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Hertz Global HTZ

$2.07 +$0.01 (+0.49%)
Pre-market · Oct 8, 8:20 am ET · After hours $2.09 +0.87%
Open$2.05
Prev close$2.06
Day range$1.95 – $2.24
Volume54.09M
Market cap$737.85M
P/E (TTM)–
Dividend yield–

Average implied volatility across the listed chain right now: 521%. 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

0.501.502.503.504.506.00CallsPuts

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

-81%242%565%888%0.503.006.00CallsPuts

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

Calls

ExpiryStrikeLastBid/AskVolumeOpen interestIV
9 Oct 2026 $2.00 $0.15 $0.15/$0.17 9,465 14,206 241%
9 Oct 2026 $2.50 $0.03 $0.02/$0.03 18,545 14,116 270%
9 Oct 2026 $1.50 $0.65 $0.56/$0.65 85 1,034 470%
9 Oct 2026 $3.00 $0.01 $0.01/$0.02 4,882 2,905 383%
9 Oct 2026 $1.00 $1.09 $1.00/$1.20 17 30 860%
9 Oct 2026 $3.50 $0.01 $0.00/$0.03 991 348 461%
9 Oct 2026 $0.50 $1.62 $1.45/$1.66 3 12 0%
9 Oct 2026 $4.00 $0.02 $0.00/$0.03 223 1,363 623%
9 Oct 2026 $4.50 $0.02 $0.00/$0.08 1 25 705%
9 Oct 2026 $5.00 $0.01 $0.00/$0.08 0 185 709%
9 Oct 2026 $6.00 $0.01 $0.00/$0.07 0 4 807%

Puts

ExpiryStrikeLastBid/AskVolumeOpen interestIV
9 Oct 2026 $2.00 $0.09 $0.05/$0.09 2,319 2,726 201%
9 Oct 2026 $2.50 $0.45 $0.40/$0.51 42 403 272%
9 Oct 2026 $1.50 $0.01 $0.00/$0.01 584 414 338%
9 Oct 2026 $3.00 $0.92 $0.88/$1.02 1 54 410%
9 Oct 2026 $1.00 $0.01 $0.00/$0.01 14 44 676%
9 Oct 2026 $3.50 $1.44 $1.31/$1.58 2 23 500%
9 Oct 2026 $0.50 $0.00 $0.00/$0.02 0 0 726%
9 Oct 2026 $4.00 $1.91 $1.79/$2.09 1 13 555%
9 Oct 2026 $4.50 $2.37 $2.25/$2.59 1 3 0%
9 Oct 2026 $5.00 $2.95 $2.78/$3.10 0 2 698%
9 Oct 2026 $6.00 $3.95 $3.75/$4.10 0 0 0%

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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