Broadcom Whale Trades Spotted

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

Looking at options history for Broadcom AVGO we detected 32 strange trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 28.12% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 71.88% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 3 are puts, for a total amount of $120,916.00 and 29, calls, for a total amount of $1,595,077.00.

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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 $320.0 to $780.0 for Broadcom over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Broadcom options trades today is 544.04 with a total volume of 1,466.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Broadcom's big money trades within a strike price range of $320.0 to $780.0 over the last 30 days.

Broadcom Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days

Biggest Options Spotted:

Where Is Broadcom Standing Right Now?

• With a volume of 1,357,706.00, the price of AVGO is down -1.18% at $624.21.
• RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching overbought.
• Next earnings are expected to be released in 80 days.

What The Experts Say On Broadcom:

• BMO Capital has decided to maintain their Outperform rating on Broadcom, which currently sits at a price target of $675.0.
• Wells Fargo has decided to maintain their Equal-Weight rating on Broadcom, which currently sits at a price target of $635.0.
• Morgan Stanley has decided to maintain their Overweight rating on Broadcom, which currently sits at a price target of $723.0.
• Piper Sandler has decided to maintain their Overweight rating on Broadcom, which currently sits at a price target of $680.0.
• Citigroup has decided to maintain their Buy rating on Broadcom, which currently sits at a price target of $685.0.

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