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Check Out What Whales Are Doing With Sea

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bearish stance on Sea (NYSE:SE).

And retail traders should know.

We noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bearish stance on Sea (NYSE:SE).

And retail traders should know.

We noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.

Whether this is an institution or just a wealthy individual, we don't know. But when something this big happens with SE, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen.

Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 11 options trades for Sea.

This isn't normal.

The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 36% bullish and 63%, bearish.

Out of all of the options we uncovered, 10 are puts, for a total amount of $382,200, and there was 1 call, for a total amount of $26,720.

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 $40.0 to $90.0 for Sea over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Sea options trades today is 822.88 with a total volume of 1,678.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Sea's big money trades within a strike price range of $40.0 to $90.0 over the last 30 days.

Sea 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
SE PUT SWEEP NEUTRAL 10/28/22 $44.00 $62.3K 175 740
SE PUT SWEEP BEARISH 10/28/22 $44.00 $53.5K 175 336
SE PUT TRADE BEARISH 11/18/22 $90.00 $46.4K 126 20
SE PUT TRADE BULLISH 11/04/22 $47.00 $44.0K 128 100
SE PUT TRADE BEARISH 10/28/22 $48.00 $41.5K 483 170

Where Is Sea Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 1,289,992, the price of SE is down -4.7% at $44.01.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching oversold.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 22 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 Sea, Benzinga Pro gives you real-time options trades alerts.

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