Looking At Costco Wholesale's Recent Unusual Options Activity


20-Year Pro Trader Reveals His "MoneyLine"

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A whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bullish stance on Costco Wholesale.

Looking at options history for Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ:COST) we detected 11 strange trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 63% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 36% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 2 are puts, for a total amount of $79,920 and 9, calls, for a total amount of $543,145.

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 $250.0 to $740.0 for Costco Wholesale over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Costco Wholesale options trades today is 595.8 with a total volume of 1,246.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Costco Wholesale's big money trades within a strike price range of $250.0 to $740.0 over the last 30 days.

Costco Wholesale Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days

Biggest Options Spotted:

SymbolPUT/CALLTrade TypeSentimentExp. DateStrike PriceTotal Trade PriceOpen InterestVolume
COSTCALLSWEEPBULLISH01/19/24$570.00$99.0K68953
COSTCALLTRADEBULLISH01/17/25$740.00$93.0K208100
COSTCALLTRADEBULLISH01/17/25$740.00$91.9K208200
COSTCALLTRADEBEARISH11/17/23$485.00$70.5K3010
COSTPUTSWEEPBEARISH09/15/23$540.00$50.8K1.7K484

Where Is Costco Wholesale Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 701,208, the price of COST is up 0.41% at $548.91.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock is currently neutral between overbought and oversold.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 19 days.

What The Experts Say On Costco Wholesale:

  • Telsey Advisory Group downgraded its action to Outperform with a price target of $575
  • Telsey Advisory Group downgraded its action to Outperform with a price target of $575
  • Stifel downgraded its action to Buy with a price target of $575
  • Evercore ISI Group has decided to maintain their Outperform rating on Costco Wholesale, which currently sits at a price target of $595.

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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