Looking At Alphabet's Recent Whale Trades

A whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bearish stance on Alphabet.

Looking at options history for Alphabet GOOGL we detected 22 strange trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 27% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 72% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 9 are puts, for a total amount of $632,593 and 13, calls, for a total amount of $907,734.

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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 $1980.0 to $2700.0 for Alphabet over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Alphabet options trades today is 383.83 with a total volume of 478.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Alphabet's big money trades within a strike price range of $1980.0 to $2700.0 over the last 30 days.

Alphabet Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days

Biggest Options Spotted:

Where Is Alphabet Standing Right Now?

• With a volume of 189,903, the price of GOOGL is down -0.56% at $2265.17.
• RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock is currently neutral between overbought and oversold.
• Next earnings are expected to be released in 54 days.

What The Experts Say On Alphabet:

• Jefferies has decided to maintain their Buy rating on Alphabet, which currently sits at a price target of $3100.
• Piper Sandler has decided to maintain their Overweight rating on Alphabet, which currently sits at a price target of $2775.
• Morgan Stanley has decided to maintain their Overweight rating on Alphabet, which currently sits at a price target of $3000.

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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