Liquidia (LQDA) Options Chain

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27.38-0.64 (-2.28%)

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

Expiration date

Expiration: Oct 16, 2026
Days to expiration: 5
Share price: $27.38
Put/call ratio (OI): 0.62
Put/call ratio (volume): 0.72
ATM implied volatility: 158.8%
Expected move: ±$5.09
Open interest (C / P): 47.99K / 29.81K

LQDA options summary

The LQDA options chain for the October 16, 2026 expiration lists 85 call and 59 put contracts, with 5 days until expiration. Open interest stands at 47,991 calls and 29,808 puts, a put/call ratio of 0.62, which is tilted bullish, with calls outnumbering puts. At-the-money implied volatility near the $27.50 strike is 158.8%, which implies the market expects a move of about ±$5.09 (18.6%) in Liquidia stock by expiration.

The most open interest sits at the $100.00 call (10.27K contracts) and the $15.00 put (8.22K contracts).

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

LQDA options chain · October 16, 2026

LQDA 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
0	2	—	52.53	0.00	0.00	2.50	—	—	—	—	—	—
—	—	—	—	—	—	5.00	0.00	2.15	0.10	1227.3%	20	21
0	1	581.3%	18.80	18.10	22.00	7.50	0.00	0.05	0.05	431.3%	13	315
11	11	460.2%	17.80	15.70	19.40	10.00	0.00	0.05	0.05	340.6%	202	851
18	13	343.8%	15.30	13.00	17.00	12.50	0.00	0.05	0.04	268.8%	7	22
47	15	336.7%	12.90	11.10	14.30	15.00	0.00	0.15	0.10	250.0%	118	8,219
6	6	210.9%	8.70	8.70	11.30	17.50	0.10	0.25	0.20	228.5%	138	1,071
—	—	—	—	—	—	18.50	—	—	0.40	—	—	—
—	—	—	—	—	—	19.00	—	—	0.20	—	—	—
166	12	253.5%	8.08	6.40	9.70	20.00	0.20	0.50	0.37	205.5%	1,306	1,537
48	8	231.6%	5.62	5.40	8.80	21.00	0.00	1.20	0.45	216.6%	206	387
39	1	160.3%	5.88	4.40	7.10	22.00	0.55	0.70	0.55	193.0%	70	2,379
19	1	190.4%	6.03	3.60	7.60	22.50	0.00	0.85	0.57	155.9%	12	1,297
27	21	202.3%	5.00	4.60	6.10	23.00	0.65	0.75	0.70	174.8%	107	1,001
68	45	213.3%	4.80	3.20	6.40	24.00	0.60	1.00	0.77	157.6%	31	228
391	33	205.9%	3.90	2.50	5.70	25.00	1.00	1.30	1.20	159.6%	185	1,900
114	21	198.6%	3.34	2.00	4.90	26.00	0.85	1.60	1.20	134.5%	31	49
309	54	176.9%	2.70	1.50	3.80	27.00	1.45	2.50	1.85	155.6%	172	133
LQDA $27.38
135	60	163.1%	2.56	1.25	3.20	27.50	1.35	3.10	2.25	154.5%	194	139
584	57	182.0%	2.30	1.35	3.20	28.00	1.65	3.40	2.19	155.7%	4	61
71	3	218.8%	1.72	1.40	3.40	29.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
3,602	2,547	164.8%	1.30	1.20	1.45	30.00	2.40	5.10	3.32	150.0%	2	1,230
19	391	176.2%	0.90	0.20	2.20	31.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	17	197.8%	0.95	0.20	2.50	31.50	—	—	—	—	—	—
43	3	157.2%	0.90	0.30	1.20	32.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
487	5	144.1%	0.75	0.20	0.85	32.50	4.10	7.40	6.80	154.5%	3	217
—	—	—	1.19	—	—	33.00	—	—	6.95	—	—	—
—	—	—	—	—	—	33.50	—	—	7.25	—	—	—
140	217	166.4%	0.45	0.35	0.70	34.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
1,804	107	148.8%	0.40	0.05	0.50	35.00	6.10	9.50	7.10	133.6%	1	598
3	3	196.5%	0.60	0.00	1.00	36.50	—	—	—	—	—	—
—	—	—	0.57	—	—	37.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
154	42	201.9%	0.50	0.00	0.90	37.50	8.50	11.80	10.30	116.4%	50	239
2	1	211.9%	0.41	0.00	0.80	39.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
842	111	171.5%	0.10	0.10	0.15	40.00	10.60	14.20	14.35	346.2%	1	1,268
1	1	313.7%	0.50	0.00	2.20	41.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	2	319.3%	0.27	0.00	2.20	41.50	—	—	—	—	—	—
114	68	205.1%	0.05	0.00	0.35	42.50	13.30	16.60	17.44	366.4%	7	70
900	312	194.5%	0.05	0.00	0.15	45.00	15.50	19.40	16.65	419.9%	20	233
107	101	376.0%	0.50	0.00	2.15	47.50	18.00	22.10	15.07	462.4%	4	43
—	—	—	0.14	—	—	48.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
—	—	—	0.10	—	—	49.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
2,029	4	214.1%	0.04	0.00	0.10	50.00	20.50	24.60	22.70	485.6%	3	1,438
92	82	405.7%	0.05	0.00	2.15	51.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
—	—	—	0.05	—	—	52.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
72	44	209.4%	0.05	0.00	0.05	52.50	23.50	27.10	26.10	278.5%	101	2,834
363	45	221.9%	0.03	0.00	0.05	55.00	25.50	29.40	28.65	508.6%	3	731
2	1	443.4%	0.10	0.00	2.15	56.00	26.70	30.20	30.90	496.9%	1	4
—	—	—	—	—	—	57.00	27.50	31.50	29.87	532.8%	1	2
9	2	453.7%	11.95	0.00	2.15	57.50	28.00	31.50	30.27	487.3%	1	86
62	2	432.8%	0.38	0.00	1.75	58.00	28.60	32.60	1.80	549.4%	—	0
3	2	415.6%	0.36	0.00	1.40	59.00	29.60	33.10	31.90	508.0%	5	120
1,262	1	281.3%	0.04	0.00	0.15	60.00	30.60	34.00	31.76	504.3%	5	604
1	2	438.5%	0.40	0.00	1.55	61.00	31.60	35.60	2.95	570.3%	—	0
4	2	444.5%	0.38	0.00	1.55	62.00	32.60	36.20	32.99	537.9%	1	0
10	5	464.1%	0.10	0.00	1.80	62.50	33.10	36.50	2.91	520.3%	2	103
13	13	467.0%	0.08	0.00	1.80	63.00	33.60	37.60	35.50	583.4%	17	0
67	67	459.4%	0.10	0.00	1.60	64.00	34.60	38.60	36.30	589.8%	9	0
785	100	265.6%	0.10	0.00	0.05	65.00	35.60	39.00	37.48	535.5%	8	299
10	5	484.2%	0.05	0.00	1.80	66.00	36.50	40.60	37.62	602.1%	1	0
273	70	471.5%	0.10	0.00	1.50	67.50	38.00	42.00	40.90	601.4%	70	1
31	—	462.9%	5.10	0.00	1.35	68.00	38.50	42.60	6.00	613.9%	2	0
47	6	468.2%	0.05	0.00	1.35	69.00	39.50	43.60	6.20	619.5%	—	0
593	1	325.0%	0.01	0.00	0.15	70.00	40.50	44.60	42.90	625.2%	193	1
6	5	478.1%	0.05	0.00	1.35	71.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
8	30	482.8%	6.09	0.00	1.35	72.00	42.50	46.60	8.40	636.1%	—	0
634	10	317.2%	0.03	0.00	0.10	72.50	43.00	47.10	45.40	638.9%	29	0
183	1	320.3%	0.06	0.00	0.10	73.00	43.50	47.60	8.90	641.4%	—	0
82	1	323.4%	0.03	0.00	0.10	74.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
2,134	4	326.6%	0.01	0.00	0.10	75.00	45.60	49.20	46.65	611.1%	9	60
1	—	501.6%	2.56	0.00	1.35	76.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	2	505.9%	0.05	0.00	1.35	77.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
171	47	335.9%	0.05	0.00	0.10	77.50	48.00	52.10	10.72	664.3%	1	0
100	—	337.5%	2.20	0.00	0.10	78.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
1	—	533.8%	4.40	0.00	1.60	79.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
2,860	5	318.8%	0.04	0.00	0.05	80.00	50.50	54.60	52.40	676.2%	8	17
220	2	325.0%	0.04	0.00	0.05	82.50	53.00	57.10	54.07	687.7%	4	0
975	1	334.4%	0.05	0.00	0.05	85.00	55.50	59.60	56.89	698.6%	1,000	0
2,550	20	340.6%	0.05	0.00	0.05	87.50	—	—	—	—	—	—
2,891	2	346.9%	0.04	0.00	0.05	90.00	0.00	0.00	22.38	—	1	0
71	22	353.1%	0.05	0.00	0.05	92.50	—	—	—	—	—	—
2,335	84	359.4%	0.05	0.00	0.05	95.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
4	1	619.1%	0.64	0.00	1.80	97.50	—	—	—	—	—	—
10,271	600	371.9%	0.01	0.00	0.05	100.00	70.50	74.40	71.20	736.3%	1	0
203	2	384.4%	0.88	0.00	0.05	105.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
391	400	396.9%	0.03	0.00	0.05	110.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
316	1	406.3%	0.05	0.00	0.05	115.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
3,598	35	415.6%	0.05	0.00	0.05	120.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
124	1	425.0%	0.05	0.00	0.05	125.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
1,856	31	434.4%	0.17	0.00	0.05	130.00	—	—	—	—	—	—

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 LQDA put/call ratio?

For the October 16, 2026 expiration, the LQDA put/call ratio based on open interest is 0.62 (29,808 puts vs 47,991 calls), and 0.72 based on today's volume. A ratio above 1 means more puts than calls.

What is LQDA's implied volatility?

At-the-money implied volatility for LQDA options expiring October 16, 2026 is about 158.8%, an annualized estimate of how much the market expects Liquidia stock to move.

How many LQDA option expiration dates are there?

LQDA has 12 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.