27% profit every 20 days?
This is what Nic Chahine averages with his option buys. Not selling covered calls or spreads… BUYING options. Most traders don’t even have a winning percentage of 27% buying options. He has an 83% win rate. Here’s how he does it.
A whale with a lot of money to spend (and possibly insider knowledge) has taken a noticeably bullish stance on Moderna.
Looking at options history for Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA) we detected 49 strange trades.
If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 53.06% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 46.94% with bearish.
From the overall spotted trades, 14 are puts, for a total amount of $1,012,254 and 35, calls, for a total amount of $1,753,246.
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 $190.0 to $460.0 for Moderna over the last 3 months.
Volume & Open Interest Development
In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Moderna options trades today is 1202.56 with a total volume of 21,006.
In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Moderna's big money trades within a strike price range of $190.0 to $460.0 over the last 30 days.
Moderna 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MRNA | PUT | SWEEP | BULLISH | 04/14/22 | $310.00 | $305.5K | 568 | 130 |
| MRNA | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 11/19/21 | $400.00 | $141.9K | 4.6K | 726 |
| MRNA | PUT | TRADE | BEARISH | 01/21/22 | $450.00 | $114.5K | 271 | 10 |
| MRNA | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 11/05/21 | $330.00 | $99.0K | 770 | 158 |
| MRNA | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 01/20/23 | $190.00 | $85.5K | 143 | 0 |
Where Is Moderna Standing Right Now?
- With a volume of 2,873,158, the price of MRNA is up 2.2% at $344.57.
- RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching overbought.
- Next earnings are expected to be released in 2 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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27% profit every 20 days?
This is what Nic Chahine averages with his option buys. Not selling covered calls or spreads… BUYING options. Most traders don’t even have a winning percentage of 27% buying options. He has an 83% win rate. Here’s how he does it.
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