Looking At Comcast's Recent Unusual Options Activity

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

Looking at options history for Comcast CMCSA we detected 10 strange trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 60% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 40% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 8 are puts, for a total amount of $403,103 and 2, calls, for a total amount of $127,433.

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 $32.5 to $37.5 for Comcast over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Comcast options trades today is 11848.88 with a total volume of 4,622.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Comcast's big money trades within a strike price range of $32.5 to $37.5 over the last 30 days.

Comcast 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
CMCSA CALL SWEEP BEARISH 06/16/23 $35.00 $87.3K 4.2K 508
CMCSA PUT SWEEP BULLISH 06/16/23 $35.00 $80.0K 16.2K 1.0K
CMCSA PUT TRADE BULLISH 04/21/23 $35.00 $66.8K 56.1K 1.0K
CMCSA PUT SWEEP BULLISH 07/21/23 $35.00 $63.2K 3.2K 338
CMCSA PUT SWEEP BULLISH 01/17/25 $35.00 $56.5K 2.3K 0

Where Is Comcast Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 5,582,954, the price of CMCSA is down -0.57% at $35.7.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching oversold.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 49 days.

What The Experts Say On Comcast:

  • B of A Securities downgraded its action to Neutral with a price target of $44

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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