Looking At AbbVie's Recent Unusual Options Activity

A whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bearish stance on AbbVie.

Looking at options history for AbbVie ABBV we detected 11 strange trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 36% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 63% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 5 are puts, for a total amount of $266,154 and 6, calls, for a total amount of $251,565.

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 $120.0 to $180.0 for AbbVie over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for AbbVie options trades today is 1478.5 with a total volume of 1,496.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for AbbVie's big money trades within a strike price range of $120.0 to $180.0 over the last 30 days.

AbbVie Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days

Options Call Chart

Biggest Options Spotted:

Symbol PUT/CALL Trade Type Sentiment Exp. Date Strike Price Total Trade Price Open Interest Volume
ABBV PUT SWEEP BULLISH 07/21/23 $135.00 $139.2K 275 865
ABBV CALL TRADE BEARISH 07/21/23 $120.00 $62.7K 18 25
ABBV CALL TRADE BEARISH 07/21/23 $150.00 $62.2K 412 162
ABBV CALL TRADE BULLISH 01/17/25 $145.00 $38.3K 8.9K 36
ABBV PUT TRADE BEARISH 06/16/23 $180.00 $32.6K 31 10

Where Is AbbVie Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 3,680,510, the price of ABBV is down -0.41% at $147.42.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching oversold.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 81 days.

What The Experts Say On AbbVie:

  • Guggenheim has decided to maintain their Buy rating on AbbVie, which currently sits at a price target of $171.
  • Morgan Stanley has decided to maintain their Overweight rating on AbbVie, which currently sits at a price target of $181.
  • Wells Fargo has decided to maintain their Overweight rating on AbbVie, which currently sits at a price target of $195.
  • Morgan Stanley has decided to maintain their Overweight rating on AbbVie, which currently sits at a price target of $182.

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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