Dingdong Limited Stock Options
| DDL Stock | USD 2.05 0.01 0.49% |
Dingdong Limited's latest option contracts expiring on January 16th 2026 are carrying combined implied volatility of 1.35 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.04 over 6 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more calls than puts on contracts expiring on January 16th 2026.
Open Interest Against January 16th 2026 Option Contracts
2026-01-16
The chart above shows Dingdong Limited'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. Dingdong Limited's open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Dingdong Limited's option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Dingdong Limited
Analyzing Dingdong Limited's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Dingdong Limited regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Dingdong Limited's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Dingdong Limited's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Dingdong Limited's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Dingdong Current Options Market Mood
Dingdong Limited'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 Dingdong 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 Dingdong Limited'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. Dingdong Limited'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 Dingdong contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Dingdong Limited ADR will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0844% per day over the life of the 2026-01-16 option contract. With Dingdong Limited trading at USD 2.05, that is roughly USD 0.00173. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Dingdong Limited's daily price movement you should consider buying Dingdong Limited ADR options at the current volatility level of 1.35%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
Purchasing Dingdong Limited 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" Dingdong calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Dingdong Limited ADR stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
Dingdong Limited Option Chain
When Dingdong Limited's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Dingdong Limited ADR 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.
Dingdong Limited's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Dingdong. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Dingdong. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Dingdong Limited 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 Int | Strike Price | Current Spread | Last Price | |||
Call | DDL260116C00007500 | 23 | 7.5 | 0.0 - 0.3 | 0.3 | Out |
Call | DDL260116C00005000 | 185 | 5.0 | 0.0 - 0.1 | 0.11 | Out |
Call | DDL260116C00002500 | 6176 | 2.5 | 0.0 - 0.1 | 0.06 | Out |
Put | DDL260116P00007500 | 0 | 7.5 | 4.8 - 6.0 | 4.8 | In |
Put | DDL260116P00005000 | 0 | 5.0 | 2.3 - 3.5 | 2.93 | In |
Put | DDL260116P00002500 | 253 | 2.5 | 0.05 - 1.1 | 0.37 | In |
Dingdong Limited Selling And Marketing Expenses Over Time
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Dingdong Limited Market Cap Over Time
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Dingdong Total Stockholder Equity
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Dingdong Limited Corporate Management
| Liang Changlin | CEO Founder | Profile | |
| Yu Le | Chief Director | Profile | |
| Xu Zhijian | Chief Officer | Profile | |
| Hongli Gong | Chief Officer | Profile |
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Is Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of Dingdong Limited. If investors know Dingdong will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about Dingdong Limited listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Quarterly Earnings Growth (0.70) | Earnings Share 0.19 | Revenue Per Share | Quarterly Revenue Growth 0.019 | Return On Assets |
The market value of Dingdong Limited ADR is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Dingdong that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Dingdong Limited's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Dingdong Limited's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Dingdong Limited's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Dingdong Limited's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Dingdong Limited's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Dingdong Limited is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Dingdong Limited's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.