Vanguard Short Stock Options
| VGSH Etf | USD 58.77 0.01 0.02% |
Vanguard Short's latest option contracts expiring on December 19th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.23 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.38 over 20 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more calls than puts on contracts expiring on December 19th 2025.
Open Interest Against December 19th 2025 Option Contracts
2025-12-19
The chart above shows Vanguard Short'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. Vanguard Short's open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Vanguard Short's option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Vanguard Short
Analyzing Vanguard Short's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Vanguard Short regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Vanguard Short's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Vanguard Short's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Vanguard Short's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Vanguard Short Term In The Money Call Balance
When Vanguard Short's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Vanguard Short Term Treasury stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Vanguard Short's options that are 'In the Money' or 'Out of the Money', the choice depends on your outlook for the underlying security, financial situation, and what you are trying to achieve.
While 'out-of-the-money' option contracts written on Vanguard Short Term Treasury are typically viewed as the more aggressive, there are potential upsides to purchasing these types of options contracts. For one, the cost to buy an 'Out of the Money' option is lower than the cost to buy an 'In the Money' option. This cost-benefit is due to the fact that at the time of the purchase, 'Out of the Money' contracts have no intrinsic value. So, while the potential for a 100% loss is more significant, the cost and risk to enter the trade are lower.
Vanguard Current Options Market Mood
Vanguard Short'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 Vanguard Etf'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 Vanguard Short'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. Vanguard Short'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 Vanguard contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Vanguard Short Term Treasury will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0144% per day over the life of the 2025-12-19 option contract. With Vanguard Short trading at USD 58.77, that is roughly USD 0.008448. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Vanguard Short's daily price movement you should consider buying Vanguard Short Term Treasury options at the current volatility level of 0.23%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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Purchasing Vanguard Short 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" Vanguard calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Vanguard Short Term Treasury stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
Vanguard Short Option Chain
When Vanguard Short's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Vanguard Short Term Treasury 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.
Vanguard Short's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Vanguard. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Vanguard. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Vanguard Short 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 | VGSH251219C00064000 | 0 | 64.0 | 0.0 - 1.6 | 1.6 | |
Call | VGSH251219C00063000 | 0 | 63.0 | 0.0 - 1.6 | 1.6 | |
Call | VGSH251219C00062000 | 0 | 62.0 | 0.0 - 1.6 | 1.6 | |
Call | VGSH251219C00061000 | 1 | 61.0 | 0.0 - 1.6 | 0.05 | Out |
Call | VGSH251219C00060000 | 2 | 60.0 | 0.0 - 0.15 | 0.05 | Out |
Call | VGSH251219C00059000 | 132 | 59.0 | 0.0 - 0.1 | 0.05 | Out |
Call | VGSH251219C00058000 | 9 | 58.0 | 0.0 - 1.0 | 0.85 | In |
Call | VGSH251219C00057000 | 0 | 57.0 | 0.25 - 3.5 | 0.25 | In |
Call | VGSH251219C00056000 | 0 | 56.0 | 1.25 - 4.5 | 1.25 | In |
Call | VGSH251219C00055000 | 0 | 55.0 | 2.25 - 5.5 | 2.25 | In |
Put | VGSH251219P00064000 | 0 | 64.0 | 3.7 - 7.0 | 3.7 | In |
Put | VGSH251219P00063000 | 0 | 63.0 | 2.8 - 6.0 | 2.8 | In |
Put | VGSH251219P00062000 | 0 | 62.0 | 1.8 - 5.0 | 1.8 | In |
Put | VGSH251219P00061000 | 0 | 61.0 | 0.8 - 4.0 | 0.8 | In |
Put | VGSH251219P00060000 | 0 | 60.0 | 0.05 - 3.0 | 0.05 | In |
Put | VGSH251219P00059000 | 8 | 59.0 | 0.0 - 2.0 | 0.5 | Out |
Put | VGSH251219P00058000 | 9 | 58.0 | 0.0 - 1.6 | 0.12 | Out |
Put | VGSH251219P00057000 | 38 | 57.0 | 0.0 - 1.6 | 0.05 | Out |
Put | VGSH251219P00056000 | 0 | 56.0 | 0.0 - 1.6 | 1.6 | |
Put | VGSH251219P00055000 | 0 | 55.0 | 0.0 - 1.6 | 1.6 |
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The market value of Vanguard Short Term is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Vanguard that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Vanguard Short's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Vanguard Short'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 Vanguard Short's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Vanguard Short'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 Vanguard Short's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Vanguard Short is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Vanguard Short'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.