Check Out What Whales Are Doing With NIO

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bearish stance on NIO NIO.

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 NIO, 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 35 uncommon options trades for NIO.

This isn't normal.

The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 40% bullish and 60%, bearish.

Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 10 are puts, for a total amount of $838,517, and 25 are calls, for a total amount of $892,661.

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 $15.0 to $65.0 for NIO over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for NIO options trades today is 7974.91 with a total volume of 40,839.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for NIO's big money trades within a strike price range of $15.0 to $65.0 over the last 30 days.

NIO 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
NIO PUT SWEEP BULLISH 03/17/23 $25.00 $147.0K 486 168
NIO PUT SWEEP BEARISH 09/16/22 $20.00 $139.5K 12.3K 913
NIO PUT SWEEP BEARISH 01/20/23 $17.00 $131.8K 6.4K 509
NIO PUT TRADE BULLISH 02/17/23 $17.50 $102.3K 2.4K 317
NIO PUT TRADE BEARISH 01/20/23 $27.00 $101.9K 20.1K 101

Where Is NIO Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 25,375,000, the price of NIO is down -2.75% at $17.24.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching oversold.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 1 days.

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.

If you want to stay updated on the latest options trades for NIO, Benzinga Pro gives you real-time options trades alerts.

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