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Looking At Nike's Recent Whale Trades

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

Looking at options history for Nike (NYSE:NKE) we detected 20 strange trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 55% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 45% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 12 are puts, for a total amount of $524,394 and 8, calls, for a total amount of $345,837.

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 $100.0 to $115.0 for Nike over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Nike options trades today is 1297.82 with a total volume of 10,521.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Nike's big money trades within a strike price range of $100.0 to $115.0 over the last 30 days.

Nike 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
NKE PUT SWEEP BULLISH 09/16/22 $110.00 $85.0K 3.2K 1.2K
NKE CALL SWEEP BULLISH 07/29/22 $111.00 $77.7K 163 688
NKE PUT SWEEP BULLISH 09/16/22 $110.00 $71.3K 3.2K 502
NKE PUT SWEEP BULLISH 09/16/22 $110.00 $69.6K 3.2K 134
NKE PUT SWEEP NEUTRAL 09/16/22 $110.00 $52.9K 3.2K 1.4K

Where Is Nike Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 1,717,547, the price of NKE is up 1.91% at $111.28.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching overbought.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 64 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 Nike, Benzinga Pro gives you real-time options trades alerts.

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