Booking Holdings Whale Trades For July 29

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

Looking at options history for Booking Holdings BKNG we detected 14 strange trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 7% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 92% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 2 are puts, for a total amount of $148,400 and 12, calls, for a total amount of $915,712.

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 $1700.0 to $2320.0 for Booking Holdings over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Booking Holdings options trades today is 47.33 with a total volume of 120.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Booking Holdings's big money trades within a strike price range of $1700.0 to $2320.0 over the last 30 days.

Booking Holdings Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days

Options Call Chart

Biggest Options Spotted:

Symbol PUT/CALL Trade Type Sentiment Exp. Date Strike Price Total Trade Price Open Interest Volume
BKNG CALL SWEEP BEARISH 08/05/22 $1825.00 $436.5K 80 35
BKNG PUT TRADE BEARISH 01/20/23 $1700.00 $112.0K 262 10
BKNG CALL TRADE BULLISH 06/16/23 $2200.00 $100.2K 13 20
BKNG CALL TRADE NEUTRAL 06/16/23 $2200.00 $100.0K 13 15
BKNG CALL TRADE NEUTRAL 07/29/22 $1890.00 $50.8K 24 16

Where Is Booking Holdings Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 141,860, the price of BKNG is up 0.23% at $1917.31.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching overbought.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 5 days.

What The Experts Say On Booking Holdings:

  • Truist Securities has decided to maintain their Buy rating on Booking Holdings, which currently sits at a price target of $2600.
  • Evercore ISI Group has decided to maintain their Outperform rating on Booking Holdings, which currently sits at a price target of $2600.

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