Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bullish stance on B2Gold BTG.
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 BTG, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen.
Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 10 options trades for B2Gold.
This isn't normal.
The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 70% bullish and 30%, bearish.
Out of all of the options we uncovered, 9 are puts, for a total amount of $682,631, and there was 1 call, for a total amount of $500,000.
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 $5.0 to $7.5 for B2Gold over the last 3 months.
Volume & Open Interest Development
In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for B2Gold options trades today is 16139.0 with a total volume of 20,317.00.
In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for B2Gold's big money trades within a strike price range of $5.0 to $7.5 over the last 30 days.
B2Gold 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BTG | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 01/19/24 | $5.00 | $500.0K | 36.6K | 10.0K |
| BTG | PUT | SWEEP | BEARISH | 01/19/24 | $7.50 | $207.6K | 65 | 0 |
| BTG | PUT | SWEEP | BEARISH | 01/19/24 | $5.00 | $145.1K | 11.7K | 2.5K |
| BTG | PUT | SWEEP | BEARISH | 01/19/24 | $5.00 | $72.5K | 11.7K | 1.0K |
| BTG | PUT | SWEEP | BULLISH | 01/19/24 | $5.00 | $68.8K | 11.7K | 2.5K |
Where Is B2Gold Standing Right Now?
- With a volume of 11,172,030, the price of BTG is down -0.62% at $4.0.
- RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock is currently neutral between overbought and oversold.
- Next earnings are expected to be released in 13 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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