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What Are Whales Doing With Li Auto

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

Looking at options history for Li Auto (NASDAQ:LI) we detected 11 strange trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 36% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 63% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 9 are puts, for a total amount of $399,701 and 2, calls, for a total amount of $118,912.

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 $14.0 to $47.0 for Li Auto over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Li Auto options trades today is 3702.43 with a total volume of 5,437.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Li Auto's big money trades within a strike price range of $14.0 to $47.0 over the last 30 days.

Li Auto 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
LI PUT SWEEP BULLISH 01/20/23 $15.00 $120.9K 11.3K 1.5K
LI CALL TRADE NEUTRAL 01/19/24 $30.00 $81.3K 1.5K 699
LI PUT SWEEP BEARISH 01/20/23 $20.00 $46.2K 8.7K 85
LI PUT SWEEP BULLISH 01/20/23 $15.00 $38.5K 11.3K 821
LI CALL TRADE BEARISH 01/19/24 $30.00 $37.6K 1.5K 210

Where Is Li Auto Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 3,745,953, the price of LI is down -16.09% at $14.91.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be oversold.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 35 days.

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 Li Auto, Benzinga Pro gives you real-time options trades alerts.

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