20-Year Pro Trader Reveals His "MoneyLine"
Ditch your indicators and use the "MoneyLine." A simple line tells you when to buy and sell without the guesswork. It’s a line on a chart that’s helped Nic Chahine win 83% of his options buys. Here's how he does it.
A whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bearish stance on Citigroup.
Looking at options history for Citigroup (NYSE:C) we detected 21 strange trades.
If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 47% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 52% with bearish.
From the overall spotted trades, 9 are puts, for a total amount of $948,625 and 12, calls, for a total amount of $650,926.
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 $40.0 to $60.0 for Citigroup over the last 3 months.
Volume & Open Interest Development
In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Citigroup options trades today is 22092.94 with a total volume of 13,815.00.
In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Citigroup's big money trades within a strike price range of $40.0 to $60.0 over the last 30 days.
Citigroup 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | PUT | SWEEP | BULLISH | 01/19/24 | $60.00 | $253.1K | 78.8K | 294 |
| C | PUT | SWEEP | BULLISH | 06/21/24 | $50.00 | $169.9K | 5.1K | 0 |
| C | PUT | SWEEP | BULLISH | 06/21/24 | $40.00 | $155.0K | 2.4K | 500 |
| C | CALL | TRADE | NEUTRAL | 01/17/25 | $40.00 | $135.7K | 2.6K | 132 |
| C | PUT | TRADE | BULLISH | 02/17/23 | $55.00 | $129.4K | 1.0K | 275 |
Where Is Citigroup Standing Right Now?
- With a volume of 10,786,751, the price of C is up 0.76% at $49.47.
- RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be overbought.
- Next earnings are expected to be released in 0 days.
What The Experts Say On Citigroup:
- Oppenheimer has decided to maintain their Outperform rating on Citigroup, which currently sits at a price target of $87.
- Morgan Stanley has decided to maintain their Underweight rating on Citigroup, which currently sits at a price target of $41.
- Barclays has decided to maintain their Equal-Weight rating on Citigroup, which currently sits at a price target of $61.
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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20-Year Pro Trader Reveals His "MoneyLine"
Ditch your indicators and use the "MoneyLine." A simple line tells you when to buy and sell without the guesswork. It’s a line on a chart that’s helped Nic Chahine win 83% of his options buys. Here's how he does it.
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