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Stocks with Notable Option Volatility: Nikola, Coca-Cola, First Republic Bank and More

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Options Newsman wrote a column · Apr 17, 2023 12:16
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 $ImmunityBio(IBRX.US)$ , $SoundHound AI(SOUN.US)$ , and $First Republic Bank(FRC.US)$ has the highest implied volatility of all stocks with a market cap of over 30 million yesterday.
Shares of FRC fell nearly 4% on Friday, with option volume reaching 144,570. The stock's implied volatility is currently at 180%, which is significantly higher than its 1-year high of 405%. The IV percentile is at 96%, indicating that options traders are pricing in high volatility for FRC in the near future. It's worth keeping an eye on FRC in the coming weeks to see if this volatility continues or if there are any major developments affecting the stock.
Investment-management firm $State Street(STT.US)$ booked a $29M provision in 1Q tied to its $1B deposit in First Republic Bank. State Street was one of 11 of the nation's largest banks that banded together earlier this year to rescue $First Republic Bank(FRC.US)$ with a flood of cash deposits totaling $30B. As a result, State Street booked "an episodic provision of $29 million associated with industry support for a U.S. financial institution."
The $Coca-Cola(KO.US)$ , $PepsiCo(PEP.US)$, and $General Mills(GIS.US)$ has the lowest implied volatility of all stocks with a market cap of over 30 million yesterday.
Conagra Brands Inc. (CAG) saw a drop in share price of nearly 1.5% last Friday, with an option volume of 7.72K. The current implied volatility (IV) percentile is at 7%, with the 1-year high at 34% and the current IV at 17%. The company is expected to release its earnings report on April 27th. Conagra Brands is a leading packaged foods company with a diverse portfolio of brands, including Hunt's, Slim Jim, and Marie Callender's.
The drop in share price and low IV percentile may indicate a lack of volatility in the stock, with investors awaiting the upcoming earnings report. It remains to be seen how the company will perform in the coming weeks, but many will be keeping a close eye on Conagra Brands' financial results.
Here is the IV Ranking of today:
Stocks with Notable Option Volatility: Nikola, Coca-Cola, First Republic Bank and More
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Stocks with Notable Option Volatility: Nikola, Coca-Cola, First Republic Bank and More
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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