Alphabet Unusual Options Activity

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

Looking at options history for Alphabet GOOGL we detected 25 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 64% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 10 are puts, for a total amount of $477,302 and 15, calls, for a total amount of $1,172,927.

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 $90.0 to $130.0 for Alphabet over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Alphabet options trades today is 7269.56 with a total volume of 41,187.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Alphabet's big money trades within a strike price range of $90.0 to $130.0 over the last 30 days.

Alphabet 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
GOOGL CALL SWEEP NEUTRAL 09/15/23 $115.00 $488.1K 7.2K 304
GOOGL CALL SWEEP BULLISH 06/16/23 $120.00 $103.3K 31.9K 408
GOOGL CALL TRADE NEUTRAL 10/20/23 $130.00 $81.0K 3.9K 3
GOOGL CALL SWEEP BULLISH 05/26/23 $110.00 $74.0K 2.7K 304
GOOGL PUT SWEEP BEARISH 01/19/24 $130.00 $73.8K 625 0

Where Is Alphabet Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 5,305,385, the price of GOOGL is up 2.31% at $125.6.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be overbought.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 64 days.

What The Experts Say On Alphabet:

  • Credit Suisse has decided to maintain their Outperform rating on Alphabet, which currently sits at a price target of $135.
  • Needham downgraded its action to Buy with a price target of $115
  • Citigroup has decided to maintain their Buy rating on Alphabet, which currently sits at a price target of $130.
  • Rosenblatt has decided to maintain their Buy rating on Alphabet, which currently sits at a price target of $132.
  • JMP Securities downgraded its action to Market Outperform with a price target of $132

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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