Alignment Healthcare (ALHC) Options Chain
NASDAQ: ALHCHealth CareMedical SpecialitiesUSD
At close: Oct 8, 4:00 PM ET · Delayed 15 min
Pre-market: 6.65 -23.61%
Expiration date
- Expiration
- Oct 16, 2026
- Days to expiration
- 7
- Share price
- $8.71
- Put/call ratio (OI)
- 1.14
- Put/call ratio (volume)
- 0.11
- Expected move
- ±$0.3016
- Open interest (C / P)
- 19.57K / 22.40K
ALHC options summary
The ALHC options chain for the October 16, 2026 expiration lists 6 call and 8 put contracts, with 7 days until expiration. Open interest stands at 19,571 calls and 22,400 puts, a put/call ratio of 1.14, which is fairly balanced between calls and puts. At-the-money implied volatility near the $7.50 strike is 25.0%, which implies the market expects a move of about ±$0.3016 (3.5%) in Alignment Healthcare stock by expiration.
The most open interest sits at the $10.00 call (14.36K contracts) and the $7.50 put (14.04K contracts).
Summary generated from market data by MetaCap's automated system. Methodology
ALHC options chain · October 16, 2026
| Calls | Puts | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Last | Bid | Ask | Strike | Bid | Ask | Last | |||||
| 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | |||||
| 1.48 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.20 | |||||
| 0.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.70 | |||||
| 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.10 | |||||
| 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.83 | |||||
| 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 17.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.05 | |||||
| — | — | — | 20.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.80 | |||||
| — | — | — | 25.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 | |||||
In-the-money callsIn-the-money puts. IV = implied volatility, OI = open interest (contracts). Each contract covers 100 shares. Quotes delayed at least 15 minutes.
Frequently asked questions
What is the ALHC put/call ratio?
For the October 16, 2026 expiration, the ALHC put/call ratio based on open interest is 1.14 (22,400 puts vs 19,571 calls), and 0.11 based on today's volume. A ratio above 1 means more puts than calls.
What is ALHC's implied volatility?
At-the-money implied volatility for ALHC options expiring October 16, 2026 is about 25.0%, an annualized estimate of how much the market expects Alignment Healthcare stock to move.
How many ALHC option expiration dates are there?
ALHC has 9 listed expiration dates, from Oct 16, 2026 to Jan 19, 2029.
What does "in the money" mean?
A call is in the money when the strike price is below the current share price; a put is in the money when the strike is above it. In-the-money contracts have intrinsic value and are shaded in the table.