Looking At Peabody Energy's Recent Unusual Options Activity


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.


Benzinga's options scanner just detected over 11 options trades for Peabody Energy (NYSE:BTU) summing a total amount of $466,196.

At the same time, our algo caught 8 for a total amount of 451,902.

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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 $20.0 to $32.0 for Peabody Energy over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Peabody Energy options trades today is 2378.0 with a total volume of 3,917.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Peabody Energy's big money trades within a strike price range of $20.0 to $32.0 over the last 30 days.


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Peabody Energy Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days

Biggest Options Spotted:

SymbolPUT/CALLTrade TypeSentimentExp. DateStrike PriceTotal Trade PriceOpen InterestVolume
BTUPUTTRADENEUTRAL01/19/24$32.00$89.3K829302
BTUPUTSWEEPBULLISH06/02/23$21.00$88.0K1.1K1.0K
BTUCALLSWEEPBULLISH06/16/23$20.00$72.0K1.5K556
BTUPUTTRADEBULLISH01/19/24$32.00$63.2K82926
BTUPUTSWEEPBULLISH01/19/24$32.00$49.5K829349

Where Is Peabody Energy Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 2,490,128, the price of BTU is down -2.26% at $20.31.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be oversold.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 69 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.

If you want to stay updated on the latest options trades for Peabody Energy, Benzinga Pro gives you real-time options trades alerts.


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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