Chipotle Mexican Grill Unusual Options Activity For October 02

A whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bearish stance on Chipotle Mexican Grill.

Looking at options history for Chipotle Mexican Grill CMG we detected 29 strange trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 44% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 55% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 16 are puts, for a total amount of $682,411 and 13, calls, for a total amount of $620,708.

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 $1650.0 to $2250.0 for Chipotle Mexican Grill over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Chipotle Mexican Grill options trades today is 48.88 with a total volume of 221.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Chipotle Mexican Grill's big money trades within a strike price range of $1650.0 to $2250.0 over the last 30 days.

Chipotle Mexican Grill 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
CMG CALL SWEEP BEARISH 01/17/25 $2250.00 $146.7K 41 10
CMG PUT SWEEP NEUTRAL 10/20/23 $1945.00 $114.0K 62 0
CMG PUT TRADE BULLISH 10/20/23 $1860.00 $84.4K 80 20
CMG CALL SWEEP NEUTRAL 10/27/23 $1850.00 $73.3K 5 30
CMG CALL TRADE BULLISH 10/27/23 $1880.00 $56.0K 1 11

Where Is Chipotle Mexican Grill Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 66,235, the price of CMG is down -0.07% at $1830.59.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock is currently neutral between overbought and oversold.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 24 days.

What The Experts Say On Chipotle Mexican Grill:

  • Truist Securities downgraded its action to Buy with a price target of $2230
  • Wedbush downgraded its action to Outperform with a price target of $2200
  • Truist Securities has decided to maintain their Buy rating on Chipotle Mexican Grill, which currently sits at a price target of $2280.
  • TD Cowen downgraded its action to Outperform with a price target of $2200

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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