Blackstone Unusual Options Activity For March 20

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

Looking at options history for Blackstone BX we detected 31 strange trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 41% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 58% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 26 are puts, for a total amount of $1,755,289 and 5, calls, for a total amount of $144,562.

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 $60.0 to $100.0 for Blackstone over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Blackstone options trades today is 3521.22 with a total volume of 12,905.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Blackstone's big money trades within a strike price range of $60.0 to $100.0 over the last 30 days.

Blackstone Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days

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Biggest Options Spotted:

Symbol PUT/CALL Trade Type Sentiment Exp. Date Strike Price Total Trade Price Open Interest Volume
BX PUT SWEEP BEARISH 05/19/23 $80.00 $355.5K 3.2K 626
BX PUT SWEEP BEARISH 04/21/23 $75.00 $310.0K 20.1K 166
BX PUT SWEEP BULLISH 05/19/23 $90.00 $117.0K 3.6K 126
BX PUT SWEEP BEARISH 05/19/23 $90.00 $86.8K 3.6K 566
BX PUT SWEEP BEARISH 05/19/23 $90.00 $60.2K 3.6K 1.1K

Where Is Blackstone Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 5,413,816, the price of BX is down -3.7% at $81.75.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching oversold.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 31 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.

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