Check Out What Whales Are Doing With VALE


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.


Benzinga's options scanner just detected over 12 options trades for Vale (NYSE:VALE) summing a total amount of $1,491,835.

At the same time, our algo caught 10 for a total amount of 1,118,121.

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 $12.0 to $17.0 for Vale over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

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 Vale'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 Vale's whale trades within a strike price range from $12.0 to $17.0 in the last 30 days.

Vale Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days

Biggest Options Spotted:

SymbolPUT/CALLTrade TypeSentimentExp. DateStrike PriceTotal Trade PriceOpen InterestVolume
VALEPUTTRADEBULLISH10/20/23$17.00$668.0K72.0K
VALECALLTRADEBULLISH08/11/23$14.50$399.0K1.1K57.1K
VALEPUTTRADEBULLISH12/15/23$15.00$89.7K1.7K485
VALEPUTTRADEBULLISH01/19/24$17.00$85.7K126.8K445
VALEPUTTRADEBULLISH01/17/25$15.00$59.4K27.3K1.6K

Where Is Vale Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 20,659,004, the price of VALE is up 0.54% at $13.88.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching overbought.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 83 days.

What The Experts Say On Vale:

  • Wolfe Research upgraded its action to Outperform with a price target of $17
  • RBC Capital downgraded its action to Outperform with a price target of $15

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 Vale, Benzinga Pro gives you real-time options trades alerts.


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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