Looking At JPMorgan Chase's Recent Unusual Options Activity

A whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bullish stance on JPMorgan Chase.

Looking at options history for JPMorgan Chase JPM we detected 14 strange trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 50% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 50% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 4 are puts, for a total amount of $138,702 and 10, calls, for a total amount of $625,848.

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 $130.0 to $145.0 for JPMorgan Chase over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for JPMorgan Chase options trades today is 5986.77 with a total volume of 3,118.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for JPMorgan Chase's big money trades within a strike price range of $130.0 to $145.0 over the last 30 days.

JPMorgan Chase 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
JPM CALL TRADE BULLISH 05/26/23 $137.00 $133.9K 2.7K 647
JPM CALL TRADE NEUTRAL 06/16/23 $135.00 $106.5K 17.6K 48
JPM CALL SWEEP BEARISH 06/16/23 $140.00 $90.5K 20.8K 128
JPM CALL SWEEP BULLISH 05/19/23 $135.00 $75.0K 7.0K 219
JPM CALL TRADE BULLISH 05/26/23 $137.00 $46.5K 2.7K 665

Where Is JPMorgan Chase Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 4,191,694, the price of JPM is up 0.62% at $140.36.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching overbought.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 56 days.

What The Experts Say On JPMorgan Chase:

  • Evercore ISI Group has decided to maintain their Outperform rating on JPMorgan Chase, which currently sits at a price target of $151.
  • Jefferies has decided to maintain their Hold rating on JPMorgan Chase, which currently sits at a price target of $149.
  • RBC Capital has decided to maintain their Outperform rating on JPMorgan Chase, which currently sits at a price target of $147.
  • Credit Suisse downgraded its action to Outperform with a price target of $160
  • Oppenheimer has decided to maintain their Outperform rating on JPMorgan Chase, which currently sits at a price target of $196.

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