Check Out What Whales Are Doing With DIS

Someone with a lot of money to spend (and possibly insider knowledge) has taken a bullish stance on Walt DisneyDIS.

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 DIS, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen.

So how do we know what this whale just did?

Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 14 uncommon options trades for Walt Disney.

This isn't normal.

The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 64.29% bullish and 35.71%, bearish.

Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 2 are puts, for a total amount of $598,700, and 12 are calls, for a total amount of $1,390,427.

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 $130.0 to $180.0 for Walt Disney over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

Looking at the volume and open interest is a powerful move while trading options. This data can help you track the liquidity and interest for Walt Disney's options for a given strike price. Below, we can observe the evolution of the volume and open interest of calls and puts, respectively, for all of Walt Disney's whale trades within a strike price range from $130.0 to $180.0 in the last 30 days.

Walt Disney 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
DIS PUT TRADE NEUTRAL 01/19/24 $150.00 $495.0K 390 301
DIS CALL SWEEP BULLISH 11/19/21 $180.00 $233.3K 52.9K 3.4K
DIS CALL SWEEP BULLISH 11/19/21 $180.00 $191.5K 52.9K 4.8K
DIS CALL SWEEP BULLISH 01/21/22 $180.00 $176.5K 11.1K 776
DIS CALL SWEEP BEARISH 12/17/21 $170.00 $166.0K 2.0K 453

Where Is Walt Disney Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 7,251,013, the price of DIS is down -2.81% at $171.5.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock is currently neutral between overbought and oversold.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 23 days.

What The Experts Say On Walt Disney:

  • Wells Fargo has decided to maintain their Overweight rating on Walt Disney, which currently sits at a price target of $203.0.
  • Daiwa Capital downgraded its action to Buy with a price target of $225.0
  • Barclays downgraded its action to Equal-Weight with a price target of $175.0

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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