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Lincoln Educational Services LINC

US equityMarket cap rank #3484
$22.74 +$0.00 (0.00%)
Pre-market · Oct 8, 8:20 am ET · After hours $22.74 0.00%
Open$22.50
Prev close$22.74
Day range$22.30 – $23.19
Volume427.3K
Market cap$721.35M
P/E (TTM)31.2
Dividend yield–

Average implied volatility across the listed chain right now: 127%. 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

131518202325303540CallsPuts

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

-34%101%236%370%132340CallsPuts

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 $22.50 $1.09 $0.80/$0.95 4 352 54%
16 Oct 2026 $25.00 $0.20 $0.10/$0.25 1 38 61%
16 Oct 2026 $20.00 $3.05 $2.20/$3.40 0 17 54%
16 Oct 2026 $17.50 $5.38 $4.00/$7.40 0 0 175%
16 Oct 2026 $30.00 $0.01 $0.00/$0.20 0 192 78%
16 Oct 2026 $15.00 $7.81 $6.50/$9.90 0 0 245%
16 Oct 2026 $12.50 $10.28 $9.40/$12.10 0 0 336%
16 Oct 2026 $35.00 $0.00 $0.00/$0.10 0 91 88%
16 Oct 2026 $40.00 $0.00 $0.00/$0.25 0 40 99%

Puts

ExpiryStrikeLastBid/AskVolumeOpen interestIV
16 Oct 2026 $22.50 $0.65 $0.55/$0.65 0 45 53%
16 Oct 2026 $25.00 $2.45 $2.25/$2.45 0 529 52%
16 Oct 2026 $20.00 $0.28 $0.05/$0.25 0 206 74%
16 Oct 2026 $17.50 $0.11 $0.00/$0.25 0 2 118%
16 Oct 2026 $30.00 $7.26 $6.00/$8.50 0 12 0%
16 Oct 2026 $15.00 $0.04 $0.00/$0.25 0 0 144%
16 Oct 2026 $12.50 $0.01 $0.00/$0.25 0 0 169%
16 Oct 2026 $35.00 $12.26 $11.20/$13.50 0 0 163%
16 Oct 2026 $40.00 $17.26 $16.20/$18.50 0 0 201%

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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