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Ford Motor Company (F)

NYSE - NYSE Delayed price. Currency in USD

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19.98

-0.67

(-3.24%)

At close: 04:04PM EST

19.95

-0.03

(-0.15%)

After hours:

07:23PM EST

In the money

Show:ListStraddle

Strike:8.00

Callsfor28 January 2022

Contract name	Last trade date	Expiry date	Last price	Bid	Ask	Change	% change	Volume	Open interest	Implied volatility
F220218C00008000	2021-12-14 11:34AM EST	2022-02-18	11.46	15.60	15.75	0.00	-	1	4	710.55%
F220318C00008000	2022-01-05 1:04PM EST	2022-03-18	16.50	15.60	15.75	+0.30	+1.85%	94	792	482.81%
F220414C00008000	2022-01-05 2:14PM EST	2022-04-14	16.35	15.60	15.75	+3.80	+30.28%	5	10	391.60%
F220617C00008000	2022-01-05 1:46PM EST	2022-06-17	16.49	15.60	15.80	+0.09	+0.55%	1	629	292.48%
F220916C00008000	2022-01-05 12:08PM EST	2022-09-16	16.70	15.60	15.75	+0.80	+5.03%	2	1,153	227.54%
F240119C00008000	2022-01-05 3:08PM EST	2024-01-19	15.75	15.40	15.95	-0.75	-4.55%	12	932	129.35%

Putsfor28 January 2022

Contract name	Last trade date	Expiry date	Last price	Bid	Ask	Change	% change	Volume	Open interest	Implied volatility
F220218P00008000	2021-12-21 1:02PM EST	2022-02-18	0.02	0.00	0.03	0.00	-	5	125	151.56%
F220318P00008000	2022-01-05 10:25AM EST	2022-03-18	0.03	0.01	0.04	+0.01	+50.00%	3	4,462	110.16%
F220414P00008000	2021-12-31 9:43AM EST	2022-04-14	0.05	0.01	0.06	0.00	-	2	97	93.75%
F220617P00008000	2022-01-05 12:54PM EST	2022-06-17	0.04	0.03	0.08	+0.01	+33.33%	1	9,064	74.61%
F220916P00008000	2022-01-05 9:36AM EST	2022-09-16	0.06	0.05	0.12	-0.01	-14.29%	8	684	62.89%
F240119P00008000	2022-01-05 2:51PM EST	2024-01-19	0.46	0.34	0.50	+0.02	+4.55%	103	695	51.07%