What Are Whales Doing With GameStop


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 has taken a noticeably bearish stance on GameStop.

Looking at options history for GameStop (NYSE:GME) we detected 12 strange trades.

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If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 16% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 83% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 10 are puts, for a total amount of $567,578 and 2, calls, for a total amount of $98,598.

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 $80.0 to $200.0 for GameStop over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for GameStop options trades today is 973.09 with a total volume of 13,034.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for GameStop's big money trades within a strike price range of $80.0 to $200.0 over the last 30 days.


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GameStop Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days

Biggest Options Spotted:

SymbolPUT/CALLTrade TypeSentimentExp. DateStrike PriceTotal Trade PriceOpen InterestVolume
GMEPUTTRADEBEARISH02/25/22$140.00$106.0K10140
GMEPUTTRADEBEARISH04/14/22$115.00$77.1K6145
GMEPUTSWEEPBULLISH02/18/22$125.00$76.2K35176
GMEPUTSWEEPBEARISH01/28/22$80.00$67.6K3.6K4.1K
GMEPUTSWEEPBEARISH06/17/22$100.00$56.0K1.4K155

Where Is GameStop Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 5,766,913, the price of GME is down -7.95% at $97.9.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be oversold.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 57 days.

What The Experts Say On GameStop:

  • Ascendiant Capital has decided to maintain their Sell rating on GameStop, which currently sits at a price target of $23.

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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