Looking At Chewy's Recent Unusual Options Activity

A whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bullish stance on Chewy.

Looking at options history for Chewy CHWY we detected 12 strange trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 50% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 50% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 7 are puts, for a total amount of $307,891 and 5, calls, for a total amount of $155,165.

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 $34.0 to $45.5 for Chewy over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Chewy options trades today is 569.0 with a total volume of 4,168.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Chewy's big money trades within a strike price range of $34.0 to $45.5 over the last 30 days.

Chewy 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
CHWY PUT TRADE BEARISH 04/14/23 $42.00 $53.6K 43 0
CHWY PUT TRADE BULLISH 03/24/23 $44.50 $51.7K 60 56
CHWY PUT SWEEP BULLISH 03/31/23 $35.00 $45.0K 1.0K 1.0K
CHWY CALL SWEEP BEARISH 05/19/23 $40.00 $43.2K 3.0K 671
CHWY PUT TRADE BEARISH 04/14/23 $43.00 $41.8K 28 54

Where Is Chewy Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 8,908,716, the price of CHWY is down -9.3% at $34.25.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching oversold.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 69 days.

What The Experts Say On Chewy:

  • Deutsche Bank has decided to maintain their Buy rating on Chewy, which currently sits at a price target of $41.
  • Barclays has decided to maintain their Equal-Weight rating on Chewy, which currently sits at a price target of $33.
  • Roth MKM downgraded its action to Buy with a price target of $52
  • Needham downgraded its action to Buy with a price target of $55
  • Evercore ISI Group has decided to maintain their Outperform rating on Chewy, which currently sits at a price target of $53.

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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