Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bearish stance on Deutsche Bank DB.
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 DB, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen.
Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 13 options trades for Deutsche Bank.
This isn't normal.
The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 23% bullish and 76%, bearish.
Out of all of the options we uncovered, 12 are puts, for a total amount of $771,368, and there was 1 call, for a total amount of $25,840.
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 $9.0 to $12.5 for Deutsche Bank over the last 3 months.
Volume & Open Interest Development
In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Deutsche Bank options trades today is 8348.25 with a total volume of 94,845.00.
In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Deutsche Bank's big money trades within a strike price range of $9.0 to $12.5 over the last 30 days.
Deutsche Bank 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DB | PUT | SWEEP | BEARISH | 07/21/23 | $10.00 | $181.3K | 16.1K | 1.0K |
| DB | PUT | SWEEP | BEARISH | 07/21/23 | $10.00 | $139.7K | 16.1K | 5.5K |
| DB | PUT | SWEEP | BEARISH | 07/21/23 | $10.00 | $98.0K | 16.1K | 11.8K |
| DB | PUT | SWEEP | NEUTRAL | 07/21/23 | $10.00 | $47.5K | 16.1K | 10.2K |
| DB | PUT | SWEEP | BEARISH | 07/21/23 | $10.00 | $46.3K | 16.1K | 4.5K |
Where Is Deutsche Bank Standing Right Now?
- With a volume of 752,896, the price of DB is down -1.53% at $10.31.
- RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock is currently neutral between overbought and oversold.
- Next earnings are expected to be released in 83 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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