Looking At Boeing's Recent Unusual Options Activity

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bearish stance on Boeing BA.

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 BA, 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 45 uncommon options trades for Boeing.

This isn't normal.

The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 46% bullish and 53%, bearish.

Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 21 are puts, for a total amount of $1,513,026, and 24 are calls, for a total amount of $1,207,295.

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 $100.0 to $260.0 for Boeing over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Boeing options trades today is 1932.72 with a total volume of 16,314.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Boeing's big money trades within a strike price range of $100.0 to $260.0 over the last 30 days.

Boeing 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
BA CALL TRADE BEARISH 10/20/23 $220.00 $292.3K 5.3K 1.2K
BA PUT TRADE BULLISH 11/17/23 $210.00 $207.9K 1.1K 291
BA PUT TRADE BULLISH 10/20/23 $210.00 $182.5K 2.4K 501
BA PUT SWEEP NEUTRAL 01/19/24 $220.00 $173.3K 3.8K 127
BA PUT TRADE BULLISH 11/17/23 $190.00 $143.7K 766 684

Where Is Boeing Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 3,886,722, the price of BA is down -1.83% at $212.09.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be oversold.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 47 days.

What The Experts Say On Boeing:

  • TD Cowen has decided to maintain their Outperform rating on Boeing, which currently sits at a price target of $260.

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

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