Moderna Unusual Options Activity For October 02 - Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA)

Whales with a lot of money to spend have taken a noticeably bullish stance on Moderna.

Looking at options history for Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA) we detected 44 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 29% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 30 are puts, for a total amount of $2,727,271 and 14, calls, for a total amount of $652,606.

Projected Price Targets

Taking into account the Volume and Open Interest on these contracts, it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from $40.0 to $175.0 for Moderna over the last 3 months.

Analyzing Volume & Open Interest

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Moderna options trades today is 1078.22 with a total volume of 29,102.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Moderna's big money trades within a strike price range of $40.0 to $175.0 over the last 30 days.

Moderna Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days

Noteworthy Options Activity:

Symbol	PUT/CALL	Trade Type	Sentiment	Exp. Date	Ask	Bid	Price	Strike Price	Total Trade Price	Open Interest	Volume
MRNA	PUT	TRADE	BULLISH	06/20/25	$8.25	$8.0	$8.05	$55.00	$1.0M	1.4K	1.2K
MRNA	PUT	SWEEP	BULLISH	01/16/26	$22.9	$22.0	$22.4	$75.00	$232.9K	1.3K	104
MRNA	PUT	SWEEP	BEARISH	06/20/25	$6.15	$5.75	$6.05	$50.00	$229.2K	1.2K	1.0K
MRNA	CALL	TRADE	BEARISH	09/19/25	$8.9	$7.0	$7.0	$95.00	$138.6K	5	198
MRNA	PUT	SWEEP	BEARISH	01/17/25	$37.4	$37.3	$37.4	$100.00	$127.1K	3.5K	34

About Moderna

Moderna is a commercial-stage biotech that was founded in 2010 and had its initial public offering in December 2018. The firm's mRNA technology was rapidly validated with its covid vaccine, which was authorized in the United States in December 2020. Moderna had 40 mRNA development candidates in clinical development as of September 2024. Programs span a wide range of therapeutic areas, including infectious disease, oncology, cardiovascular disease, and rare genetic diseases.

After a thorough review of the options trading surrounding Moderna, we move to examine the company in more detail. This includes an assessment of its current market status and performance.

Present Market Standing of Moderna

Trading volume stands at 4,087,379, with MRNA's price down by -1.17%, positioned at $63.18.
RSI indicators show the stock to be may be approaching oversold.
Earnings announcement expected in 29 days.

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