150.80.0In
 Put
2024-08-16 PUT at $980.0-0.91920.004602024-08-16161.0 - 170.60.0In
 Put
2024-08-16 PUT at $1000.0-0.93130.001102024-08-16181.0 - 190.50.0In
 Put
2024-08-16 PUT at $1020.0-0.93520.00102024-08-16201.0 - 210.40.0In
 Put
2024-08-16 PUT at $1040.0-0.93859.0E-402024-08-16221.0 - 230.30.0In
 Put
2024-08-16 PUT at $1060.0-0.94148.0E-402024-08-16241.0 - 250.20.0In
 Put
2024-08-16 PUT at $1080.0-0.9440.003302024-08-16261.0 - 270.10.0In
 Put
2024-08-16 PUT at $1100.0-0.94897.0E-402024-08-16281.0 - 290.00.0In
 Put
2024-08-16 PUT at $1120.0-0.95686.0E-402024-08-16300.2 - 310.00.0In
 Put
2024-08-16 PUT at $1140.0-0.95965.0E-402024-08-16320.0 - 329.90.0In
 Put
2024-08-16 PUT at $1160.0-0.9615.0E-402024-08-16340.0 - 349.80.0In
 Put
2024-08-16 PUT at $1180.0-0.96175.0E-402024-08-16360.0 - 369.80.0In
 Put
2024-08-16 PUT at $1200.0-0.97313.0E-402024-08-16380.0 - 389.70.0In
 Put
2024-08-16 PUT at $1220.0-0.96254.0E-402024-08-16400.3 - 409.60.0In

BlackRock Total Stockholder Equity Over Time

The total equity held by shareholders, calculated as the difference between a company's total assets and total liabilities. It represents the net value of the company owned by shareholders.
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BlackRock Common Stock Shares Outstanding Over Time

The total number of shares of a company's common stock that are currently owned by all its shareholders.
   Common Stock Shares Outstanding   
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BlackRock Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

21.1 Billion

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

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BlackRock corporate directors refer to members of a BlackRock board of directors. The board of directors generally takes responsibility for the BlackRock's affairs and long-term direction of the entity. A corporate director does not make decisions for the corporation on his own. As a member of the board of directors, she or he must function as a part of a group that makes decisions on behalf of the business only by the board of directors' meetings. To pass a resolution, a majority of BlackRock's board members must vote for the resolution. The BlackRock board of directors' duties also include the election, removal, and supervision of officers, including the adoption, amendment, and repeal of bylaws.
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Quarterly Earnings Growth
0.372
Dividend Share
20.1
Earnings Share
39.35
Revenue Per Share
123.095
Quarterly Revenue Growth
0.114
The market value of BlackRock is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of BlackRock that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of BlackRock's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is BlackRock'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 BlackRock's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect BlackRock's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
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