Check Out What Whales Are Doing With Verizon Communications

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

Looking at options history for Verizon Communications VZ we detected 10 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, 2 are puts, for a total amount of $84,163 and 8, calls, for a total amount of $277,272.

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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 $20.0 to $35.0 for Verizon Communications over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

Looking at the volume and open interest is an insightful way to conduct due diligence on a stock.

This data can help you track the liquidity and interest for Verizon Communications's options for a given strike price.

Below, we can observe the evolution of the volume and open interest of calls and puts, respectively, for all of Verizon Communications's whale activity within a strike price range from $20.0 to $35.0 in the last 30 days.

Verizon Communications Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days

Biggest Options Spotted:

Where Is Verizon Communications Standing Right Now?

• With a volume of 10,639,471, the price of VZ is down -0.06% at $33.36.
• RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock is currently neutral between overbought and oversold.
• Next earnings are expected to be released in 60 days.

What The Experts Say On Verizon Communications:

• Citigroup has decided to maintain their Neutral rating on Verizon Communications, which currently sits at a price target of $39.
• Oppenheimer downgraded its action to Outperform with a price target of $43
• Morgan Stanley downgraded its action to Overweight with a price target of $44

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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