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Veru Whale Trades Spotted

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

Looking at options history for Veru (NASDAQ:VERU) we detected 21 strange trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 42% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 57% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 4 are puts, for a total amount of $184,800 and 17, calls, for a total amount of $776,914.

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 $5.0 to $17.5 for Veru over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Veru options trades today is 3756.9 with a total volume of 45,590.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Veru's big money trades within a strike price range of $5.0 to $17.5 over the last 30 days.

Veru 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
VERU CALL TRADE BULLISH 05/06/22 $12.00 $115.0K 123 113
VERU CALL TRADE BEARISH 05/06/22 $11.00 $100.0K 22 1.6K
VERU PUT SWEEP BULLISH 05/20/22 $10.00 $90.0K 10.6K 2.4K
VERU CALL SWEEP BULLISH 05/06/22 $15.00 $55.1K 1.1K 1.2K
VERU CALL TRADE BEARISH 06/17/22 $10.00 $48.0K 17 212

Where Is Veru Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 23,512,707, the price of VERU is down -14.68% at $10.0.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be overbought.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 10 days.

What The Experts Say On Veru:

  • HC Wainwright & Co. has decided to maintain their Buy rating on Veru, which currently sits at a price target of $24.
  • Oppenheimer has decided to maintain their Outperform rating on Veru, which currently sits at a price target of $36.

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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