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Looking At Amazon.com's Recent Whale Trades

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

Looking at options history for Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) we detected 54 strange trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 40% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 59% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 23 are puts, for a total amount of $1,498,084 and 31, calls, for a total amount of $2,259,360.

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 $3000.0 to $4300.0 for Amazon.com over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Amazon.com options trades today is 902.4 with a total volume of 43,742.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Amazon.com's big money trades within a strike price range of $3000.0 to $4300.0 over the last 30 days.

Amazon.com 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
AMZN CALL SWEEP NEUTRAL 10/21/22 $3500.00 $415.1K 90 26
AMZN CALL SWEEP NEUTRAL 10/21/22 $3800.00 $232.9K 103 27
AMZN PUT TRADE BEARISH 04/08/22 $3100.00 $205.8K 3.0K 2.7K
AMZN CALL SWEEP BULLISH 04/29/22 $3150.00 $176.4K 60 19
AMZN PUT SWEEP NEUTRAL 04/08/22 $3100.00 $168.7K 3.0K 4.6K

Where Is Amazon.com Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 461,535, the price of AMZN is down -1.4% at $3111.4.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching overbought.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 20 days.

What The Experts Say On Amazon.com:

  • Exane BNP Paribas downgraded its action to Underperform with a price target of $2800
  • Deutsche Bank downgraded its action to Buy with a price target of $4100

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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