Stocks with Notable Option Volatility: Novavax, ImmunityBio, Verizon and More
Implied volatility is a measure of the market's expectation of the potential price movements of the stock in the future. Here are the stocks with the most notable Implied volatility today."
Here are the notable stocks with the highest and lowest implied volatility.
The $PacWest Bancorp (PACW.US)$ , $ImmunityBio (IBRX.US)$, and $Novavax (NVAX.US)$ has the highest implied volatility of all stocks with a market cap of over 10 million.
NVAX had an impressive surge yesterday of 27.79%. The option contract volume was also quite high at 116.19K, indicating that traders were very active in the market. The IV percentile topped 94%, indicating that implied volatility was higher than 94% of readings from the past year, while the current implied volatility was at 172%. In addition, there was a significant 1-day IV change of 25.3%. The earnings yesterday have contributed to this sudden increase in activity.
B. Riley Raises Novavax's PT to $15 From $10, Says Q1 Financial Update 'Not As Bad As Feared'; Keeps Neutral Rating.
The $Coca-Cola (KO.US)$, $PepsiCo (PEP.US)$ and $McDonald's (MCD.US)$ has the lowest implied volatility of all stocks with a market cap of over 10 million.
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Here is the IV Ranking of the day:
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Conclusion And Risk Management
Option implied volatility is a measure of the market's expectation for how much an asset's price will fluctuate in the future, as implied by the prices of options on that asset.
Options are financial contracts that give the holder the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell an underlying asset at a predetermined price and time. The price of an option is influenced by various factors, including the current price of the underlying asset, the strike price, the time to expiration, and the implied volatility.
Implied volatility represents the level of uncertainty or risk that market participants perceive in the future price movements of the underlying asset. When investors expect greater volatility, they may be more willing to pay a higher price for options to help hedge their risk, which leads to higher implied volatility.
Implied volatility is usually expressed as a percentage and is calculated using an options pricing model, such as the Black-Scholes model. Traders and investors use implied volatility to assess the attractiveness of options prices, to identify potential mispricings, and to manage their risk exposure.
Source: Benzinga, Dow Jones, CNBC
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