Looking At Carvana's Recent Unusual Options Activity

A whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bullish stance on Carvana.

Looking at options history for Carvana CVNA we detected 15 strange trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 60% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 40% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 13 are puts, for a total amount of $1,899,782 and 2, calls, for a total amount of $310,653.

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 $2.0 to $50.0 for Carvana over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

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 Carvana'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 Carvana's whale trades within a strike price range from $2.0 to $50.0 in the last 30 days.

Carvana 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
CVNA PUT SWEEP BULLISH 04/21/23 $9.50 $1.1M 10.6K 10.0K
CVNA CALL TRADE BULLISH 06/16/23 $2.00 $167.0K 212 259
CVNA CALL SWEEP BEARISH 04/21/23 $8.50 $143.5K 1.1K 3.7K
CVNA PUT SWEEP BULLISH 04/21/23 $10.00 $94.2K 11.7K 2.8K
CVNA PUT SWEEP BULLISH 01/19/24 $50.00 $83.4K 147 20

Where Is Carvana Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 2,063,388, the price of CVNA is down -4.2% at $8.43.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock is currently neutral between overbought and oversold.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 15 days.

What The Experts Say On Carvana:

  • TD Cowen has decided to maintain their Market Perform rating on Carvana, which currently sits at a price target of $8.

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.

If you want to stay updated on the latest options trades for Carvana, Benzinga Pro gives you real-time options trades alerts.

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