AutoZone Unusual Options Activity For August 23

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bullish stance on AutoZone AZO.

And retail traders should know.

We noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.

Whether this is an institution or just a wealthy individual, we don't know. But when something this big happens with AZO, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen.

So how do we know what this whale just did?

Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 10 uncommon options trades for AutoZone.

This isn't normal.

The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 50% bullish and 50%, bearish.

Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 5 are puts, for a total amount of $189,764, and 5 are calls, for a total amount of $292,960.

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 $1040.0 to $3000.0 for AutoZone over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for AutoZone options trades today is 25.25 with a total volume of 54.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for AutoZone's big money trades within a strike price range of $1040.0 to $3000.0 over the last 30 days.

AutoZone 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
AZO CALL TRADE BEARISH 01/17/25 $1040.00 $150.7K 18 1
AZO CALL TRADE BULLISH 09/15/23 $2470.00 $55.8K 18 1
AZO PUT TRADE BULLISH 01/17/25 $3000.00 $55.5K 4 1
AZO PUT SWEEP BEARISH 09/15/23 $2500.00 $39.5K 50 7
AZO PUT TRADE NEUTRAL 09/15/23 $2800.00 $32.3K 0 0

Where Is AutoZone Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 47,439, the price of AZO is up 0.98% at $2474.3.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock is currently neutral between overbought and oversold.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 26 days.

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 AutoZone, Benzinga Pro gives you real-time options trades alerts.

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