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AbbVie Whale Trades For June 01

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

Looking at options history for AbbVie (NYSE:ABBV) 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, 4 are puts, for a total amount of $139,965 and 6, calls, for a total amount of $931,735.

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 $120.0 to $155.0 for AbbVie over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for AbbVie options trades today is 2628.1 with a total volume of 6,998.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for AbbVie's big money trades within a strike price range of $120.0 to $155.0 over the last 30 days.

AbbVie 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
ABBV CALL TRADE BEARISH 07/15/22 $155.00 $700.0K 2.9K 5.4K
ABBV CALL TRADE NEUTRAL 07/15/22 $150.00 $68.0K 3.3K 202
ABBV CALL SWEEP NEUTRAL 11/18/22 $155.00 $47.4K 634 95
ABBV CALL TRADE BULLISH 01/20/23 $130.00 $47.1K 3.6K 22
ABBV CALL SWEEP BULLISH 07/15/22 $145.00 $40.6K 1.5K 33

Where Is AbbVie Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 2,805,112, the price of ABBV is down -1.5% at $145.16.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching oversold.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 58 days.

What The Experts Say On AbbVie:

  • SVB Leerink downgraded its action to Underperform with a price target of $140

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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