Looking At Booking Holdings's Recent Unusual Options Activity

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bullish stance on Booking Holdings BKNG.

And retail traders should know.

We noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.

Whether this is an institution or just a wealthy individual, we don't know. But when something this big happens with BKNG, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen.

So how do we know what this whale just did?

Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 10 uncommon options trades for Booking Holdings.

This isn't normal.

The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 60% bullish and 40%, bearish.

Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 5 are puts, for a total amount of $606,970, and 5 are calls, for a total amount of $275,725.

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 $2300.0 to $3450.0 for Booking Holdings over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Booking Holdings options trades today is 34.5 with a total volume of 45.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Booking Holdings's big money trades within a strike price range of $2300.0 to $3450.0 over the last 30 days.

Booking Holdings Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days

Biggest Options Spotted:

Where Is Booking Holdings Standing Right Now?

• With a volume of 33,681, the price of BKNG is down -0.78% at $2658.78.
• RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching overbought.
• Next earnings are expected to be released in 9 days.

What The Experts Say On Booking Holdings:

• Argus Research has decided to maintain their Buy rating on Booking Holdings, which currently sits at a price target of $3000.
• 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
• Barclays has decided to maintain their Overweight rating on Booking Holdings, which currently sits at a price target of $2911.

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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