Bank of America Unusual Options Activity For May 16

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

Looking at options history for Bank of America BAC we detected 24 strange trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 45% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 54% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 12 are puts, for a total amount of $1,766,075 and 12, calls, for a total amount of $411,251.

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 $15.0 to $33.0 for Bank of America over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Bank of America options trades today is 22881.11 with a total volume of 13,296.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Bank of America's big money trades within a strike price range of $15.0 to $33.0 over the last 30 days.

Bank of America Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days

Biggest Options Spotted:

Where Is Bank of America Standing Right Now?

• With a volume of 20,027,988, the price of BAC is down -0.9% at $27.4.
• RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching oversold.
• Next earnings are expected to be released in 63 days.

What The Experts Say On Bank of America:

• Keefe, Bruyette & Woods has decided to maintain their Underperform rating on Bank of America, which currently sits at a price target of $29.
• Evercore ISI Group has decided to maintain their Outperform rating on Bank of America, which currently sits at a price target of $35.
• RBC Capital has decided to maintain their Outperform rating on Bank of America, which currently sits at a price target of $35.
• BMO Capital has decided to maintain their Market Perform rating on Bank of America, which currently sits at a price target of $41.
• Oppenheimer has decided to maintain their Outperform rating on Bank of America, which currently sits at a price target of $47.

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