Market Whales and Their Recent Bets on IBKR Options

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Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bullish stance on Interactive Brokers Gr IBKR.

And retail traders should know.

We noticed this today when the positions showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.

Whether these are institutions or just wealthy individuals, we don't know. But when something this big happens with IBKR, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen.

Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 8 options trades for Interactive Brokers Gr.

This isn't normal.

The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 62% bullish and 12%, bearish.

Out of all of the options we uncovered, there was 1 put, for a total amount of $27,500, and 7, calls, for a total amount of $569,434.

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 $180.0 to $270.0 for Interactive Brokers Gr over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

Assessing the volume and open interest is a strategic step in options trading. These metrics shed light on the liquidity and investor interest in Interactive Brokers Gr's options at specified strike prices. The forthcoming data visualizes the fluctuation in volume and open interest for both calls and puts, linked to Interactive Brokers Gr's substantial trades, within a strike price spectrum from $180.0 to $270.0 over the preceding 30 days.

Interactive Brokers Gr Option Activity Analysis: Last 30 Days

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Biggest Options Spotted:

Symbol PUT/CALL Trade Type Sentiment Exp. Date Ask Bid Price Strike Price Total Trade Price Open Interest Volume
IBKR CALL TRADE BULLISH 01/15/27 $27.4 $25.5 $27.47 $270.00 $219.7K 159 0
IBKR CALL TRADE BULLISH 03/21/25 $14.8 $13.8 $14.5 $210.00 $72.5K 456 52
IBKR CALL TRADE BULLISH 01/15/27 $68.9 $65.9 $67.83 $180.00 $67.8K 305 10
IBKR CALL SWEEP NEUTRAL 01/16/26 $55.7 $53.1 $54.3 $180.00 $65.1K 501 12
IBKR CALL TRADE BEARISH 06/20/25 $29.5 $29.0 $29.0 $200.00 $58.0K 338 20

About Interactive Brokers Gr

Interactive Brokers is an online brokerage that generates trading commissions (around 31% of net revenue) from facilitating trading in a wide range of products, including equity, options, futures, foreign exchange, bonds, mutual funds, and exchange-traded funds. Interactive Brokers also generates net interest income (about 64% of net revenue) from idle client cash and earns fees (about 6% of net revenue) from ancillary services. Principal trading and other miscellaneous activities are small (about 5% of net revenue). The firm derives about 70% of its net revenue from the US and 30% from international markets.

Interactive Brokers Gr's Current Market Status

  • Trading volume stands at 374,824, with IBKR's price down by -0.14%, positioned at $218.85.
  • RSI indicators show the stock to be may be overbought.
  • Earnings announcement expected in 74 days.

Professional Analyst Ratings for Interactive Brokers Gr

In the last month, 5 experts released ratings on this stock with an average target price of $230.0.

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