Looking At Netflix's Recent Unusual Options Activity

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

Looking at options history for Netflix NFLX we detected 50 strange trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 58% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 42% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 25 are puts, for a total amount of $1,301,335 and 25, calls, for a total amount of $1,577,927.

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 $110.0 to $550.0 for Netflix over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Netflix options trades today is 988.62 with a total volume of 19,347.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Netflix's big money trades within a strike price range of $110.0 to $550.0 over the last 30 days.

Netflix 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
NFLX PUT SWEEP BEARISH 07/21/23 $400.00 $230.4K 1.3K 486
NFLX CALL SWEEP BEARISH 08/18/23 $430.00 $221.8K 352 161
NFLX CALL TRADE BULLISH 07/21/23 $340.00 $205.3K 2.5K 35
NFLX CALL SWEEP BEARISH 07/21/23 $410.00 $197.5K 4.1K 191
NFLX CALL TRADE BULLISH 08/18/23 $420.00 $188.5K 360 173

Where Is Netflix Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 2,811,367, the price of NFLX is down -1.45% at $397.69.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be overbought.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 42 days.

What The Experts Say On Netflix:

  • Oppenheimer has decided to maintain their Outperform rating on Netflix, which currently sits at a price target of $450.
  • Wedbush downgraded its action to Outperform with a price target of $410

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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