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.
Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bullish stance on PDD Holdings (NASDAQ:PDD).
And retail traders should know.
We noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.
Whether this is an institution or just a wealthy individual, we don't know. But when something this big happens with PDD, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen.
Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 11 options trades for PDD Holdings.
This isn't normal.
The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 54% bullish and 45%, bearish.
Out of all of the options we uncovered, there was 1 put, for a total amount of $53,000, and 10, calls, for a total amount of $1,313,419..
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 $80.0 to $105.0 for PDD Holdings over the last 3 months.
Volume & Open Interest Development
In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for PDD Holdings options trades today is 4248.44 with a total volume of 9,333.00.
In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for PDD Holdings's big money trades within a strike price range of $80.0 to $105.0 over the last 30 days.
PDD Holdings 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDD | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 09/29/23 | $95.00 | $689.3K | 957 | 5.0K |
| PDD | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 10/20/23 | $100.00 | $126.7K | 11.8K | 550 |
| PDD | CALL | SWEEP | BULLISH | 10/20/23 | $95.00 | $91.0K | 9.1K | 205 |
| PDD | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 09/29/23 | $96.00 | $87.5K | 840 | 2.4K |
| PDD | CALL | SWEEP | BULLISH | 01/19/24 | $90.00 | $78.6K | 13.2K | 60 |
Where Is PDD Holdings Standing Right Now?
- With a volume of 4,197,968, the price of PDD is down -1.99% at $94.77.
- RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching overbought.
- Next earnings are expected to be released in 62 days.
What The Experts Say On PDD Holdings:
- Barclays has decided to maintain their Overweight rating on PDD Holdings, which currently sits at a price target of $115.
- JP Morgan has decided to maintain their Overweight rating on PDD Holdings, which currently sits at a price target of $120.
- Bernstein has decided to maintain their Outperform rating on PDD Holdings, which currently sits at a price target of $120.
- B of A Securities has decided to maintain their Buy rating on PDD Holdings, which currently sits at a price target of $112.
- Goldman Sachs upgraded its action to Buy with a price target of $129
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 PDD Holdings, 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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