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What Are Whales Doing With Ford Motor

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

Looking at options history for Ford Motor (NYSE:F) we detected 12 strange trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 33% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 66% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 9 are puts, for a total amount of $406,799 and 3, calls, for a total amount of $82,645.

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 $12.0 to $29.0 for Ford Motor over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Ford Motor options trades today is 28313.2 with a total volume of 12,174.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Ford Motor's big money trades within a strike price range of $12.0 to $29.0 over the last 30 days.

Ford Motor 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
F PUT SWEEP BEARISH 06/17/22 $15.00 $83.4K 80.9K 494
F PUT SWEEP BEARISH 04/29/22 $16.50 $49.7K 4.8K 436
F PUT SWEEP BEARISH 09/16/22 $18.00 $46.2K 12.1K 251
F PUT SWEEP BEARISH 04/29/22 $14.50 $45.0K 11.0K 4.4K
F PUT TRADE BULLISH 05/06/22 $15.00 $42.5K 3.7K 105

Where Is Ford Motor Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 23,277,266, the price of F is up 1.09% at $14.87.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be oversold.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 0 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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