Decoding Teck Resources's Options Activity: What's the Big Picture?

Investors with significant funds have taken a bullish position in Teck Resources TECK, a development that retail traders should be aware of.

This was brought to our attention today through our monitoring of publicly accessible options data at Benzinga. The exact nature of these investors remains a mystery, but such a major move in TECK usually indicates foreknowledge of upcoming events.

Today, Benzinga's options scanner identified 10 options transactions for Teck Resources. This is an unusual occurrence. The sentiment among these large-scale traders is mixed, with 60% being bullish and 40% bearish. Of all the options we discovered, 9 are puts, valued at $767,318, and there was a single call, worth $105,000.

Expected Price Movements

Analyzing the Volume and Open Interest in these contracts, it seems that the big players have been eyeing a price window from $32.0 to $45.0 for Teck Resources during the past quarter.

Insights into Volume & Open Interest

Examining the volume and open interest provides crucial insights into stock research. This information is key in gauging liquidity and interest levels for Teck Resources's options at certain strike prices. Below, we present a snapshot of the trends in volume and open interest for calls and puts across Teck Resources's significant trades, within a strike price range of $32.0 to $45.0, over the past month.

Teck Resources 30-Day Option Volume & Interest Snapshot

Noteworthy Options Activity:

About Teck Resources

Teck is a diversified miner with coal, copper, and zinc operations in Canada, the United States, Chile, and Peru. Metallurgical coal is Teck's primary commodity in terms of EBITDA contribution, followed by copper and zinc. Teck is the world's second-largest exporter of seaborne metallurgical coal and is a top-three zinc miner. Its major new copper mine in Chile at the majority-owned Quebrada Blanca 2, in partnership with Sumitomo, will drive an increase in Teck's attributable copper production by roughly 80%. Along with a number of additional copper growth options, Teck's strategy is to rebalance its portfolio to low carbon metals such as copper. It sold its oil sands business in early 2023 and has agreed to sell its coal business, with the deal likely closing in the third quarter of 2024.

After a thorough review of the options trading surrounding Teck Resources, we move to examine the company in more detail. This includes an assessment of its current market status and performance.

Current Position of Teck Resources

• Currently trading with a volume of 4,388,451, the TECK's price is down by -3.02%, now at $36.9.
• RSI readings suggest the stock is currently may be oversold.
• Anticipated earnings release is in 35 days.

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