EchoStar (ECHO) Options Chain

NASDAQ: ECHOConsumer DiscretionaryTelecommunications EquipmentUSD

94.84+1.48 (+1.59%)

At close: Oct 9, 4:00 PM ET · Delayed 15 min

Expiration date

Expiration: Dec 18, 2026
Days to expiration: 69
Share price: $94.84
Put/call ratio (OI): 0.79
Put/call ratio (volume): 1.78
ATM implied volatility: 51.7%
Expected move: ±$21.30
Open interest (C / P): 93.84K / 74.27K

ECHO options summary

The ECHO options chain for the December 18, 2026 expiration lists 47 call and 46 put contracts, with 69 days until expiration. Open interest stands at 93,836 calls and 74,266 puts, a put/call ratio of 0.79, which is fairly balanced between calls and puts. At-the-money implied volatility near the $95.00 strike is 51.7%, which implies the market expects a move of about ±$21.30 (22.5%) in EchoStar stock by expiration.

The most open interest sits at the $125.00 call (15.71K contracts) and the $85.00 put (34.99K contracts).

Summary generated from market data by MetaCap's automated system. Methodology

ECHO options chain · December 18, 2026

ECHO calls and puts by strike price. Shaded cells are in the money.
Calls							Puts
OI	Vol	IV	Last	Bid	Ask	Strike	Bid	Ask	Last	IV	Vol	OI
—	—	—	24.30	—	—	8.00	—	—	0.80	—	—	—
—	—	—	23.73	—	—	10.00	—	—	1.25	—	—	—
—	—	—	94.77	—	—	13.00	—	—	1.55	—	—	—
—	—	—	—	—	—	15.00	—	—	3.20	—	—	—
—	—	—	13.60	—	—	18.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
13	2	—	67.63	68.10	72.10	20.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
—	—	—	99.10	—	—	22.00	—	—	4.30	—	—	—
—	—	—	9.50	—	—	25.00	—	—	5.90	—	—	—
—	—	—	84.20	—	—	27.00	—	—	6.60	—	—	—
158	—	208.9%	82.70	65.40	68.80	30.00	0.00	2.15	0.58	172.9%	—	60
—	—	—	82.30	—	—	32.00	—	—	9.90	—	—	—
—	—	—	90.60	—	—	35.00	0.00	0.00	0.14	50.0%	1	0
—	—	—	76.20	—	—	37.00	—	—	0.87	—	—	—
41	15	—	45.49	48.30	51.80	40.00	0.00	0.60	0.45	103.5%	1	41
—	—	—	77.90	—	—	42.00	0.00	0.20	0.40	83.2%	49	50
—	—	—	70.70	—	—	45.00	0.00	0.65	0.25	92.0%	—	2
—	—	—	67.50	—	—	47.00	0.00	0.25	0.70	74.8%	10	32
28	2	—	39.20	38.50	42.50	50.00	0.00	0.80	0.65	83.5%	5	27
—	—	—	80.40	—	—	55.00	0.00	1.85	0.82	86.9%	2	93
61	—	—	43.50	25.50	28.70	60.00	0.00	0.65	0.80	60.0%	1	26
73	1	54.7%	24.70	28.70	31.90	65.00	0.00	0.75	0.28	52.4%	2,000	2,135
193	5	56.5%	24.66	24.30	27.50	70.00	0.00	1.05	0.35	56.3%	1	1,297
185	1	61.2%	25.00	19.90	22.20	75.00	0.40	1.70	1.00	54.3%	16	4,788
921	5	54.2%	13.20	17.20	18.20	80.00	1.65	2.85	1.67	54.1%	40	10,082
1,903	5	53.1%	14.22	13.40	14.90	85.00	3.00	3.40	3.30	46.5%	11	34,994
6,614	7	51.6%	10.95	10.30	11.60	90.00	4.70	6.10	4.99	51.5%	59	2,273
ECHO $94.84
1,255	6	51.2%	7.80	7.60	9.20	95.00	6.50	8.70	7.20	52.1%	3	5,448
5,458	8	49.6%	6.00	5.50	6.10	100.00	9.70	11.00	10.50	48.1%	43	5,617
1,048	14	56.7%	4.40	2.85	5.60	105.00	13.30	15.10	13.01	52.5%	1	3,100
3,455	5	57.5%	3.25	1.70	4.40	110.00	16.20	18.90	15.50	53.0%	2	151
2,112	8	50.2%	2.05	1.80	3.00	115.00	20.00	23.60	17.30	58.2%	2	171
15,128	119	58.6%	1.75	0.55	2.65	120.00	25.00	27.60	22.70	56.9%	4	75
15,708	3	53.1%	1.15	0.25	1.45	125.00	29.60	31.90	25.74	56.1%	10	407
5,091	1	51.9%	1.20	0.10	0.95	130.00	33.70	37.50	36.10	67.1%	4	2,494
2,253	2	53.3%	0.50	0.00	1.50	135.00	39.00	42.30	40.70	70.1%	6	1
5,802	1	51.1%	0.40	0.10	0.75	140.00	44.00	47.20	52.30	51.5%	26	17
2,692	1	54.6%	0.30	0.10	0.75	145.00	49.30	52.00	49.40	56.2%	22	15
12,056	11	58.6%	0.35	0.00	0.90	150.00	54.80	56.10	57.30	54.4%	370	375
1,542	60	61.2%	0.45	0.00	0.85	155.00	62.50	66.00	43.56	105.8%	—	35
1,348	700	58.0%	0.25	0.05	0.40	160.00	67.30	70.70	48.30	107.7%	—	300
366	1	74.1%	1.35	0.00	1.45	165.00	72.20	75.60	51.30	110.6%	—	23
816	100	61.1%	0.60	0.00	0.35	170.00	77.20	80.50	56.60	113.8%	—	118
3,353	250	65.9%	0.01	0.00	0.45	175.00	82.00	85.50	58.80	116.4%	—	19
0	1	25.0%	0.23	0.00	0.00	180.00	92.70	96.50	88.93	165.8%	1	0
0	11	25.0%	0.35	0.00	0.00	185.00	97.70	101.50	87.10	169.3%	20	0
3,190	20	71.9%	0.05	0.05	0.35	190.00	91.70	95.20	73.50	59.8%	—	0
0	135	25.0%	0.01	0.00	0.00	195.00	96.60	100.20	77.80	61.7%	—	0
973	19	80.7%	0.05	0.00	0.60	200.00	101.40	105.20	82.10	63.7%	—	0

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 ECHO put/call ratio?

For the December 18, 2026 expiration, the ECHO put/call ratio based on open interest is 0.79 (74,266 puts vs 93,836 calls), and 1.78 based on today's volume. A ratio above 1 means more puts than calls.

What is ECHO's implied volatility?

At-the-money implied volatility for ECHO options expiring December 18, 2026 is about 51.7%, an annualized estimate of how much the market expects EchoStar stock to move.

How many ECHO option expiration dates are there?

ECHO has 14 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.