Check Out What Whales Are Doing With UPS


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 bullish stance on United Parcel Service.

Looking at options history for United Parcel Service (NYSE:UPS) we detected 10 strange trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 50% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 50% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 7 are puts, for a total amount of $891,760 and 3, calls, for a total amount of $80,118.

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 $170.0 to $185.0 for United Parcel Service over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for United Parcel Service options trades today is 3748.75 with a total volume of 10,491.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for United Parcel Service's big money trades within a strike price range of $170.0 to $185.0 over the last 30 days.

United Parcel Service Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days

Biggest Options Spotted:

SymbolPUT/CALLTrade TypeSentimentExp. DateStrike PriceTotal Trade PriceOpen InterestVolume
UPSPUTTRADEBEARISH01/19/24$170.00$384.5K9.2K945
UPSPUTSWEEPBULLISH01/19/24$170.00$228.2K9.2K1.5K
UPSPUTSWEEPBULLISH01/19/24$170.00$139.6K9.2K1.7K
UPSPUTSWEEPBULLISH01/19/24$170.00$45.8K9.2K170
UPSPUTSWEEPBEARISH01/19/24$170.00$33.6K9.2K2.0K

Where Is United Parcel Service Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 2,210,057, the price of UPS is down -2.05% at $180.0.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching overbought.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 20 days.

What The Experts Say On United Parcel Service:

  • Atlantic Equities downgraded its action to Neutral with a price target of $162

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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