Looking At PDD Holdings's Recent Unusual Options Activity

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bullish stance on PDD Holdings PDD.

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 PDD, 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 25 uncommon options trades for PDD Holdings.

This isn't normal.

The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 56% bullish and 44%, bearish.

Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 3 are puts, for a total amount of $142,670, and 22 are calls, for a total amount of $3,389,576.

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 $75.0 to $120.0 for PDD Holdings over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for PDD Holdings options trades today is 6446.5 with a total volume of 17,897.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for PDD Holdings's big money trades within a strike price range of $75.0 to $120.0 over the last 30 days.

PDD Holdings 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
PDD CALL TRADE BULLISH 10/20/23 $105.00 $1.9M 4.0K 0
PDD CALL SWEEP BULLISH 09/08/23 $91.00 $458.1K 200 91
PDD CALL TRADE BULLISH 01/19/24 $90.00 $185.0K 13.2K 700
PDD CALL TRADE BULLISH 12/15/23 $100.00 $68.7K 1.0K 220
PDD CALL SWEEP BEARISH 10/20/23 $80.00 $63.4K 6.5K 186

Where Is PDD Holdings Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 2,919,387, the price of PDD is up 2.5% at $100.59.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock is currently neutral between overbought and oversold.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 88 days.

What The Experts Say On PDD Holdings:

  • JP Morgan has decided to maintain their Overweight rating on PDD Holdings, which currently sits at a price target of $120.
  • Barclays has decided to maintain their Overweight rating on PDD Holdings, which currently sits at a price target of $115.
  • Bernstein has decided to maintain their Outperform rating on PDD Holdings, which currently sits at a price target of $120.
  • Goldman Sachs upgraded its action to Buy with a price target of $129
  • Benchmark has decided to maintain their Buy rating on PDD Holdings, which currently sits at a price target of $140.

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

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