Looking At Toyota Motor's Recent Unusual Options Activity

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

Looking at options history for Toyota Motor TM we detected 10 strange trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 30% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 70% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 5 are puts, for a total amount of $237,759 and 5, calls, for a total amount of $360,071.

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 $180.0 to $195.0 for Toyota Motor over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Toyota Motor options trades today is 733.25 with a total volume of 2,757.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Toyota Motor's big money trades within a strike price range of $180.0 to $195.0 over the last 30 days.

Toyota Motor 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
TM CALL SWEEP NEUTRAL 01/19/24 $195.00 $99.0K 68 311
TM CALL SWEEP BEARISH 04/19/24 $185.00 $92.4K 169 155
TM CALL SWEEP BULLISH 01/19/24 $195.00 $86.1K 68 146
TM PUT SWEEP BEARISH 10/20/23 $180.00 $72.9K 1.8K 197
TM CALL SWEEP BULLISH 04/19/24 $185.00 $51.3K 169 38

Where Is Toyota Motor Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 218,320, the price of TM is up 0.48% at $181.37.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching overbought.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 34 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.

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