i noticed that on stock abc with a strike five dollars up and below there can be a decent price difference between the cost of the call to that of the put. my question is how do they calculate if the move will be more to the upside then the downside? and if it is priced in which way it will move then does this also include support and resistance?
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I believe what your referencing is called option skew. In equities the greater risk is a collapse to zero and the skew is more relevant in pricing after historical big market crashes ex 1987. In commodities the skew is usually to the call side meaning calls trade at a premium to puts as the risk of a larger move is generally to the upside rather than the downside.
- Could you give a real example? Stock ABC is useless.
- I see very little price difference in $5.00 OTM Calls and Puts.
Put to call parity ?.. are you thinking of it. Any difference outside the parity will be arbed. For price directions look at volume.
It sounds like you are looking at ITM options vs OTM..As an example,the pricing of deep ITM calls will change significantly 1 strike up or down,while the corresponding put won't..
It's called Delta..
95 Delta call vs 5 Delta put
Give an example to confirm, read a primer/book on options and hold off trading for a bit
It's called Delta..
95 Delta call vs 5 Delta put
Give an example to confirm, read a primer/book on options and hold off trading for a bit
i didnt check today but yeterday i noticed this on draftking
nope. i actually did the call otm 5 dollars out and a put otm 5 out
Not good enough ...... you have provided no info at all.
ok. dkng options that exp on jan 152021. currently dkng is priced at 50.5. the call 60 strike has bid ask of 1.45 1.5 and the 40 strike put has bid ask of .65 .75