Looking At Uber Technologies's Recent Unusual Options Activity

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

Looking at options history for Uber Technologies UBER we detected 10 strange trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 50% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 50% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 2 are puts, for a total amount of $73,845 and 8, calls, for a total amount of $480,007.

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 $25.0 to $50.0 for Uber Technologies over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Uber Technologies options trades today is 14589.12 with a total volume of 2,148.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Uber Technologies's big money trades within a strike price range of $25.0 to $50.0 over the last 30 days.

Uber Technologies 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
UBER CALL TRADE BULLISH 08/18/23 $25.00 $105.7K 504 93
UBER CALL SWEEP BEARISH 08/18/23 $45.00 $86.4K 38.0K 528
UBER CALL TRADE NEUTRAL 12/15/23 $25.00 $72.1K 222 135
UBER CALL TRADE BEARISH 07/21/23 $37.50 $51.4K 21.4K 69
UBER CALL SWEEP BULLISH 08/18/23 $47.50 $43.7K 9.1K 132

Where Is Uber Technologies Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 4,643,624, the price of UBER is up 0.61% at $44.79.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching overbought.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 19 days.

What The Experts Say On Uber Technologies:

  • Evercore ISI Group downgraded its action to Outperform with a price target of $75
  • Oppenheimer has decided to maintain their Outperform rating on Uber Technologies, which currently sits at a price target of $65.
  • Daiwa Capital downgraded its action to Outperform with a price target of $51
  • Mizuho downgraded its action to Buy with a price target of $55
  • Bernstein has decided to maintain their Outperform rating on Uber Technologies, which currently sits at a price target of $50.

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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