Chico's FAS Inc (CHS)

Investors in Chico's FAS Inc saw new options begin trading today, for the February 2018 expiration. One of the key inputs that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 242 days until expiration the newly trading contracts represent a potential opportunity for sellers of puts or calls to achieve a higher premium than would be available for the contracts with a closer expiration.

The most recent short interest data has been released for the 05/31/2017 settlement date, which shows a 3,700,864 share decrease in total short interest for Chico's FAS Inc , to 18,490,650, a decrease of 16.68% since 05/15/2017. Total short interest is just one way to look at short data; another metric that we here at Dividend Channel find particularly useful is the "days to cover" metric because it considers both the total shares short and the average daily volume of shares traded.

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Investors in Chico's FAS Inc saw new options become available today, for the July 21st expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the CHS options chain for the new July 21st contracts and identified one put and one call contract of particular interest.

In trading on Friday, shares of Chico's FAS Inc crossed below their 200 day moving average of $13.37, changing hands as low as $12.98 per share. Chico's FAS Inc shares are currently trading off about 3.2% on the day.

Investors in Chico's FAS Inc saw new options become available today, for the June 16th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the CHS options chain for the new June 16th contracts and identified one put and one call contract of particular interest.

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Investors in Chico's FAS Inc saw new options become available today, for the November 17th expiration. One of the key data points that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 242 days until expiration the newly available contracts represent a possible opportunity for sellers of puts or calls to achieve a higher premium than would be available for the contracts with a closer expiration.

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Investors in Chico's FAS Inc saw new options begin trading today, for the March 17th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the CHS options chain for the new March 17th contracts and identified one put and one call contract of particular interest.

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