Looking At MicroStrategy's Recent Whale Trades

 

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bullish stance on MicroStrategy MSTR.

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 MSTR, 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 18 uncommon options trades for MicroStrategy.

This isn't normal.

The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 72% bullish and 27%, bearish.

Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 9 are puts, for a total amount of $1,430,213, and 9 are calls, for a total amount of $441,479.

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 $200.0 to $500.0 for MicroStrategy over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for MicroStrategy options trades today is 154.4 with a total volume of 1,308.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for MicroStrategy's big money trades within a strike price range of $200.0 to $500.0 over the last 30 days.

MicroStrategy 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
MSTR PUT SWEEP BULLISH 09/16/22 $370.00 $293.0K 18 125
MSTR PUT SWEEP BULLISH 09/16/22 $370.00 $256.5K 18 220
MSTR PUT SWEEP BEARISH 09/16/22 $370.00 $201.2K 18 160
MSTR PUT SWEEP BULLISH 09/16/22 $370.00 $183.3K 18 252
MSTR PUT TRADE BULLISH 09/16/22 $370.00 $146.5K 18 50

Where Is MicroStrategy Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 246,898, the price of MSTR is up 1.82% at $343.14.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be overbought.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 76 days.

What The Experts Say On MicroStrategy:

  • Jefferies downgraded its action to Underperform with a price target of $180

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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