A whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bearish stance on Home Depot.
Looking at options history for Home Depot (NYSE:HD) we detected 18 strange trades.
If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 38% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 61% with bearish.
From the overall spotted trades, 11 are puts, for a total amount of $650,497 and 7, calls, for a total amount of $499,953.
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 $220.0 to $620.0 for Home Depot over the last 3 months.
Volume & Open Interest Development
In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Home Depot options trades today is 857.53 with a total volume of 1,719.00.
In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Home Depot's big money trades within a strike price range of $220.0 to $620.0 over the last 30 days.
Home Depot 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HD | PUT | TRADE | BULLISH | 11/25/22 | $290.00 | $257.5K | 93 | 350 |
| HD | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 11/25/22 | $290.00 | $209.1K | 345 | 350 |
| HD | CALL | SWEEP | BULLISH | 01/19/24 | $420.00 | $77.2K | 350 | 150 |
| HD | PUT | SWEEP | NEUTRAL | 11/18/22 | $280.00 | $73.5K | 3.0K | 196 |
| HD | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 02/17/23 | $300.00 | $66.0K | 481 | 44 |
Where Is Home Depot Standing Right Now?
- With a volume of 1,850,879, the price of HD is down -1.08% at $287.99.
- RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching overbought.
- Next earnings are expected to be released in 6 days.
What The Experts Say On Home Depot:
- Exane BNP Paribas downgraded its action to Neutral with a price target of $286
- Goldman Sachs has decided to maintain their Buy rating on Home Depot, which currently sits at a price target of $329.
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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