Looking At JD.com's Recent Unusual Options Activity

A whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bullish stance on JD.com.

Looking at options history for JD.com JD we detected 26 strange trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 57% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 42% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 15 are puts, for a total amount of $1,173,882 and 11, calls, for a total amount of $522,544.

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 $22.5 to $40.0 for JD.com over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for JD.com options trades today is 4209.33 with a total volume of 11,585.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for JD.com's big money trades within a strike price range of $22.5 to $40.0 over the last 30 days.

JD.com Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days

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Biggest Options Spotted:

Symbol PUT/CALL Trade Type Sentiment Exp. Date Strike Price Total Trade Price Open Interest Volume
JD PUT TRADE BEARISH 09/20/24 $40.00 $126.4K 38 150
JD CALL TRADE BULLISH 11/17/23 $22.50 $116.1K 256 0
JD PUT TRADE BEARISH 09/20/24 $40.00 $95.4K 38 630
JD PUT SWEEP BULLISH 09/20/24 $40.00 $95.4K 38 570
JD PUT TRADE BEARISH 09/20/24 $40.00 $95.4K 38 510

Where Is JD.com Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 5,219,947, the price of JD is down -2.23% at $24.51.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be oversold.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 28 days.

What The Experts Say On JD.com:

  • Citigroup has decided to maintain their Buy rating on JD.com, which currently sits at a price target of $43.
  • Benchmark has decided to maintain their Buy rating on JD.com, which currently sits at a price target of $67.
  • Macquarie downgraded its action to Neutral with a price target of $32
  • Morgan Stanley downgraded its action to Equal-Weight with a price target of $33
  • Bernstein downgraded its action to Market Perform with a price target of $31

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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