Looking At D.R. Horton's Recent Unusual Options Activity

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bearish stance on D.R. Horton DHI.

And retail traders should know.

We noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.

Whether this is an institution or just a wealthy individual, we don't know. But when something this big happens with DHI, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen.

Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 13 options trades for D.R. Horton.

This isn't normal.

The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 38% bullish and 61%, bearish.

Out of all of the options we uncovered, 12 are puts, for a total amount of $443,869, and there was 1 call, for a total amount of $29,263.

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 $100.0 to $115.0 for D.R. Horton over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for D.R. Horton options trades today is 306.0 with a total volume of 1,433.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for D.R. Horton's big money trades within a strike price range of $100.0 to $115.0 over the last 30 days.

D.R. Horton 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
DHI PUT TRADE NEUTRAL 02/16/24 $100.00 $69.0K 348 0
DHI PUT SWEEP BULLISH 01/19/24 $110.00 $52.4K 845 218
DHI PUT SWEEP BULLISH 01/19/24 $110.00 $52.1K 845 285
DHI PUT SWEEP BULLISH 01/19/24 $110.00 $48.7K 845 189
DHI PUT SWEEP BEARISH 11/24/23 $110.00 $36.7K 1 68

Where Is D.R. Horton Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 1,504,067, the price of DHI is up 0.4% at $102.76.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching oversold.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 25 days.

What The Experts Say On D.R. Horton:

  • Barclays has decided to maintain their Overweight rating on D.R. Horton, which currently sits at a price target of $130.

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.

If you want to stay updated on the latest options trades for D.R. Horton, Benzinga Pro gives you real-time options trades alerts.

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