Looking At Albemarle's Recent Unusual Options Activity

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

Looking at options history for Albemarle ALB we detected 10 strange trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 30% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 70% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 2 are puts, for a total amount of $225,970 and 8, calls, for a total amount of $689,002.

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 $135.0 to $390.0 for Albemarle over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Albemarle options trades today is 436.1 with a total volume of 709.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Albemarle's big money trades within a strike price range of $135.0 to $390.0 over the last 30 days.

Albemarle Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days

Options Call Chart

Biggest Options Spotted:

Symbol PUT/CALL Trade Type Sentiment Exp. Date Strike Price Total Trade Price Open Interest Volume
ALB PUT SWEEP BULLISH 09/15/23 $210.00 $174.3K 1.3K 352
ALB CALL SWEEP BULLISH 07/21/23 $180.00 $143.7K 430 25
ALB CALL TRADE BULLISH 01/17/25 $390.00 $128.0K 5 100
ALB CALL SWEEP BEARISH 08/18/23 $240.00 $120.9K 672 114
ALB CALL TRADE BEARISH 01/19/24 $135.00 $108.0K 21 10

Where Is Albemarle Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 543,799, the price of ALB is up 1.74% at $239.37.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching overbought.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 16 days.

What The Experts Say On Albemarle:

  • Morgan Stanley downgraded its action to Underweight with a price target of $155
  • Keybanc has decided to maintain their Overweight rating on Albemarle, which currently sits at a price target of $291.

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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