This Is What Whales Are Betting On United Airlines Holdings

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bullish stance on United Airlines Holdings UAL.

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 UAL, 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 11 uncommon options trades for United Airlines Holdings.

This isn't normal.

The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 54% bullish and 45%, bearish.

Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 9 are puts, for a total amount of $342,657, and 2 are calls, for a total amount of $73,359.

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 $30.0 to $55.0 for United Airlines Holdings over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for United Airlines Holdings options trades today is 4326.14 with a total volume of 3,767.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for United Airlines Holdings's big money trades within a strike price range of $30.0 to $55.0 over the last 30 days.

United Airlines Holdings 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
UAL PUT SWEEP BULLISH 06/16/23 $35.00 $50.3K 3.5K 454
UAL CALL SWEEP BEARISH 06/16/23 $55.00 $48.0K 476 200
UAL PUT SWEEP BULLISH 06/16/23 $35.00 $46.6K 3.5K 839
UAL PUT SWEEP BULLISH 06/16/23 $30.00 $44.6K 2.8K 443
UAL PUT SWEEP BEARISH 06/16/23 $42.00 $42.3K 2.8K 209

Where Is United Airlines Holdings Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 2,382,569, the price of UAL is down -0.76% at $43.84.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching overbought.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 48 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 United Airlines Holdings, Benzinga Pro gives you real-time options trades alerts.

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