Bed Bath & Beyond Unusual Options Activity For January 13

A whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bearish stance on Bed Bath & Beyond.

Looking at options history for Bed Bath & Beyond BBBY we detected 37 strange trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 37% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 62% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 20 are puts, for a total amount of $841,823 and 17, calls, for a total amount of $761,762.

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 $1.0 to $40.0 for Bed Bath & Beyond over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Bed Bath & Beyond options trades today is 10357.77 with a total volume of 227,029.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Bed Bath & Beyond's big money trades within a strike price range of $1.0 to $40.0 over the last 30 days.

Bed Bath & Beyond 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
BBBY CALL SWEEP BEARISH 01/13/23 $3.00 $126.7K 12.9K 29.9K
BBBY PUT TRADE BULLISH 03/17/23 $40.00 $102.6K 3 32
BBBY PUT SWEEP NEUTRAL 01/20/23 $5.00 $92.2K 23.9K 3.8K
BBBY CALL SWEEP BEARISH 01/13/23 $3.00 $74.7K 12.9K 33.4K
BBBY PUT SWEEP BULLISH 03/17/23 $20.00 $63.0K 17 691

Where Is Bed Bath & Beyond Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 141,152,650, the price of BBBY is down -18.32% at $4.28.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching overbought.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 89 days.

What The Experts Say On Bed Bath & Beyond:

  • Wells Fargo has decided to maintain their Underweight rating on Bed Bath & Beyond, which currently sits at a price target of $2.
  • Wedbush has decided to maintain their Underperform rating on Bed Bath & Beyond, which currently sits at a price target of $1.
  • Telsey Advisory Group has decided to maintain their Underperform rating on Bed Bath & Beyond, which currently sits at a price target of $2.
  • Baird has decided to maintain their Underperform rating on Bed Bath & Beyond, which currently sits at a price target of $1.
  • UBS has decided to maintain their Sell rating on Bed Bath & Beyond, which currently sits at a price target of $1.

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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