NVIDIA Unusual Options Activity For March 17

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

Looking at options history for NVIDIA NVDA we detected 78 strange trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 42% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 57% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 24 are puts, for a total amount of $2,657,351 and 54, calls, for a total amount of $3,317,675.

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 $185.0 to $340.0 for NVIDIA over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for NVIDIA options trades today is 5262.98 with a total volume of 214,935.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for NVIDIA's big money trades within a strike price range of $185.0 to $340.0 over the last 30 days.

NVIDIA 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
NVDA PUT SWEEP BEARISH 04/21/23 $280.00 $619.3K 1.1K 150
NVDA CALL TRADE BEARISH 03/17/23 $245.00 $385.6K 12.4K 816
NVDA PUT SWEEP BEARISH 03/17/23 $260.00 $194.6K 457 7.7K
NVDA CALL TRADE BEARISH 03/31/23 $260.00 $124.0K 3.1K 440
NVDA CALL SWEEP BEARISH 04/21/23 $255.00 $123.0K 4.7K 139

Where Is NVIDIA Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 5,116,416, the price of NVDA is up 1.65% at $259.62.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be overbought.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 68 days.

What The Experts Say On NVIDIA:

  • Craig-Hallum has decided to maintain their Hold rating on NVIDIA, which currently sits at a price target of $190.
  • Susquehanna has decided to maintain their Positive rating on NVIDIA, which currently sits at a price target of $265.
  • Susquehanna downgraded its action to Positive with a price target of $265
  • Deutsche Bank has decided to maintain their Hold rating on NVIDIA, which currently sits at a price target of $200.
  • Baird has decided to maintain their Neutral rating on NVIDIA, which currently sits at a price target of $230.

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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