What Are Whales Doing With Wayfair

A whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bullish stance on Wayfair.

Looking at options history for Wayfair W we detected 10 strange trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 80% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 20% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 8 are puts, for a total amount of $554,627 and 2, calls, for a total amount of $53,940.

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 $38.0 to $57.0 for Wayfair 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 Wayfair'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 Wayfair's whale trades within a strike price range from $38.0 to $57.0 in the last 30 days.

Wayfair Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days

Options Call Chart

Biggest Options Spotted:

Symbol PUT/CALL Trade Type Sentiment Exp. Date Strike Price Total Trade Price Open Interest Volume
W PUT TRADE BULLISH 08/19/22 $55.00 $201.1K 2.1K 661
W PUT SWEEP BULLISH 09/16/22 $45.00 $106.0K 9.0K 550
W PUT SWEEP BULLISH 08/19/22 $55.00 $66.7K 2.1K 189
W PUT SWEEP BULLISH 09/16/22 $45.00 $48.4K 9.0K 178
W PUT TRADE BULLISH 08/19/22 $45.00 $37.0K 2.6K 2.5K

Where Is Wayfair Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 1,513,809, the price of W is up 5.31% at $60.5.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching overbought.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 1 days.

What The Experts Say On Wayfair:

  • Wedbush has decided to maintain their Neutral rating on Wayfair, which currently sits at a price target of $50.
  • Stifel has decided to maintain their Hold rating on Wayfair, which currently sits at a price target of $55.
  • Piper Sandler has decided to maintain their Neutral rating on Wayfair, which currently sits at a price target of $55.
  • UBS has decided to maintain their Neutral rating on Wayfair, which currently sits at a price target of $50.
  • Truist Securities has decided to maintain their Buy rating on Wayfair, which currently sits at a price target of $120.

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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