Looking At Wells Fargo'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 Wells Fargo.

Looking at options history for Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) we detected 13 strange trades.

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If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 61% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 38% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 2 are puts, for a total amount of $158,685 and 11, calls, for a total amount of $450,687.

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 $36.0 to $45.0 for Wells Fargo over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development


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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 whale trades within a strike price range from $36.0 to $45.0 in the last 30 days.

Wells Fargo Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days

Biggest Options Spotted:

SymbolPUT/CALLTrade TypeSentimentExp. DateStrike PriceTotal Trade PriceOpen InterestVolume
WFCPUTTRADEBEARISH06/16/23$37.50$122.0K20.0K2.3K
WFCCALLTRADEBULLISH01/17/25$45.00$71.2K11.2K6
WFCCALLTRADEBULLISH06/16/23$40.00$48.1K23.5K625
WFCCALLSWEEPBEARISH05/19/23$37.50$45.0K6.9K523
WFCCALLTRADEBULLISH05/19/23$37.50$44.8K6.9K723

Where Is Wells Fargo Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 10,486,264, the price of WFC is up 4.49% at $40.12.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock is currently neutral between overbought and oversold.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 58 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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