Quote from Options_Seller:
GS 40 Nov. PUTS have a .60 pre; are they really in that much trouble?
That premium is pretty high, but the fear and lack of confidence right now is absurd as well. Looking at the open interest, there are far more put contracts being written at strikes below its current trading price (~100) than call contracts. It seems there is a drop off in open interest at the 80 strikes and below for the call contracts. With more put open interest down there than call open interest, I guess we could make a broad assumption that the options writers believe the contracts will not expire below those low prices. At least that's what I see (and I'm new to options trading, so I'm probably wrong and it would be best to fade me haha)