A whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bearish stance on PayPal Holdings.
Looking at options history for PayPal Holdings (NASDAQ:PYPL) we detected 37 strange trades.
If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 32% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 67% with bearish.
From the overall spotted trades, 6 are puts, for a total amount of $340,628 and 31, calls, for a total amount of $1,463,750.
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 $35.0 to $220.0 for PayPal Holdings over the last 3 months.
Volume & Open Interest Development
In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for PayPal Holdings options trades today is 2570.1 with a total volume of 5,410.00.
In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for PayPal Holdings's big money trades within a strike price range of $35.0 to $220.0 over the last 30 days.
PayPal Holdings 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PYPL | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 01/19/24 | $35.00 | $118.3K | 118 | 69 |
| PYPL | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 12/16/22 | $97.50 | $118.0K | 61 | 100 |
| PYPL | PUT | SWEEP | BULLISH | 01/20/23 | $220.00 | $98.1K | 828 | 8 |
| PYPL | PUT | TRADE | BULLISH | 01/19/24 | $60.00 | $98.0K | 17.1K | 302 |
| PYPL | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 09/15/23 | $115.00 | $80.9K | 421 | 277 |
Where Is PayPal Holdings Standing Right Now?
- With a volume of 5,641,999, the price of PYPL is up 2.57% at $97.77.
- RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be overbought.
- Next earnings are expected to be released in 91 days.
What The Experts Say On PayPal Holdings:
- JMP Securities has decided to maintain their Market Outperform rating on PayPal Holdings, which currently sits at a price target of $100.
- BMO Capital has decided to maintain their Outperform rating on PayPal Holdings, which currently sits at a price target of $124.
- Evercore ISI Group has decided to maintain their Outperform rating on PayPal Holdings, which currently sits at a price target of $136.
- Truist Securities has decided to maintain their Hold rating on PayPal Holdings, which currently sits at a price target of $108.
- Wells Fargo has decided to maintain their Overweight rating on PayPal Holdings, which currently sits at a price target of $123.
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