Target Unusual Options Activity For May 19

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

Looking at options history for Target TGT we detected 25 strange trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 48% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 52% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 15 are puts, for a total amount of $850,567 and 10, calls, for a total amount of $804,631.

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 $125.0 to $195.0 for Target over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Target options trades today is 1726.39 with a total volume of 6,020.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Target's big money trades within a strike price range of $125.0 to $195.0 over the last 30 days.

Target 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
TGT CALL TRADE BEARISH 01/17/25 $195.00 $430.0K 1.6K 0
TGT PUT TRADE BULLISH 06/21/24 $180.00 $247.4K 83 73
TGT PUT TRADE BULLISH 01/17/25 $125.00 $98.4K 346 86
TGT CALL SWEEP NEUTRAL 06/16/23 $160.00 $98.1K 5.0K 1.3K
TGT PUT TRADE NEUTRAL 05/19/23 $157.50 $75.0K 2.7K 563

Where Is Target Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 3,735,630, the price of TGT is down -1.23% at $152.29.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching oversold.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 89 days.

What The Experts Say On Target:

  • Bernstein has decided to maintain their Outperform rating on Target, which currently sits at a price target of $183.
  • Roth MKM has decided to maintain their Neutral rating on Target, which currently sits at a price target of $156.
  • Truist Securities has decided to maintain their Hold rating on Target, which currently sits at a price target of $157.
  • Telsey Advisory Group downgraded its action to Outperform with a price target of $185
  • JP Morgan has decided to maintain their Overweight rating on Target, 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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