Check Out What Whales Are Doing With Verizon Communications


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 Verizon Communications.

Looking at options history for Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) we detected 19 strange trades.

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

From the overall spotted trades, 7 are puts, for a total amount of $991,918 and 12, calls, for a total amount of $436,048.

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 $25.0 to $45.0 for Verizon Communications over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Verizon Communications options trades today is 3494.93 with a total volume of 9,560.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Verizon Communications's big money trades within a strike price range of $25.0 to $45.0 over the last 30 days.

Verizon Communications Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days

Biggest Options Spotted:

SymbolPUT/CALLTrade TypeSentimentExp. DateStrike PriceTotal Trade PriceOpen InterestVolume
VZPUTTRADEBULLISH06/21/24$28.00$680.0K5.3K3
VZPUTTRADEBULLISH01/19/24$28.00$85.0K5.7K5.0K
VZCALLTRADEBEARISH04/19/24$33.00$73.5K1.0K7
VZPUTSWEEPBULLISH06/20/25$35.00$64.3K1.0K138
VZCALLSWEEPBULLISH06/21/24$35.00$61.4K13.8K29

Where Is Verizon Communications Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 19,104,166, the price of VZ is down -1.88% at $33.66.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching overbought.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 90 days.

What The Experts Say On Verizon Communications:

  • Barclays upgraded its action to Overweight with a price target of $38

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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