Check Out What Whales Are Doing With BKNG

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 19 strange trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 52% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 47% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 15 are puts, for a total amount of $582,577 and 4, calls, for a total amount of $290,648.

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 $2000.0 to $2900.0 for Booking Holdings over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

Looking at the volume and open interest is an insightful way to conduct due diligence on a stock.

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 activity within a strike price range from $2000.0 to $2900.0 in the last 30 days.

Booking Holdings 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
BKNG CALL TRADE NEUTRAL 10/20/23 $2600.00 $152.1K 12 5
BKNG PUT TRADE BULLISH 07/21/23 $2700.00 $95.8K 20 6
BKNG PUT TRADE BULLISH 06/21/24 $2800.00 $73.6K 19 2
BKNG CALL TRADE BULLISH 05/05/23 $2100.00 $57.3K 0 0
BKNG CALL TRADE BEARISH 10/20/23 $2650.00 $55.0K 6 2

Where Is Booking Holdings Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 110,477, the price of BKNG is up 0.42% at $2661.11.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching overbought.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 17 days.

What The Experts Say On Booking Holdings:

  • Tigress Financial has decided to maintain their Strong Buy rating on Booking Holdings, which currently sits at a price target of $3430.
  • Argus Research has decided to maintain their Buy rating on Booking Holdings, which currently sits at a price target of $3000.
  • JMP Securities downgraded its action to Market Outperform with a price target of $2750

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