This Is What Whales Are Betting On MercadoLibre

Whales with a lot of money to spend have taken a noticeably bearish stance on MercadoLibre.

Looking at options history for MercadoLibre MELI we detected 27 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 40% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 9 are puts, for a total amount of $649,522 and 18, calls, for a total amount of $1,432,124.

Expected Price Movements

Taking into account the Volume and Open Interest on these contracts, it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from $1300.0 to $2300.0 for MercadoLibre over the last 3 months.

Insights into Volume & Open Interest

Looking at the volume and open interest is an insightful way to conduct due diligence on a stock.

This data can help you track the liquidity and interest for MercadoLibre'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 MercadoLibre's whale activity within a strike price range from $1300.0 to $2300.0 in the last 30 days.

MercadoLibre Call and Put Volume: 30-Day Overview

Options Call Chart

Biggest Options Spotted:

Symbol	PUT/CALL	Trade Type	Sentiment	Exp. Date	Ask	Bid	Price	Strike Price	Total Trade Price	Open Interest	Volume
MELI	CALL	TRADE	BEARISH	03/21/25	$168.7	$156.3	$160.0	$2000.00	$448.0K	242	38
MELI	PUT	SWEEP	BULLISH	06/20/25	$153.5	$148.4	$148.4	$2050.00	$296.8K	27	20
MELI	CALL	SWEEP	NEUTRAL	02/28/25	$85.9	$81.0	$81.0	$2100.00	$178.2K	19	1
MELI	PUT	TRADE	NEUTRAL	03/21/25	$39.0	$35.0	$36.8	$1900.00	$80.9K	169	54
MELI	CALL	TRADE	BEARISH	06/20/25	$818.7	$803.7	$808.91	$1300.00	$80.8K	5	0

About MercadoLibre

MercadoLibre runs the largest e-commerce marketplace in Latin America, with more than 218 million active users and 1 million active sellers across 18 countries stitching into its commerce network or fintech solutions as of the end of 2023. The company operates a host of complementary businesses to its core online shop, with shipping solutions (Mercado Envios), a payment and financing operation (Mercado Pago and Mercado Credito), advertisements (Mercado Clics), classifieds, and a turnkey e-commerce solution (Mercado Shops) rounding out its arsenal. MercadoLibre generates revenue from final value fees, advertising royalties, payment processing, insertion fees, subscription fees, and interest income from consumer and small-business lending.

Following our analysis of the options activities associated with MercadoLibre, we pivot to a closer look at the company's own performance.

MercadoLibre's Current Market Status

With a trading volume of 219,322, the price of MELI is down by -1.19%, reaching $2073.82.
Current RSI values indicate that the stock is may be overbought.
Next earnings report is scheduled for 1 days from now.

What The Experts Say On MercadoLibre

A total of 1 professional analysts have given their take on this stock in the last 30 days, setting an average price target of $2250.0.

Unusual Options Activity Detected: Smart Money on the Move

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