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 Eli Lilly.
Looking at options history for Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY) we detected 13 strange trades.
If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 53% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 46% with bearish.
From the overall spotted trades, 3 are puts, for a total amount of $371,650 and 10, calls, for a total amount of $416,878.
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 $320.0 to $630.0 for Eli Lilly over the last 3 months.
Volume & Open Interest Development
In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Eli Lilly options trades today is 394.8 with a total volume of 742.00.
In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Eli Lilly's big money trades within a strike price range of $320.0 to $630.0 over the last 30 days.
Eli Lilly Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days
Biggest Options Spotted:
| Symbol | PUT/CALL | Trade Type | Sentiment | Exp. Date | Strike Price | Total Trade Price | Open Interest | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LLY | PUT | TRADE | NEUTRAL | 10/20/23 | $545.00 | $302.2K | 133 | 254 |
| LLY | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 10/20/23 | $500.00 | $100.7K | 562 | 50 |
| LLY | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 10/20/23 | $500.00 | $47.7K | 562 | 31 |
| LLY | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 12/15/23 | $550.00 | $41.7K | 51 | 21 |
| LLY | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 06/21/24 | $630.00 | $40.7K | 168 | 30 |
Where Is Eli Lilly Standing Right Now?
- With a volume of 593,726, the price of LLY is down -0.42% at $549.96.
- RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock is currently neutral between overbought and oversold.
- Next earnings are expected to be released in 35 days.
What The Experts Say On Eli Lilly:
- Cantor Fitzgerald downgraded its action to Overweight with a price target of $630
- Argus Research has decided to maintain their Buy rating on Eli Lilly, which currently sits at a price target of $620.
- Morgan Stanley has decided to maintain their Overweight rating on Eli Lilly, which currently sits at a price target of $640.
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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