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Universal Technical Institute UTI

US equityMarket cap rank #3177
$19.89 +$0.22 (+1.12%)
Market closed · Oct 8, 5:50 am ET · Last extended-hours $19.89 0.00%
Open$19.49
Prev close$19.67
Day range$19.30 – $20.05
Volume1.44M
Market cap$1.10B
P/E (TTM)32.6
Dividend yield–

Average implied volatility across the listed chain right now: 169%. 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

1320283543505870CallsPuts

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

-43%128%300%471%133870CallsPuts

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 $20.00 $0.68 $0.60/$0.70 10 563 58%
16 Oct 2026 $17.50 $2.33 $2.20/$2.90 0 21 76%
16 Oct 2026 $22.50 $0.10 $0.00/$0.25 0 623 64%
16 Oct 2026 $15.00 $4.69 $4.20/$5.20 0 0 0%
16 Oct 2026 $25.00 $0.01 $0.00/$0.20 0 581 70%
16 Oct 2026 $12.50 $7.18 $6.70/$7.80 0 0 0%
16 Oct 2026 $27.50 $0.00 $0.00/$0.10 0 47 75%
16 Oct 2026 $30.00 $0.00 $0.00/$0.35 0 20 78%
16 Oct 2026 $32.50 $0.00 $0.00/$0.35 0 7 88%
16 Oct 2026 $35.00 $0.00 $0.00/$0.35 0 18 100%
16 Oct 2026 $37.50 $0.00 $0.00/$0.35 0 1 111%
16 Oct 2026 $40.00 $0.00 $0.00/$0.15 0 488 122%
16 Oct 2026 $42.50 $0.00 $0.00/$0.35 0 955 132%
16 Oct 2026 $45.00 $0.00 $0.00/$0.35 0 155 141%
16 Oct 2026 $47.50 $0.00 $0.00/$0.35 0 6 149%

Puts

ExpiryStrikeLastBid/AskVolumeOpen interestIV
16 Oct 2026 $20.00 $0.80 $0.70/$0.80 10 455 58%
16 Oct 2026 $17.50 $0.15 $0.05/$0.15 0 197 68%
16 Oct 2026 $22.50 $2.85 $2.50/$2.95 1 575 69%
16 Oct 2026 $15.00 $0.01 $0.00/$0.25 0 35 86%
16 Oct 2026 $25.00 $5.33 $4.90/$5.90 0 2 136%
16 Oct 2026 $12.50 $0.00 $0.00/$0.25 0 0 97%
16 Oct 2026 $27.50 $7.83 $7.30/$8.40 0 1 163%
16 Oct 2026 $30.00 $10.33 $9.70/$10.90 0 0 184%
16 Oct 2026 $32.50 $12.83 $12.20/$13.40 0 0 210%
16 Oct 2026 $35.00 $15.33 $14.50/$15.90 0 0 205%
16 Oct 2026 $37.50 $17.83 $17.00/$18.40 0 0 225%
16 Oct 2026 $40.00 $20.33 $19.60/$20.90 0 0 259%
16 Oct 2026 $42.50 $22.83 $22.10/$23.40 0 0 277%
16 Oct 2026 $45.00 $25.33 $24.60/$25.90 0 0 293%
16 Oct 2026 $47.50 $27.83 $27.00/$28.40 0 0 290%

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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