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Check Out What Whales Are Doing With PFE

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

Looking at options history for Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) we detected 17 strange trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 41% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 58% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 7 are puts, for a total amount of $264,885 and 10, calls, for a total amount of $503,543.

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 $60.0 for Pfizer over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Pfizer options trades today is 16957.23 with a total volume of 7,576.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Pfizer's big money trades within a strike price range of $40.0 to $60.0 over the last 30 days.

Pfizer 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
PFE CALL SWEEP BULLISH 04/14/22 $50.00 $143.9K 39.2K 2.0K
PFE CALL SWEEP BULLISH 06/17/22 $55.00 $88.0K 26.6K 947
PFE PUT TRADE BULLISH 01/20/23 $50.00 $55.4K 17.4K 99
PFE CALL SWEEP BEARISH 06/17/22 $55.00 $51.1K 26.6K 243
PFE PUT SWEEP BEARISH 01/20/23 $52.50 $49.4K 3.4K 5

Where Is Pfizer Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 13,116,890, the price of PFE is up 0.97% at $53.29.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be overbought.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 36 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.

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