Looking At Wells Fargo's Smart Money Trades


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Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 8 uncommon options trades for Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC). The overall sentiment shows 50.0% of the big-money traders are bullish on the stock and 50.0%, bearish. Out of all of the special options found by our algorithm, 3 are puts, for a total amount of $501,540 and 5, calls, for a total amount of $480,540.

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Taking into account the Volume and Open Interest on these contracts, it appears that the smart money is targeting a price range from $35.0 to $52.5 for Wells Fargo in the over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

Looking at the volume and open interest is a powerful move while trading options. This data can help you track the liquidity and interest for Wells Fargo's options for a given strike price. Below, we can observe the evolution of the volume and open interest of calls and puts, respectively, for all of Wells Fargo's smart money trades within a strike price range from $35.0 to $52.5 in the last 30 days.

Wells Fargo Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days


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Biggest Options Spotted:

SymbolPUT/CALLTrade TypeSentimentExp. DateStrike PriceTotal Trade PriceOpen InterestVolume
WFCPUTTRADEBEARISH01/20/23$50.00$405.0K6.2K501
WFCCALLSWEEPBULLISH01/21/22$35.00$280.7K34.1K206
WFCCALLSWEEPBULLISH01/21/22$47.50$91.2K28.4K291
WFCPUTTRADENEUTRAL10/15/21$47.50$62.7K50.5K308
WFCCALLTRADEBEARISH12/17/21$50.00$40.5K8.6K880

Where Is Wells Fargo Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 9,702,497, the price of WFC is down -0.05% over the last 24 hours at $47.84.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching overbought.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 7 days.

What The Experts Say On Wells Fargo:

  • Morgan Stanley downgraded its action to Equal-Weight with a price target of $46.0

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