Check Out What Whales Are Doing With SCHW

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

Looking at options history for Charles Schwab SCHW we detected 12 strange 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 66% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 6 are puts, for a total amount of $288,932 and 6, calls, for a total amount of $275,080.

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 $47.5 to $65.0 for Charles Schwab over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Charles Schwab options trades today is 3267.22 with a total volume of 3,989.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Charles Schwab's big money trades within a strike price range of $47.5 to $65.0 over the last 30 days.

Charles Schwab 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
SCHW CALL SWEEP BEARISH 10/20/23 $62.50 $75.5K 3.1K 243
SCHW PUT SWEEP BEARISH 09/15/23 $60.00 $63.9K 4.3K 1.3K
SCHW PUT SWEEP BEARISH 09/15/23 $60.00 $54.7K 4.3K 657
SCHW CALL TRADE BULLISH 01/19/24 $65.00 $52.6K 12.3K 226
SCHW PUT TRADE BULLISH 10/20/23 $60.00 $49.3K 2.8K 548

Where Is Charles Schwab Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 3,021,617, the price of SCHW is down -2.34% at $62.58.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching oversold.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 63 days.

What The Experts Say On Charles Schwab:

  • Piper Sandler has decided to maintain their Overweight rating on Charles Schwab, which currently sits at a price target of $86.
  • Goldman Sachs has decided to maintain their Buy rating on Charles Schwab, which currently sits at a price target of $80.
  • Barclays has decided to maintain their Equal-Weight rating on Charles Schwab, which currently sits at a price target of $70.
  • Raymond James has decided to maintain their Outperform rating on Charles Schwab, which currently sits at a price target of $77.
  • JMP Securities has decided to maintain their Outperform rating on Charles Schwab, which currently sits at a price target of $77.

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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