Netflix Unusual Options Activity For August 30


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 bearish stance on Netflix.

Looking at options history for Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) we detected 14 strange trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 42% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 57% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 3 are puts, for a total amount of $189,325 and 11, calls, for a total amount of $689,113.

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 $5.0 to $470.0 for Netflix over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Netflix options trades today is 2165.33 with a total volume of 14,549.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Netflix's big money trades within a strike price range of $5.0 to $470.0 over the last 30 days.

Netflix Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days

Biggest Options Spotted:

SymbolPUT/CALLTrade TypeSentimentExp. DateStrike PriceTotal Trade PriceOpen InterestVolume
NFLXCALLTRADENEUTRAL06/21/24$5.00$298.3K5.0K7
NFLXPUTTRADENEUTRAL09/01/23$470.00$118.5K230
NFLXCALLSWEEPBULLISH09/01/23$440.00$64.6K2.4K3.9K
NFLXCALLTRADEBEARISH09/01/23$430.00$53.2K2.8K819
NFLXCALLTRADEBEARISH01/19/24$210.00$44.8K4472

Where Is Netflix Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 520,307, the price of NFLX is up 0.77% at $433.3.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching overbought.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 48 days.

What The Experts Say On Netflix:

  • Loop Capital upgraded its action to Buy with a price target of $500
  • Oppenheimer downgraded its action to Outperform with a price target of $515

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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