MFA / MFA Financial, Inc. - Put/Call Ratio, Options Sentiment, Unusual Options Activity

MFA Financial, Inc.
US ˙ NYSE ˙ US55272X6076

Put/Call Ratios - Forward Looking and Historical

The OI Put/Call Ratio for MFA / MFA Financial, Inc. is 0.78. The Put/Call Ratio shows the total number of disclosed open put option positions divided by the number of open call options. Since puts are generally a bearish bet and calls are a bullish bet, put/call ratios greater than 1 indicate a bearish sentiment, and ratios less than one indicate a bullish sentiment.

Update Frequency: Daily

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0.78
1,166 out of 4,046
By looking at the put/call ratios of specific expirations, we can deduce what the options markets think of the short, medium, and long-term outlook of the company.
MFA / MFA Financial, Inc. Put/Call Ratio by Expiry
Expiry DTX Open Put
Interest
Open Call
Interest
Put/Call
Ratio
2025-09-19 12 307
2025-10-17 40 4,915
2026-01-16 131 1,797
2026-04-17 222 581
2026-05-15 250 1,578
MFA / MFA Financial, Inc. Put/Call Ratio
Date Put OI Put OI
(OTM)
Call OI Call OI
(OTM)
Put/Call
Ratio
Put/Call
Ratio (OTM)
2025-09-05 9,178 4,133
2025-09-04 9,173 4,129
2025-09-03 9,086 4,129
2025-09-02 9,062 4,125
2025-08-29 9,061 4,125
2025-08-28 9,060 4,125
2025-08-27 9,052 4,127
2025-08-26 7,508 2,612
2025-08-25 7,502 2,607
2025-08-22 7,499 2,610
2025-08-21 7,469 1,634
2025-08-20 7,458 2,570
2025-08-19 7,458 2,569
2025-08-18 7,420 1,635
2025-08-15 8,144 1,684
2025-08-14 8,112 1,681
2025-08-13 9,286 3,273
2025-08-12 9,309 1,681
2025-08-11 9,310 1,683
2025-08-08 7,949 1,682
Unusual Options Activity - Trade Volume

The Put/Call Ratio shows the total number of disclosed open put option positions divided by the number of open call option options. Since puts are generally a bearish bet and calls are a bullish bet, put/call ratios greater than 1 indicate a bearish sentiment, and ratios less than one indicate a bullish sentiment.

Unusual options activity (UOA) is generally considered a strong signal for a directional price movement. One metric of unusual options activity is the total volume of put or call options divided by the open interest in the same option type. If the total volume of call or put options exceeds the current open interest, then that is considered unusual and indicates a strong directional signal. In the table below, any date on which the volume of an option exceeds the current open interest is highlighted in green (for call options) or red (for put options).

For example, if, on any trading day, the call volume exceeds the current call open interest, then the Call Volume/Call OI ratio will be greater than one and that cell in the able will be highlighted in green. This would indicate a significant purchase of call options, which is a bullish signal. Likewise, if the opposite is true - the put volume exceeds the put open interest, then the table cell would be highlighted in red and represent a strong bearish signal.

Update Frequency: Daily

MFA / MFA Financial, Inc. Call Options Volume MFA / MFA Financial, Inc. Put Options Volume
Date Put
Volume
Put
OI
Put Volume
/Put OI
Call
Volume
Call
OI
Call Volume
/Call OI
2025-09-05 30 9,178 128 11,915
2025-09-04 12 9,173 342 11,806
2025-09-03 114 9,086 337 11,473
2025-09-02 79 9,062 176 11,338
2025-08-29 12 9,061 235 11,126
2025-08-28 6 9,060 52 11,114
2025-08-27 86 9,052 28 11,124
2025-08-26 1,571 7,508 614 10,536
2025-08-25 20 7,502 336 10,226
2025-08-22 17 7,499 2,532 8,375
2025-08-21 42 7,469 231 8,162
2025-08-20 26 7,458 312 8,020
2025-08-19 16 7,458 1,488 7,253
2025-08-18 52 7,420 134 7,194
2025-08-15 9 8,144 333 7,664
2025-08-14 42 8,112 53 7,665
2025-08-13 76 9,286 317 7,501
2025-08-12 29 9,309 184 7,422
2025-08-11 3 9,310 269 7,308
2025-08-08 2,217 7,949 18 7,318
2025-08-07 15 7,944 161 7,183
2025-08-06 92 7,916 253 7,273
2025-08-05 43 7,891 83 7,206
2025-08-04 24 7,895 69 7,142
2025-08-01 16 7,881 164 7,109
Source: CBOE
Option Premium Bought/Sold - Total Market

Update Frequency: Daily

Date Put
Premium Bought
Put
Premium Sold
Net Put
Premium Bought
Call
Premium Bought
Call
Premium Sold
Net Call
Premium Bought
Net Long
Premium Bought
2025-09-05 0 1,552 -1,552 2,093 769 1,324 2,876
2025-09-04
2025-09-03
2025-09-02
2025-08-29
2025-08-28
2025-08-27
2025-08-26
2025-08-25
2025-08-22
2025-08-21
2025-08-20
2025-08-19
2025-08-18
2025-08-15
2025-08-14
2025-08-13
2025-08-12
2025-08-11
2025-08-08
Source: CBOE
Option Greeks - Delta, Gamma, Theta

Update Frequency: Daily

Date Put Θ
(Avg)
Call Θ
(Avg)
Θ
(Avg)
Put Γ
(Avg)
Call Γ
(Avg)
Γ
(Avg)
Put Δ
(Avg)
Call Δ
(Avg)
Δ
(Avg)
2025-09-05
2025-09-04
2025-09-03
2025-09-02
2025-08-29
2025-08-28
2025-08-27
2025-08-26
2025-08-25
2025-08-22
2025-08-21
2025-08-20
2025-08-19
2025-08-18
2025-08-15
2025-08-14
2025-08-13
2025-08-12
2025-08-11
2025-08-08
Option Trading Volume - Total Market

Update Frequency: Daily

Date Put
Volume
Put Volume
(20d ma)
Put
Volume/20ma (%)
Call
Volume
Call Volume
(20d ma)
Call
Volume/20ma (%)
Total Volume Put/Call
Volume
Put/Call
Volume (20d ma)
2025-09-05 30 208 14.42 128 386 33.16 158 0.23 0.54
2025-09-04
2025-09-03
2025-09-02
2025-08-29
2025-08-28
2025-08-27
2025-08-26
2025-08-25
2025-08-22
2025-08-21
2025-08-20
2025-08-19
2025-08-18
2025-08-15
2025-08-14
2025-08-13
2025-08-12
2025-08-11
2025-08-08
Source: CBOE
Option Trading Volume - Exchange

Update Frequency: Daily

Date CBOE C2 EDGX BZX PHLX NASDAQ BX GEMX ISE MRX AMEX ARCA MIAX PEARL EMLD BOX Total
2025-09-05 43 2 8 10 61 0 0 0 12 0 3 4 0 2 3 0 158
2025-09-04 23 1 7 0 40 6 6 1 35 89 3 0 15 0 5 105 354
2025-09-03 2 42 43 14 26 1 8 43 14 16 105 4 30 8 61 10 451
2025-09-02 48 0 22 0 22 0 0 0 115 18 20 0 1 0 0 5 255
2025-08-29 38 0 19 1 154 0 0 0 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 19 247
2025-08-28 13 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 8 2 12 0 2 2 0 11 58
2025-08-27 17 0 24 0 21 1 1 0 1 0 11 1 0 0 0 35 114
2025-08-26 23 29 46 80 84 168 0 12 1,041 0 173 24 22 77 13 62 2,185
2025-08-25 1 0 3 165 156 1 0 0 9 13 2 0 0 0 1 5 356
2025-08-22 19 43 53 304 880 443 16 66 53 200 64 5 13 64 17 202 2,549
2025-08-21 30 100 95 0 11 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 2 29 273
2025-08-20 196 0 30 0 28 4 0 0 26 5 18 0 3 0 0 24 338
2025-08-19 34 19 43 12 81 446 16 33 472 29 88 4 23 21 25 24 1,504
2025-08-18 20 10 7 0 44 2 0 1 25 3 15 0 19 0 7 29 186
2025-08-15 3 1 1 3 34 0 2 0 106 185 5 0 0 0 0 0 342
2025-08-14 0 2 20 1 8 4 0 1 9 0 35 3 0 0 3 0 95
2025-08-13 10 100 3 10 94 1 0 0 127 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 393
2025-08-12 74 2 7 0 43 1 1 0 22 20 25 0 3 0 0 12 213
2025-08-11 0 14 0 0 121 0 0 0 4 0 2 23 2 0 2 43 272
2025-08-08 12 0 1 0 6 0 0 1 2,201 1 7 0 1 0 0 3 2,235
Source: CBOE
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