Ford Sees Biggest Options Volume This Year as Stock Heads for Worst Slump Since 2008
$Ford Motor (F.US)$ is seeing its heaviest options trading volume this year as disappointing earnings set the stock on course for its worst slump since 2008.
After the market closed on Wednesday, the carmaker reported that adjusted earnings before interest and taxes fell by about $1 billion to $2.76 billion in the second quarter. That missed the $3.73 billion average of analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg. The stock tumbled 18% to $11.195 at 2:32 p.m. in New York Thursday, poised for its worst loss since November 2008.
About 639,350 options traded so far, landing Ford in fifth place for the most active stock options, behind $NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$ , $Tesla (TSLA.US)$ , $Apple (AAPL.US)$ and $Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.US)$ .
The biggest activity across all the 15 expiration dates for Ford contracts are put options that give the holders the right to sell the stock at $15 each, with the combined volume reaching 58,770 so far.
More than half of those $13 puts traded so far are in contracts expiring tomorrow. That particular put option saw volume above 30,000, surpassing open interest of 29,220. The price of those puts climbed 723% to $1.81 amid rising demand for protection against continued share price slump.
Capital trend data compiled by moomoo showed fund inflows to Ford outpaced outflows by $2.77 million. Technical indicators are also flashing positive signals. Eight of those 15 technical gauges are showing that the stock could be oversold and the trend may soon turn bullish.
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