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Option Calculators and Stock Screeners |
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Expensive puts and expensive calls are option contracts that have high premiums.
The Option Screener offers numerous methods for screening expensive option
contracts:
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Stocks can be filtered by price and volume.
- Symbol - Optionally enter a stock symbol to limit the screen to spreads on the underlying stock.
- Price Range - set the sliders to the minimim and maximum prices. Only stocks with a price between the minimum and maximum prices will be included in the screen.
- Stock Volume - Only stocks with a daily volume between the minimum and maximum volume will be included in the screen.
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*Tip: A slider can be moved by clicking anywhere on the
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Options can be filtered by Volume, Moneyness and Expiration
- Leg Volume - set the sliders to the minimim and maximum volume of the contract. If
only one volume slider is available for an option it will apply to all the options in the spread.
- Moneyness - refers to the number of strikes an option is in or out of the money.
Options with a moneyness of zero are At The Money (ATM). Strike prices
increase as the moneyness becomes more positive. Strike prices decrease as the
moneyness becomes more negative. For call spreads, a positive number is Out of The Money (OTM).
Negative numbers are In The Money (ITM). For put spreads, a positive number is
In The Money (ITM) and negative numbers are Out of The Money (OTM). See Moneyness.
- Expiration - include only options that expire between the start of the
earlier month and the end of the later month. Options expiring on any date in
the selected months may be included in the screen, including weekly options,
quarterly options, and options that expire on odd days (e.g. VIX options).
Both expiration sliders may be set in the same month. All options expiring in
the selected month will be considered in the screen.
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*Tip: Click the chart button
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- Saving a Screen - Subscribers can save screen parameters and recall
these parameters later. Screener type, slider values, symbol, sort order, and
"One Row Per underlying' parameters are saved. The date of the screen is
not saved. When a saved screen is opened, the parameters will be applied to
the currently selected date.
- One Row Per Underlying - Show only the first occurence of an option for
underlying stock.
- Sort By - the order in which the screener results are displayed. Up to 100
rows are included in each screen. The results may be sorted by clicking on
column headers. Sorting by clicking on column headers only sorts the data that
is already in the report.
- NetIVol - the difference in the volatility of the two legs weighted by the maximum profit.
- Net Debit/Credit - the maximum profit, without regard to the volatility.
- ROI - return on investment if a covered position is called. ROI is only
available for the Expensive Calls screen and the Expensive Puts screen.
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- Stock - the underlying stock symbol
- Stock Price - the underlying stock price
- Stock Volume - the underlying stock volume
- Fields for both the Short and Long Leg:
- Short Expiration Date
- Long Expiration Date
- Strike
- Option Price
- Put vs. Call
- Days - the number of days remaining until expiration date starting with the
report date.
- Time Value % of Stock. The contract premium less the intrinsic value
expressed as a percentage of the underrlying stock price.
- Implied Volatility - Contract implied volatility.
- ROI - The Return On Investment if the short option is called away and the
position is covered. As the option contract becomes further out of the money
ROI increases, but the likelihood of realizing the full ROI decreases. Trades
with low ROI have a smaller potential for profit than trades with a high ROI.
Excluded Contracts
Contracts that have any one of the following conditions are excluded:
- no bid
- no volume
- no open interest
- no contracts in the cycle. See Option Cycles.
Data is updated nightly.
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