Looking At Booking Holdings's Recent Unusual Options Activity

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

Looking at options history for Booking Holdings BKNG we detected 30 strange trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 56% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 43% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 16 are puts, for a total amount of $1,120,032 and 14, calls, for a total amount of $658,901.

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 $2100.0 to $3900.0 for Booking Holdings over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

Looking at the volume and open interest is a powerful move while trading options. This data can help you track the liquidity and interest for Booking Holdings's options for a given strike price. Below, we can observe the evolution of the volume and open interest of calls and puts, respectively, for all of Booking Holdings's whale trades within a strike price range from $2100.0 to $3900.0 in the last 30 days.

Booking Holdings 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
BKNG PUT SWEEP BEARISH 05/19/23 $2580.00 $277.0K 20 25
BKNG CALL TRADE BULLISH 01/19/24 $3000.00 $154.5K 104 10
BKNG PUT TRADE NEUTRAL 01/19/24 $3100.00 $124.3K 20 0
BKNG CALL TRADE BULLISH 06/21/24 $3700.00 $111.9K 178 13
BKNG PUT SWEEP BEARISH 07/21/23 $2310.00 $96.0K 6 0

Where Is Booking Holdings Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 147,161, the price of BKNG is up 1.42% at $2543.86.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching overbought.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 36 days.

What The Experts Say On Booking Holdings:

  • Susquehanna has decided to maintain their Positive rating on Booking Holdings, which currently sits at a price target of $2900.
  • DA Davidson has decided to maintain their Neutral rating on Booking Holdings, which currently sits at a price target of $2600.
  • Goldman Sachs has decided to maintain their Neutral rating on Booking Holdings, which currently sits at a price target of $2630.
  • Tigress Financial has decided to maintain their Strong Buy rating on Booking Holdings, which currently sits at a price target of $3430.
  • JMP Securities downgraded its action to Market Outperform with a price target of $2750

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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