Signal Card
- Symbol
- IBM_012128C300
- Underlying
- IBM
- Option Type
-
CALL
An options contract sold against 100 shares you already own. You collect a cash premium upfront; your shares may be called away at the strike price if the stock rises above it at expiration.
- Strike
- $300.00
- Expiration
-
Jan 21, 2028 4:00pm EST
The date an options contract expires. At expiration, the covered call either expires worthless (you keep shares and premium) or is exercised (shares are called away at the strike price).
- Trade Time (CT)
- Aug 12, 2026 11:54am CDT
- Direction
- Lean Short
- Quantity
- 5,000
- Total Volume
- 5,019
- Open Interest
-
1,307
The total number of contracts in this option series that are currently held open. It is published after each session closes, so it does not include today's trading volume.
- Vol / OI
- 3.8×
- Open / Close
-
Likely Opening (high confidence)
An estimate of whether this print opened new positions or closed existing ones, based on today's volume versus open interest. Because open interest is as of the prior session's close, volume larger than open interest means most of the flow had to be opening. Confirming it definitively requires the next session's change in open interest.
- Last Price
- $28.11
- Notional Value
- $14M
- Hard To Borrow
- No