A whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bullish stance on Meta Platforms.
Looking at options history for Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) we detected 10 strange trades.
If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 60% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 40% with bearish.
From the overall spotted trades, 5 are puts, for a total amount of $234,653 and 5, calls, for a total amount of $248,475.
What’s The Price Target?
Taking into account the Volume and Open Interest on these contracts, it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from $130.0 to $245.0 for Meta Platforms over the last 3 months.
Volume & Open Interest Development
In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Meta Platforms options trades today is 3459.9 with a total volume of 2,127.00.
In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Meta Platforms’s big money trades within a strike price range of $130.0 to $245.0 over the last 30 days.
Meta Platforms Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days
Biggest Options Spotted:
| Symbol | PUT/CALL | Trade Type | Sentiment | Exp. Date | Strike Price | Total Trade Price | Open Interest | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| META | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 10/20/23 | $245.00 | $100.0K | 135 | 61 |
| META | PUT | SWEEP | BULLISH | 09/15/23 | $190.00 | $77.5K | 1.6K | 45 |
| META | CALL | SWEEP | BULLISH | 04/21/23 | $190.00 | $46.2K | 18.2K | 30 |
| META | PUT | TRADE | BULLISH | 12/19/25 | $210.00 | $44.5K | 1 | 0 |
| META | PUT | TRADE | NEUTRAL | 05/19/23 | $185.00 | $44.0K | 3.6K | 104 |
Where Is Meta Platforms Standing Right Now?
- With a volume of 504,335, the price of META is down -0.95% at $214.04.
- RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching overbought.
- Next earnings are expected to be released in 16 days.
Options are a riskier asset compared to just trading the stock, but they have higher profit potential. Serious options traders manage this risk by educating themselves daily, scaling in and out of trades, following more than one indicator, and following the markets closely.
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