{"id":1879,"date":"2025-02-13T10:49:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T15:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/2025\/02\/13\/dg-april-4th-options-begin-trading\/"},"modified":"2025-02-13T10:49:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T15:49:00","slug":"dg-april-4th-options-begin-trading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/2025\/02\/13\/dg-april-4th-options-begin-trading\/","title":{"rendered":"DG April 4th Options Begin Trading"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"layout__region nsdq-l-grid__item syndicated-article-body\">\n<section class=\"jupiter22-c-article-body\">\n<div class=\"body\">\n<div class=\"body__content\">                                                                                                                                                                          Investors in Dollar General Corp (Symbol: DG) saw new options begin trading today, for the April 4th expiration.   At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the DG options chain for the new April 4th contracts and identified one put and one call contract of particular interest.<\/p>\n<p>The put contract at the $73.00 strike price has a current bid of $4.40.  If an investor was to sell-to-open that put contract, they are committing to purchase the stock at $73.00, but will also collect the premium, putting the cost basis of the shares at $68.60 (before broker commissions).  To an investor already interested in purchasing shares of DG, that could represent an attractive alternative to paying $73.61\/share today.  <\/p>\n<p>Because the $73.00 strike represents an approximate 1% discount to the current trading price of the stock (in other words it is out-of-the-money by that percentage), there is also the possibility that the put contract would expire worthless.  The current analytical data (including greeks and implied greeks) suggest the current odds of that happening are 55%.  Stock Options Channel will track those odds over time to see how they change, publishing a chart of those numbers on our website under the contract detail page for this contract.  Should the contract expire worthless, the premium would represent a 6.03% return on the cash commitment, or 44.04% annualized \u2014 at Stock Options Channel we call this the <i>YieldBoost<\/i>.   <\/p>\n<div class=\"ads__inline\">\n<div id=\"js-dfp-tag-iG0\"  class=\"btf-bodymidpagetwothirdswidth-1\">          <script type=\"text\/javascript\">         googletag.cmd.push(function() {             \/\/ Check if ID matches ID in the window.adsList array before calling googletag.display             function isAdInAdsList(id) {             for (var i = 0; i < window.adsList.length; i++) {                 if (window.adsList[i].id === id) {                     return true;                 }             }             return false;         }         if (isAdInAdsList('js-dfp-tag-iG0')) {             googletag.display('js-dfp-tag-iG0');         }         });     <\/script> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Below is a chart showing the trailing twelve month trading history for Dollar General Corp, and highlighting in green where the $73.00 strike is located relative to that history:  <\/p>\n<p> <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tickertech.net\/pics\/2025\/12692326971.gif\" alt=\"Loading+chart+\u2014+2025+TickerTech.com\" border=\"0\">  <\/p>\n<p>Turning to the calls side of the option chain, the call contract at the $76.00 strike price has a current bid of $4.20.  If an investor was to purchase shares of DG stock at the current price level of $73.61\/share, and then sell-to-open that call contract as a \"covered call,\" they are committing to sell the stock at $76.00.  Considering the call seller will also collect the premium, that would drive a total return (excluding dividends, if any) of 8.95% if the stock gets called away at the April 4th expiration (before broker commissions).  Of course, a lot of upside could potentially be left on the table if DG shares really soar, which is why looking at the trailing twelve month trading history for Dollar General Corp, as well as studying the business fundamentals becomes important.   Below is a chart showing DG's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $76.00 strike highlighted in red:   <\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tickertech.net\/pics\/2025\/12692326972.gif\" alt=\"Loading+chart+\u2014+2025+TickerTech.com\" border=\"0\">  <\/p>\n<p> Considering the fact that the $76.00 strike represents an approximate 3% premium to the current trading price of the stock (in other words it is out-of-the-money by that percentage), there is also the possibility that the covered call contract would expire worthless, in which case the investor would keep both their shares of stock and the premium collected.  The current analytical data (including greeks and implied greeks) suggest the current odds of that happening are 53%.  On our website under the contract detail page for this contract, Stock Options Channel will track those odds over time to see how they change and publish a chart of those numbers (the trading history of the option contract will also be charted).   Should the covered call contract expire worthless, the premium would represent a 5.71% boost of extra return to the investor, or 41.69% annualized, which we refer to as the <i>YieldBoost<\/i>.   <\/p>\n<p>The implied volatility in the put contract example is 55%, while the implied volatility in the call contract example is 54%.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, we calculate the actual trailing twelve month volatility (considering the last 250 trading day closing values as well as today's price of $73.61) to be 49%.  For more put and call options contract ideas worth looking at, visit StockOptionsChannel.com.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ads__inline\">\n<div id=\"js-dfp-tag-xHY\"  class=\"btf-bodymidpagetwothirdswidth-2\">          <script type=\"text\/javascript\">         googletag.cmd.push(function() {             \/\/ Check if ID matches ID in the window.adsList array before calling googletag.display             function isAdInAdsList(id) {             for (var i = 0; i < window.adsList.length; i++) {                 if (window.adsList[i].id === id) {                     return true;                 }             }             return false;         }         if (isAdInAdsList('js-dfp-tag-xHY')) {             googletag.display('js-dfp-tag-xHY');         }         });     <\/script> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"taboola-placeholder\">\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article-thumbnails\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>                 <script type=\"text\/javascript\">                     !function (e, f, u) {                     e.async = 1;                     e.src = u; f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);                     }(document.createElement('script'), document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0], '\/\/cdn.taboola.com\/libtrc\/nasdaq-nasdaq\/loader.js');                     window._taboola = window._taboola || [];                     _taboola.push({                       mode: 'thumbnails-a-mid',                       container: 'taboola-mid-article-thumbnails',                       placement: 'Mid Article Thumbnails',                       target_type: 'mix'                     });                     _taboola.push({article:'auto', url:''});                 <\/script><\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dividendchannel.com\/nslideshow.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\" style=\"margin:0; display:inline; padding-right: 4px\"> Top YieldBoost Calls of Stocks with Insider Buying \u00bb <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h5>Also see:<\/h5>\n<p> \t\u0095 Canadian Stocks Crossing Below Their 200 Day Moving Avg<br \/> \t\u0095 VMAR YTD Return<br \/> \t\u0095 CBOE MACD \t \t  <\/p>\n<div class=\"video__inline\">\n<div class=\"video-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>                       <script type=\"text\/javascript\">                       \/\/ Run Ex.co Script and mid-article placement                      (function (d, s, n) {                          var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];                          js = d.createElement(s);                          js.className = n;                          js.src = \"http:\/\/player.ex.co\/player\/4c49b82f-103d-41ce-9191-ffa4d1f737fb\";                          fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);                      }(document, 'script', 'exco-player'));                      \/\/ Ex.co placeholder div                      var element = document.getElementsByClassName('video-placeholder')[0];                      var excoDiv = document.createElement('div');                      excoDiv.id = '4c49b82f-103d-41ce-9191-ffa4d1f737fb';                      if (element && document.getElementById('4c49b82f-103d-41ce-9191-ffa4d1f737fb') == undefined) {                         element.append(excoDiv);                      }                     <\/script>                                                                     <\/p>\n<p class=\"body__disclaimer\">The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>        <script type=\"text\/javascript\">   \/\/ add oddAd class to every odd instance of body .ads__inline for different placeholder styles   let articleAds = document.querySelectorAll('.ads__inline');   for (let i = 0, len = articleAds.length; i < len; i++) {     \/\/ Do the below only if the curent count is less than 12     if ((i < 12) &#038;&#038; (i % 2 === 0)) {       articleAds[i].className += ' oddAd';     }   } <\/script>                                               <\/p>\n<div class=\"jupiter22-c-tags jupiter22-c-tags-default\">\n<h3 class=\"jupiter22-c-tags-title\">         Tags       <\/h3>\n<div class=\"jupiter22-c-tags-container\">MarketsStocksOptions<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Investors in Dollar General Corp (Symbol: DG) saw new options begin trading today, for the April 4th expiration. 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