Looking At Starbucks's Recent Unusual Options Activity

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

Looking at options history for Starbucks SBUX we detected 10 strange trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 60% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 40% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 7 are puts, for a total amount of $651,936 and 3, calls, for a total amount of $336,226.

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 $80.0 to $125.0 for Starbucks over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Starbucks options trades today is 1602.33 with a total volume of 5,108.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Starbucks's big money trades within a strike price range of $80.0 to $125.0 over the last 30 days.

Starbucks 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
SBUX PUT SWEEP BULLISH 05/19/23 $105.00 $420.8K 4.4K 1.9K
SBUX CALL TRADE BULLISH 01/19/24 $125.00 $182.5K 1.5K 500
SBUX CALL TRADE BULLISH 01/19/24 $125.00 $109.5K 1.5K 800
SBUX PUT SWEEP BEARISH 05/19/23 $105.00 $53.1K 4.4K 196
SBUX PUT SWEEP BEARISH 05/19/23 $105.00 $50.2K 4.4K 353

Where Is Starbucks Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 1,634,232, the price of SBUX is up 1.02% at $106.68.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching overbought.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 19 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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