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Burford Capital BUR

US equityMarket cap rank #3440Asset Management
$3.50 −$0.12 (-3.31%)
Pre-market · Oct 8, 8:50 am ET · After hours $3.50 0.00%
Open$3.57
Prev close$3.62
Day range$3.48 – $3.60
Volume1.93M
Market cap$768.58M
P/E (TTM)–
Dividend yield3.57%

Average implied volatility across the listed chain right now: 324%. Implied volatility measures how big a price swing the options market is pricing in — there is no fixed “normal” level, it varies a lot by stock.

Open interest by strike

2.505.007.5010131518CallsPuts

Nearest listed expiry only. Calls above the line, puts below — clusters mark strikes where the market has built up the most open positions.

Implied volatility by strike

-70%210%489%769%2.501018CallsPuts

The “volatility smile”: strikes far from the current price often price in richer implied volatility than at-the-money strikes.

Calls

ExpiryStrikeLastBid/AskVolumeOpen interestIV
16 Oct 2026 $2.50 $1.12 $0.70/$1.45 0 205 213%
16 Oct 2026 $5.00 $0.00 $0.00/$0.30 0 978 93%
16 Oct 2026 $7.50 $0.00 $0.00/$0.35 0 4 148%
16 Oct 2026 $10.00 $0.00 $0.00/$0.10 0 1 197%
16 Oct 2026 $12.50 $0.00 $0.00/$0.05 0 45 234%
16 Oct 2026 $15.00 $0.00 $0.00/$0.05 0 0 264%
16 Oct 2026 $17.50 $0.00 $0.00/$0.70 0 0 289%

Puts

ExpiryStrikeLastBid/AskVolumeOpen interestIV
16 Oct 2026 $2.50 $0.00 $0.00/$0.05 0 14 84%
16 Oct 2026 $5.00 $1.38 $1.10/$1.85 0 17 0%
16 Oct 2026 $7.50 $3.88 $3.90/$4.30 0 1,050 364%
16 Oct 2026 $10.00 $6.38 $5.80/$7.40 0 2 453%
16 Oct 2026 $12.50 $8.88 $8.30/$9.90 0 0 517%
16 Oct 2026 $15.00 $11.38 $10.70/$12.70 0 0 655%
16 Oct 2026 $17.50 $13.88 $13.20/$15.20 0 0 699%

Open interest = contracts currently outstanding (not yet closed out). Higher open interest generally means a strike/expiry is more actively traded and easier to get in and out of.

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