Market Whales and Their Recent Bets on YPF Options

Investors with significant funds have taken a bearish position in YPF YPF, a development that retail traders should be aware of.

This was brought to our attention today through our monitoring of publicly accessible options data at Benzinga. The exact nature of these investors remains a mystery, but such a major move in YPF usually indicates foreknowledge of upcoming events.

Today, Benzinga's options scanner identified 11 options transactions for YPF. This is an unusual occurrence. The sentiment among these large-scale traders is mixed, with 18% being bullish and 81% bearish. Of all the options we discovered, 10 are puts, valued at $289,800, and there was a single call, worth $25,000.

Predicted Price Range

Taking into account the Volume and Open Interest on these contracts, it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from $15.0 to $22.0 for YPF over the last 3 months.

Insights into Volume & Open Interest

Looking at the volume and open interest is a powerful move while trading options. This data can help you track the liquidity and interest for YPF's options for a given strike price. Below, we can observe the evolution of the volume and open interest of calls and puts, respectively, for all of YPF's whale trades within a strike price range from $15.0 to $22.0 in the last 30 days.

YPF Call and Put Volume: 30-Day Overview

Significant Options Trades Detected:

About YPF

YPF SA is an Argentina-based integrated oil and gas company. It is engaged in operating a fully integrated oil and gas chain across the domestic upstream, downstream, and gas and power segments. The company's upstream operations consist of the exploration, development, and production of crude oil, natural gas, and LPG. Its downstream operations include the refining, marketing, transportation, and distribution of oil and a wide range of petroleum products, petroleum derivatives, petrochemicals, LPG, and bio-fuels. The company generates maximum revenue from the downstream segment.

After a thorough review of the options trading surrounding YPF, we move to examine the company in more detail. This includes an assessment of its current market status and performance.

YPF's Current Market Status

• With a volume of 5,448,420, the price of YPF is up 6.64% at $19.26.
• RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching overbought.
• Next earnings are expected to be released in 53 days.

What Analysts Are Saying About YPF

Over the past month, 1 industry analysts have shared their insights on this stock, proposing an average target price of $27.0.

• An analyst from UBS has elevated its stance to Buy, setting a new price target at $27.

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