Fortive Corp Stock Options

FTV Stock  USD 64.13  3.49  5.16%   
Fortive Corp's latest option contracts expiring on June 20th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.58 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.11 over 23 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more calls than puts on contracts expiring on June 20th 2025. The total put volume is at 6.0, with calls trading at the volume of 14.0. This yields a 0.43 put-to-call volume ratio.

Open Interest Against June 20th 2025 Option Contracts

Fortive Corp option prices can potentially be used to forecast stock returns because most option chains provide information not only about the current prices but also about the future conditions in Fortive Corp's lending market. For example, when Fortive Corp's puts are not actively trading or completely missing in the marketplace, investors can use it to internalize expected shorting costs. So if an investor is writing a put option on Fortive Corp, he or she must hedge the risk by shorting Fortive Corp stock over its option's life.
The chart above shows Fortive Corp's distribution of open interest by maturity on contracts that have not yet been settled. The area between the two highest points is the projection of the price at expiration. Fortive Corp's open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Fortive Corp's option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.

In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Fortive Corp

Analyzing Fortive Corp's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Fortive Corp regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Fortive Corp's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Fortive Corp's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Fortive Corp's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.

Fortive Current Options Market Mood

Fortive Corp's open interest and total value indicators provide investors with the necessary information to digest the overall options buildup for its expiring contracts. In addition, it helps Fortive Stock's traders understand whether a recent fall or rise in the market is unreasonable and if the time has come to take contrarian positions. These ratios are calculated based on options trading volumes and current open interest.

Put-to-Call Open Interest

Put-to-Call Volume

Most options investors, including buyers and sellers of Fortive Corp's calls and puts, are not very successful. It is estimated that an average options trader loses somewhere between 80% to 90% of the time. Fortive Corp's option open interest and volume spread between outstanding puts and calls are regarded by many investors as reliable indicators of the overall future market direction.

Rule 16 of the current Fortive contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Fortive Corp will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0363% per day over the life of the 2025-06-20 option contract. With Fortive Corp trading at USD 64.13, that is roughly USD 0.0232. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Fortive Corp's daily price movement you should consider buying Fortive Corp options at the current volatility level of 0.58%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  
Purchasing Fortive Corp options can give investors a meaningful hedge against losses and, therefore, could be used conservatively to decrease the volatility of your portfolio. However, many options could also amount to little more than gambling, significantly enhancing your overall portfolio risk. One simple example of these aggressive strategies is the sale of "uncovered" Fortive calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Fortive Corp stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.

Fortive Corp Option Chain

When Fortive Corp's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Fortive Corp stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying options that are ITM or OTM, the choice depends on your outlook for the underlying security, financial situation, and what you are trying to achieve.
Fortive Corp's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Fortive. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Fortive. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Fortive Corp against a given expiration period. The table below combines all the option information in the form of a chain but before you use it, remember that it entails significant risk and it is not for everyone.
Open IntStrike PriceCurrent SpreadLast Price
Call
FTV250620C001150000115.00.0 - 4.84.8Out
Call
FTV250620C001100000110.00.0 - 4.84.8Out
Call
FTV250620C001050000105.00.0 - 4.84.8Out
Call
FTV250620C001000001100.00.0 - 4.80.05Out
Call
FTV250620C00095000095.00.0 - 4.84.8Out
Call
FTV250620C000900001390.00.0 - 4.80.6Out
Call
FTV250620C0008500010885.00.0 - 2.30.2Out
Call
FTV250620C0008000043180.00.25 - 1.00.45Out
Call
FTV250620C000750008875.00.0 - 3.11.2Out
Call
FTV250620C000700002170.00.6 - 3.52.85Out
 Put
FTV250620P001150000115.048.5 - 53.548.5In
 Put
FTV250620P001100000110.043.5 - 48.543.5In
 Put
FTV250620P001050000105.038.5 - 43.538.5In
 Put
FTV250620P001000000100.033.5 - 38.533.5In
 Put
FTV250620P00095000095.028.5 - 33.528.5In
 Put
FTV250620P00090000090.023.5 - 28.311.0In
 Put
FTV250620P00085000285.018.9 - 22.911.06In
 Put
FTV250620P00080000380.014.0 - 18.17.4In
 Put
FTV250620P000750002475.09.2 - 13.44.1In
 Put
FTV250620P000700001170.05.2 - 9.33.9In
 Put
FTV250620P000650001065.02.2 - 6.13.9In
 Put
FTV250620P00060000360.00.3 - 4.52.25Out
 Put
FTV250620P000550001755.00.1 - 3.60.75Out

Fortive Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

7.76 Billion

At this time, Fortive Corp's Total Stockholder Equity is fairly stable compared to the past year.

Fortive Corp Corporate Directors

Jeannine SargentIndependent DirectorProfile
Mitchell RalesIndependent DirectorProfile
Kate MitchellIndependent DirectorProfile
Steven RalesIndependent DirectorProfile

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