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What Are Whales Doing With JD.com

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bullish stance on JD.com (NASDAQ:JD).

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 JD, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen.

So how do we know what this whale just did?

Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 25 uncommon options trades for JD.com.

This isn't normal.

The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 52% bullish and 48%, bearish.

Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 7 are puts, for a total amount of $262,799, and 18 are calls, for a total amount of $1,069,676.

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 $55.0 to $90.0 for JD.com over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for JD.com options trades today is 2568.9 with a total volume of 6,088.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for JD.com's big money trades within a strike price range of $55.0 to $90.0 over the last 30 days.

JD.com 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
JD CALL TRADE BULLISH 04/01/22 $70.00 $310.5K 807 1.2K
JD CALL SWEEP BEARISH 04/14/22 $71.00 $101.0K 1 501
JD CALL SWEEP BULLISH 04/01/22 $70.00 $70.0K 807 658
JD CALL SWEEP BEARISH 04/14/22 $65.00 $65.6K 3.1K 330
JD CALL TRADE BEARISH 04/01/22 $61.00 $64.5K 377 4

Where Is JD.com Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 5,547,562, the price of JD is up 3.86% at $63.81.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching overbought.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 57 days.

What The Experts Say On JD.com:

  • Barclays has decided to maintain their Overweight rating on JD.com, which currently sits at a price target of $99.
  • HSBC has decided to maintain their Buy rating on JD.com, which currently sits at a price target of $91.
  • Citigroup has decided to maintain their Buy rating on JD.com, which currently sits at a price target of $99.
  • JP Morgan downgraded its action to Underweight with a price target of $35
  • Morgan Stanley has decided to maintain their Overweight rating on JD.com, which currently sits at a price target of $85.

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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