UNP240524P00245000 Option on Union Pacific

UNP Stock  USD 226.47  0.94  0.41%   
Union Pacific's latest option contracts expiring on 2024-06-14 are carrying combined implied volatility of 44.38 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.7 over 104 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying more calls than puts on contracts expiring on 2024-06-14. The current put volume is at 68.0, with calls trading at the volume of 239. This yields a 0.28 put-to-call volume ratio.

Open Interest Against 2024-06-14 Option Contracts

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

Union Pacific Maximum Pain Price across 2024-06-14 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 Union Pacific 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.
Union Pacific's option chain provides insight into all available option contracts written on Union Pacific's stock. Investors can see outstanding put and call contracts with pricing information and greeks for a given expiration period. In addition, each of Union Pacific'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 Union option contract.

In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Union Pacific

Analyzing Union Pacific's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Union Pacific regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Union Pacific's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Union Pacific's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Union Pacific's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
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To learn how to invest in Union Stock, please use our How to Invest in Union Pacific guide.At this time, Union Pacific's Common Stock Shares Outstanding is relatively stable compared to the past year. As of 06/13/2024, Stock Based Compensation is likely to grow to about 112.3 M, while Total Stockholder Equity is likely to drop slightly above 13.3 B.

Union Pacific In The Money Call Balance

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

Union Current Options Market Mood

Union Pacific'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 Union 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 Union Pacific'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. Union Pacific'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 Union Pacific'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 Union contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Union Pacific will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 2.77% per day over the life of the 2024-06-14 option contract. With Union Pacific trading at USD 226.47, that is roughly USD 6.28. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Union Pacific's daily price movement you should consider buying Union Pacific options at the current volatility level of 44.38%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  
Purchasing Union Pacific 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" Union calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Union Pacific stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.

Union Pacific Option Chain

When Union Pacific's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Union Pacific 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.
Union Pacific's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Union. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Union. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Union Pacific 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
2024-06-14 CALL at $130.00.98456.0E-402024-06-1495.4 - 98.30.0In
Call
2024-06-14 CALL at $135.00.98885.0E-402024-06-1490.1 - 93.30.0In
Call
2024-06-14 CALL at $140.00.98258.0E-402024-06-1485.4 - 88.30.0In
Call
2024-06-14 CALL at $145.00.97969.0E-402024-06-1480.4 - 83.40.0In
Call
2024-06-14 CALL at $150.00.98020.00102024-06-1475.4 - 78.30.0In
Call
2024-06-14 CALL at $155.00.98559.0E-402024-06-1470.1 - 73.30.0In
Call
2024-06-14 CALL at $160.00.98450.00102024-06-1465.1 - 68.30.0In
Call
2024-06-14 CALL at $165.00.99743.0E-402024-06-1460.1 - 62.90.0In
Call
2024-06-14 CALL at $170.00.98860.00102024-06-1455.4 - 57.80.0In
Call
2024-06-14 CALL at $175.00.99199.0E-402024-06-1450.2 - 52.90.0In
Call
2024-06-14 CALL at $180.00.98230.001702024-06-1445.4 - 47.90.0In
Call
2024-06-14 CALL at $185.00.98050.002102024-06-1440.4 - 42.90.0In
Call
2024-06-14 CALL at $190.00.99647.0E-402024-06-1434.7 - 38.30.0In
Call
2024-06-14 CALL at $195.00.98780.002102024-06-1429.8 - 33.30.0In
Call
2024-06-14 CALL at $200.00.9860.002702024-06-1424.8 - 28.30.0In
Call
2024-06-14 CALL at $202.50.86980.00902024-06-1422.2 - 25.60.0In
Call
2024-06-14 CALL at $205.00.97460.00502024-06-1420.1 - 23.10.0In
Call
2024-06-14 CALL at $207.50.96380.007102024-06-1417.3 - 21.00.0In
Call
2024-06-14 CALL at $210.00.84270.013602024-06-1414.7 - 18.00.0In
Call
2024-06-14 CALL at $212.50.9770.007402024-06-1412.3 - 15.80.0In
Call
2024-06-14 CALL at $215.00.82150.019702024-06-149.9 - 12.80.0In
Call
2024-06-14 CALL at $217.50.92640.021802024-06-147.3 - 11.10.0In
Call
2024-06-14 CALL at $220.00.83460.036102024-06-144.8 - 7.10.0In
Call
2024-06-14 CALL at $222.50.73150.049402024-06-142.5 - 5.10.0In
Call
2024-06-14 CALL at $225.00.6530.0952362024-06-142.15 - 3.92.4In
Call
2024-06-14 CALL at $227.50.38940.1097572024-06-140.85 - 1.051.12Out
Call
2024-06-14 CALL at $230.00.17610.0697972024-06-140.2 - 0.350.35Out
Call
2024-06-14 CALL at $232.50.0610.0316652024-06-140.05 - 1.00.1Out
Call
2024-06-14 CALL at $235.00.0580.0221472024-06-140.0 - 0.50.13Out
Call
2024-06-14 CALL at $237.50.0540.0165302024-06-140.0 - 0.20.15Out
Call
2024-06-14 CALL at $242.50.00920.0038472024-06-140.0 - 0.10.02Out
Call
2024-06-14 CALL at $250.00.01420.00361502024-06-140.0 - 0.150.05Out
Call
2024-06-14 CALL at $252.50.01320.0031512024-06-140.0 - 0.10.05Out
Call
2024-06-14 CALL at $260.00.0110.002222024-06-140.0 - 2.150.05Out
 Put
2024-06-14 PUT at $215.0-0.02250.009162024-06-140.0 - 0.40.05Out
 Put
2024-06-14 PUT at $217.5-0.02710.0131172024-06-140.05 - 0.40.05Out
 Put
2024-06-14 PUT at $220.0-0.06320.02861672024-06-140.1 - 0.150.12Out
 Put
2024-06-14 PUT at $222.5-0.13430.0591522024-06-140.15 - 0.350.25Out
 Put
2024-06-14 PUT at $225.0-0.34090.0989972024-06-140.6 - 0.850.85Out
 Put
2024-06-14 PUT at $227.5-0.64580.1403222024-06-141.65 - 2.01.65In
 Put
2024-06-14 PUT at $230.0-0.87660.0683482024-06-143.3 - 4.12.85In
 Put
2024-06-14 PUT at $232.5-0.79720.0403132024-06-144.4 - 7.86.8In
 Put
2024-06-14 PUT at $235.0-0.94170.0255112024-06-147.0 - 10.34.7In
 Put
2024-06-14 PUT at $237.5-0.82930.02392024-06-149.7 - 12.09.25In
 Put
2024-06-14 PUT at $240.0-0.95710.012102024-06-1411.9 - 15.414.3In
 Put
2024-06-14 PUT at $242.5-0.95170.010902024-06-1414.5 - 17.90.0In
 Put
2024-06-14 PUT at $245.0-0.96530.007912024-06-1417.0 - 20.317.0In
 Put
2024-06-14 PUT at $247.5-0.99050.00302024-06-1419.7 - 22.40.0In
 Put
2024-06-14 PUT at $250.0-0.99120.002602024-06-1421.7 - 25.46.9In
 Put
2024-06-14 PUT at $252.5-0.87160.010102024-06-1424.2 - 27.30.0In
 Put
2024-06-14 PUT at $255.0-0.87760.009202024-06-1426.8 - 29.80.0In
 Put
2024-06-14 PUT at $257.5-0.87740.008502024-06-1429.3 - 32.40.0In
 Put
2024-06-14 PUT at $260.0-0.88220.007802024-06-1431.8 - 34.90.0In
 Put
2024-06-14 PUT at $265.0-0.90060.006602024-06-1436.8 - 39.70.0In
 Put
2024-06-14 PUT at $270.0-0.91740.005502024-06-1441.8 - 44.50.0In
 Put
2024-06-14 PUT at $275.0-0.90740.005302024-06-1446.8 - 49.80.0In
 Put
2024-06-14 PUT at $280.0-0.91660.004602024-06-1451.8 - 54.70.0In
 Put
2024-06-14 PUT at $285.0-0.91180.004402024-06-1456.8 - 59.90.0In
 Put
2024-06-14 PUT at $290.0-0.91960.00402024-06-1461.8 - 64.80.0In
 Put
2024-06-14 PUT at $295.0-0.990.001102024-06-1466.8 - 70.40.0In
 Put
2024-06-14 PUT at $300.0-0.92160.003502024-06-1471.8 - 74.90.0In
 Put
2024-06-14 PUT at $305.0-0.99625.0E-402024-06-1476.8 - 80.30.0In
 Put
2024-06-14 PUT at $310.0-0.99120.001902024-06-1481.8 - 85.40.0In
 Put
2024-06-14 PUT at $315.0-0.93220.002802024-06-1486.8 - 89.80.0In
 Put
2024-06-14 PUT at $320.0-0.93410.002602024-06-1491.8 - 94.80.0In
 Put
2024-06-14 PUT at $325.0-0.9430.002402024-06-1496.8 - 99.60.0In

Union Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

13.32 Billion

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

Union Pacific Corporate Directors

Andrew CardIndependent DirectorProfile
Deborah HopkinsIndependent DirectorProfile
Erroll DavisIndependent DirectorProfile
David DillonIndependent DirectorProfile

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