CHTR240517C00257500 Option on Charter Communications
| CHTR Stock | USD 278.10 2.50 0.89% |
Charter Communications' latest option contracts expiring on 2024-06-07 are carrying combined implied volatility of 83.46 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 2.2 over 142 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more puts than calls on contracts expiring on 2024-06-07. The current put volume is at 101, with calls trading at the volume of 183. This yields a 0.55 put-to-call volume ratio.
Open Interest Against 2024-06-07 Option Contracts
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The chart above shows Charter Communications' 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. Charter Communications' open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Charter Communications' option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
Charter Communications Maximum Pain Price across 2024-06-07 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 Charter Communications 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.
Charter Communications' option chain provides insight into all available option contracts written on Charter Communications' stock. Investors can see outstanding put and call contracts with pricing information and greeks for a given expiration period. In addition, each of Charter Communications' 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 Charter option contract.
In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Charter Communications
Analyzing Charter Communications' in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Charter Communications regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Charter Communications' options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Charter Communications' options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Charter Communications' stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
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Charter Communications In The Money Call Balance
When Charter Communications' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Charter Communications stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Charter Communications' 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 Charter Communications 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.
Charter Current Options Market Mood
Charter Communications' 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 Charter 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 Charter Communications' calls and puts, are not very successful. It is estimated that an average options trader loses somewhere between 80% to 90% of the time. Charter Communications' 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 Charter Communications' 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 Charter contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Charter Communications will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 5.22% per day over the life of the 2024-06-07 option contract. With Charter Communications trading at USD 278.1, that is roughly USD 14.51. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Charter Communications' daily price movement you should consider buying Charter Communications options at the current volatility level of 83.46%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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Purchasing Charter Communications 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" Charter calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Charter Communications stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
Charter Communications Option Chain
When Charter Communications' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Charter Communications 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.
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Charter Communications' option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Charter. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Charter. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Charter Communications 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. | Delta | Gamma | Open Int | Expiration | Current Spread | Last Price | |||
Call | 2024-06-07 CALL at $170.0 | 0.9937 | 3.0E-4 | 0 | 2024-06-07 | 104.0 - 112.5 | 0.0 | In |
Call | 2024-06-07 CALL at $175.0 | 0.9934 | 3.0E-4 | 0 | 2024-06-07 | 99.0 - 107.5 | 0.0 | In |
Call | 2024-06-07 CALL at $180.0 | 0.9837 | 7.0E-4 | 0 | 2024-06-07 | 94.0 - 103.0 | 0.0 | In |
Call | 2024-06-07 CALL at $185.0 | 0.9796 | 8.0E-4 | 0 | 2024-06-07 | 89.5 - 97.7 | 0.0 | In |
Call | 2024-06-07 CALL at $190.0 | 0.9784 | 9.0E-4 | 0 | 2024-06-07 | 84.5 - 92.7 | 0.0 | In |
Call | 2024-06-07 CALL at $195.0 | 0.9772 | 0.001 | 0 | 2024-06-07 | 79.5 - 87.7 | 0.0 | In |
Call | 2024-06-07 CALL at $200.0 | 0.974 | 0.0012 | 0 | 2024-06-07 | 74.5 - 82.8 | 0.0 | In |
Call | 2024-06-07 CALL at $205.0 | 0.9724 | 0.0014 | 0 | 2024-06-07 | 69.5 - 77.8 | 0.0 | In |
Call | 2024-06-07 CALL at $210.0 | 0.9043 | 0.0026 | 0 | 2024-06-07 | 64.5 - 71.4 | 0.0 | In |
Call | 2024-06-07 CALL at $215.0 | 0.9685 | 0.0018 | 0 | 2024-06-07 | 59.5 - 67.8 | 0.0 | In |
Call | 2024-06-07 CALL at $220.0 | 0.9761 | 0.0017 | 0 | 2024-06-07 | 54.1 - 62.8 | 0.0 | In |
Call | 2024-06-07 CALL at $225.0 | 0.8811 | 0.0036 | 0 | 2024-06-07 | 49.2 - 56.6 | 0.0 | In |
Call | 2024-06-07 CALL at $230.0 | 0.9914 | 0.001 | 0 | 2024-06-07 | 44.6 - 51.8 | 0.0 | In |
Call | 2024-06-07 CALL at $235.0 | 0.8574 | 0.0047 | 0 | 2024-06-07 | 39.1 - 46.9 | 0.0 | In |
Call | 2024-06-07 CALL at $240.0 | 0.9896 | 0.0015 | 1 | 2024-06-07 | 34.5 - 41.9 | 44.36 | In |
Call | 2024-06-07 CALL at $245.0 | 0.9405 | 0.0051 | 0 | 2024-06-07 | 29.6 - 37.9 | 0.0 | In |
Call | 2024-06-07 CALL at $247.5 | 0.9808 | 0.0029 | 0 | 2024-06-07 | 26.2 - 35.3 | 0.0 | In |
Call | 2024-06-07 CALL at $250.0 | 0.9674 | 0.0045 | 1 | 2024-06-07 | 25.0 - 31.7 | 16.7 | In |
Call | 2024-06-07 CALL at $252.5 | 0.965 | 0.0051 | 0 | 2024-06-07 | 22.4 - 29.3 | 0.0 | In |
Call | 2024-06-07 CALL at $255.0 | 0.9622 | 0.006 | 3 | 2024-06-07 | 19.8 - 26.9 | 25.25 | In |
Call | 2024-06-07 CALL at $257.5 | 0.9659 | 0.0064 | 0 | 2024-06-07 | 17.1 - 24.5 | 0.0 | In |
Call | 2024-06-07 CALL at $260.0 | 0.9547 | 0.0085 | 1 | 2024-06-07 | 14.7 - 22.0 | 13.0 | In |
Call | 2024-06-07 CALL at $262.5 | 0.8508 | 0.0146 | 4 | 2024-06-07 | 13.4 - 16.9 | 21.53 | In |
Call | 2024-06-07 CALL at $265.0 | 0.9194 | 0.0154 | 35 | 2024-06-07 | 11.6 - 15.4 | 16.0 | In |
Call | 2024-06-07 CALL at $267.5 | 0.8801 | 0.0214 | 10 | 2024-06-07 | 10.3 - 12.1 | 20.85 | In |
Call | 2024-06-07 CALL at $270.0 | 0.8377 | 0.0288 | 20 | 2024-06-07 | 8.5 - 10.0 | 8.88 | In |
Call | 2024-06-07 CALL at $272.5 | 0.75 | 0.0368 | 12 | 2024-06-07 | 6.6 - 7.3 | 12.02 | In |
Call | 2024-06-07 CALL at $275.0 | 0.6568 | 0.0453 | 66 | 2024-06-07 | 4.8 - 5.4 | 5.03 | In |
Call | 2024-06-07 CALL at $277.5 | 0.5374 | 0.0492 | 17 | 2024-06-07 | 3.3 - 3.8 | 4.3 | In |
Call | 2024-06-07 CALL at $280.0 | 0.4122 | 0.0496 | 55 | 2024-06-07 | 2.2 - 2.55 | 2.3 | Out |
Call | 2024-06-07 CALL at $282.5 | 0.303 | 0.0428 | 38 | 2024-06-07 | 1.4 - 1.7 | 1.55 | Out |
Call | 2024-06-07 CALL at $285.0 | 0.2108 | 0.0349 | 54 | 2024-06-07 | 0.85 - 1.1 | 1.26 | Out |
Call | 2024-06-07 CALL at $287.5 | 0.1475 | 0.0266 | 24 | 2024-06-07 | 0.5 - 0.75 | 0.65 | Out |
Call | 2024-06-07 CALL at $290.0 | 0.1166 | 0.0204 | 227 | 2024-06-07 | 0.3 - 0.55 | 0.54 | Out |
Call | 2024-06-07 CALL at $292.5 | 0.0656 | 0.0139 | 44 | 2024-06-07 | 0.2 - 0.4 | 0.26 | Out |
Call | 2024-06-07 CALL at $295.0 | 0.0537 | 0.0109 | 25 | 2024-06-07 | 0.1 - 0.35 | 0.6 | Out |
Call | 2024-06-07 CALL at $297.5 | 0.0403 | 0.0082 | 20 | 2024-06-07 | 0.0 - 1.3 | 0.17 | Out |
Call | 2024-06-07 CALL at $300.0 | 0.0417 | 0.0074 | 35 | 2024-06-07 | 0.0 - 0.35 | 0.2 | Out |
Call | 2024-06-07 CALL at $320.0 | 0.0093 | 0.0015 | 6 | 2024-06-07 | 0.0 - 0.35 | 0.05 | Out |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $520.0 | -0.9176 | 0.0014 | 0 | 2024-06-07 | 237.4 - 245.4 | 0.0 | In |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $510.0 | -0.9179 | 0.0014 | 0 | 2024-06-07 | 227.7 - 235.3 | 0.0 | In |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $500.0 | -0.905 | 0.0016 | 0 | 2024-06-07 | 217.6 - 226.0 | 0.0 | In |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $490.0 | -0.9131 | 0.0016 | 0 | 2024-06-07 | 207.4 - 215.4 | 0.0 | In |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $480.0 | -0.9114 | 0.0016 | 0 | 2024-06-07 | 197.4 - 205.4 | 0.0 | In |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $470.0 | -0.9095 | 0.0017 | 0 | 2024-06-07 | 187.7 - 195.4 | 0.0 | In |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $460.0 | -0.9129 | 0.0017 | 0 | 2024-06-07 | 177.7 - 185.1 | 0.0 | In |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $450.0 | -0.9053 | 0.0019 | 0 | 2024-06-07 | 167.4 - 175.4 | 0.0 | In |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $440.0 | -0.8922 | 0.002 | 0 | 2024-06-07 | 157.6 - 166.0 | 0.0 | In |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $430.0 | -0.9002 | 0.0021 | 0 | 2024-06-07 | 147.4 - 155.4 | 0.0 | In |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $420.0 | -0.8972 | 0.0022 | 0 | 2024-06-07 | 137.4 - 145.4 | 0.0 | In |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $410.0 | -0.8938 | 0.0024 | 0 | 2024-06-07 | 127.4 - 135.4 | 0.0 | In |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $405.0 | -0.892 | 0.0024 | 0 | 2024-06-07 | 122.4 - 130.4 | 0.0 | In |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $400.0 | -0.8921 | 0.0025 | 0 | 2024-06-07 | 117.5 - 125.3 | 0.0 | In |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $395.0 | -0.888 | 0.0026 | 0 | 2024-06-07 | 112.5 - 120.4 | 0.0 | In |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $390.0 | -0.8879 | 0.0027 | 0 | 2024-06-07 | 107.4 - 115.3 | 0.0 | In |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $385.0 | -0.8877 | 0.0028 | 0 | 2024-06-07 | 102.4 - 110.2 | 0.0 | In |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $380.0 | -0.881 | 0.003 | 0 | 2024-06-07 | 98.2 - 105.4 | 0.0 | In |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $375.0 | -0.8826 | 0.0031 | 0 | 2024-06-07 | 92.4 - 100.2 | 0.0 | In |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $370.0 | -0.8775 | 0.0033 | 0 | 2024-06-07 | 87.4 - 95.3 | 0.0 | In |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $365.0 | -0.8721 | 0.0034 | 0 | 2024-06-07 | 82.6 - 90.4 | 0.0 | In |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $360.0 | -0.8686 | 0.0036 | 0 | 2024-06-07 | 77.5 - 85.4 | 0.0 | In |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $355.0 | -0.8515 | 0.0039 | 0 | 2024-06-07 | 72.4 - 81.0 | 90.1 | In |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $350.0 | -0.8606 | 0.0041 | 0 | 2024-06-07 | 67.4 - 75.4 | 0.0 | In |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $345.0 | -0.9823 | 0.0016 | 0 | 2024-06-07 | 63.7 - 70.4 | 0.0 | In |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $340.0 | -0.8508 | 0.0047 | 0 | 2024-06-07 | 57.5 - 65.4 | 0.0 | In |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $335.0 | -0.8306 | 0.0051 | 0 | 2024-06-07 | 52.6 - 61.0 | 0.0 | In |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $330.0 | -0.9791 | 0.0045 | 0 | 2024-06-07 | 48.1 - 56.0 | 0.0 | In |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $325.0 | -0.9831 | 0.0022 | 0 | 2024-06-07 | 43.0 - 51.0 | 0.0 | In |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $320.0 | -0.9176 | 0.0056 | 0 | 2024-06-07 | 38.7 - 47.0 | 0.0 | In |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $315.0 | -0.804 | 0.0074 | 0 | 2024-06-07 | 32.2 - 40.7 | 0.0 | In |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $310.0 | -0.7916 | 0.0083 | 0 | 2024-06-07 | 27.2 - 35.7 | 0.0 | In |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $305.0 | -0.7765 | 0.0099 | 0 | 2024-06-07 | 22.3 - 30.7 | 0.0 | In |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $300.0 | -0.9626 | 0.007 | 1 | 2024-06-07 | 18.6 - 25.5 | 14.0 | In |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $297.5 | -0.9594 | 0.0083 | 0 | 2024-06-07 | 15.9 - 23.2 | 0.0 | In |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $295.0 | -0.918 | 0.0131 | 1 | 2024-06-07 | 14.0 - 20.6 | 10.2 | In |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $292.5 | -0.9321 | 0.015 | 0 | 2024-06-07 | 12.9 - 16.4 | 0.0 | In |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $290.0 | -0.696 | 0.0166 | 4 | 2024-06-07 | 9.6 - 15.8 | 9.6 | In |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $287.5 | -0.777 | 0.0254 | 38 | 2024-06-07 | 9.2 - 12.5 | 7.9 | In |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $285.0 | -0.7961 | 0.0352 | 31 | 2024-06-07 | 7.4 - 8.1 | 7.78 | In |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $282.5 | -0.7019 | 0.0438 | 23 | 2024-06-07 | 5.5 - 6.2 | 5.07 | In |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $280.0 | -0.5862 | 0.0486 | 54 | 2024-06-07 | 3.9 - 4.4 | 4.23 | In |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $277.5 | -0.4622 | 0.0506 | 13 | 2024-06-07 | 2.65 - 3.0 | 3.2 | Out |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $275.0 | -0.3345 | 0.0478 | 45 | 2024-06-07 | 1.6 - 2.05 | 1.71 | Out |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $272.5 | -0.253 | 0.0365 | 513 | 2024-06-07 | 1.0 - 1.45 | 1.35 | Out |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $270.0 | -0.1634 | 0.0288 | 104 | 2024-06-07 | 0.6 - 0.85 | 0.75 | Out |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $267.5 | -0.111 | 0.021 | 33 | 2024-06-07 | 0.35 - 0.6 | 0.49 | Out |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $265.0 | -0.0716 | 0.0147 | 845 | 2024-06-07 | 0.2 - 0.4 | 0.45 | Out |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $262.5 | -0.0525 | 0.0107 | 38 | 2024-06-07 | 0.15 - 0.3 | 0.3 | Out |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $260.0 | -0.0435 | 0.0083 | 51 | 2024-06-07 | 0.1 - 0.3 | 0.28 | Out |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $257.5 | -0.1429 | 0.0108 | 22 | 2024-06-07 | 0.05 - 3.1 | 0.25 | Out |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $255.0 | -0.1513 | 0.0096 | 207 | 2024-06-07 | 0.1 - 3.9 | 0.45 | Out |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $252.5 | -0.0202 | 0.0037 | 5 | 2024-06-07 | 0.05 - 3.9 | 0.1 | Out |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $240.0 | -0.0326 | 0.0032 | 64 | 2024-06-07 | 0.05 - 0.55 | 0.27 | Out |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $235.0 | -0.0076 | 0.0011 | 42 | 2024-06-07 | 0.0 - 0.6 | 0.05 | Out |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $230.0 | -0.0057 | 8.0E-4 | 215 | 2024-06-07 | 0.0 - 0.3 | 0.04 | Out |
Put | 2024-06-07 PUT at $225.0 | -0.0052 | 6.0E-4 | 137 | 2024-06-07 | 0.0 - 0.1 | 0.04 | Out |
Charter Communications Selling And Marketing Expenses Over Time
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Charter Communications Market Cap Over Time
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Charter Total Stockholder Equity
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Charter Communications Corporate Executives
Elected by the shareholders, the Charter Communications' board of directors comprises two types of representatives: Charter Communications inside directors who are chosen from within the company, and outside directors, selected externally and held independent of Charter. The board's role is to monitor Charter Communications' management team and ensure that shareholders' interests are well served. Charter Communications' inside directors are responsible for reviewing and approving budgets prepared by upper management to implement core corporate initiatives and projects. On the other hand, Charter Communications' outside directors are responsible for providing unbiased perspectives on the board's policies.
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