Looking At American Express's Recent Unusual Options Activity


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A whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bullish stance on American Express.

Looking at options history for American Express (NYSE:AXP) we detected 23 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 39% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 7 are puts, for a total amount of $284,763 and 16, calls, for a total amount of $985,327.

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 $75.0 to $170.0 for American Express over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for American Express options trades today is 562.9 with a total volume of 6,596.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for American Express's big money trades within a strike price range of $75.0 to $170.0 over the last 30 days.

American Express Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days

Biggest Options Spotted:

SymbolPUT/CALLTrade TypeSentimentExp. DateStrike PriceTotal Trade PriceOpen InterestVolume
AXPCALLTRADEBULLISH04/06/23$150.00$158.3K20934
AXPCALLSWEEPBULLISH04/06/23$150.00$95.8K20496
AXPCALLTRADEBULLISH04/06/23$150.00$95.4K20270
AXPCALLTRADEBEARISH04/06/23$150.00$94.0K20450
AXPCALLSWEEPBULLISH04/06/23$150.00$89.4K20901

Where Is American Express Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 832,268, the price of AXP is down -1.96% at $159.57.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching oversold.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 27 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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