ALL looks like a good stock for call traders
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Allstate Corp (NYSE:ALL) stock has layers of technical support on the charts, including the 10-week moving average, 50-day moving average, and +10% year-to-date level. Plus, the shares just broke above the $160 level, home to their January highs and February breakdown, and are bouncing off support from their October, December, and March lows.
ALL’s Schaeffer’s open interest ratio (SOIR) of 0.96 ranks in the 80th percentile of its annual range. This is noteworthy as elevated SOIR’s near 1.0 have historically been in coordination with the price trending higher.
Plus, 60% of the peak call open interest (OI), which thwarted the stock’s post-earnings price action, rolled off on the March expiration, potentially opening the door for higher prices. The stock is seeing reasonably priced premium at the moment too, per its Schaeffer’s Volatility Index (SVI) of 21%, which ranks in the 11th percentile of its annual range.
Our recommended call option has a leverage ratio of 8.9, and will double in a 12.4% rise in the underlying shares.