Looking At New York Community's Recent Unusual Options Activity

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bullish stance on New York Community NYCB.

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 NYCB, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen.

Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 11 options trades for New York Community.

This isn't normal.

The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 63% bullish and 36%, bearish.

Out of all of the options we uncovered, there was 1 put, for a total amount of $37,783, and 10, calls, for a total amount of $759,990..

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 $7.0 to $13.0 for New York Community over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for New York Community options trades today is 4697.5 with a total volume of 65,671.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for New York Community's big money trades within a strike price range of $7.0 to $13.0 over the last 30 days.

New York Community Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days

Biggest Options Spotted:

Where Is New York Community Standing Right Now?

• With a volume of 8,836,676, the price of NYCB is down -2.81% at $10.88.
• RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching overbought.
• Next earnings are expected to be released in 69 days.

What The Experts Say On New York Community:

• Morgan Stanley has decided to maintain their Equal-Weight rating on New York Community, which currently sits at a price target of $11.
• RBC Capital downgraded its action to Outperform with a price target of $11

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.

If you want to stay updated on the latest options trades for New York Community, Benzinga Pro gives you real-time options trades alerts.