Looking At General Motors's Recent Unusual Options Activity

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

Looking at options history for General Motors GM we detected 14 strange trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 64% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 35% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 9 are puts, for a total amount of $281,511 and 5, calls, for a total amount of $222,191.

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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 $25.0 to $40.0 for General Motors over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

Looking at the volume and open interest is an insightful way to conduct due diligence on a stock.

This data can help you track the liquidity and interest for General Motors's options for a given strike price.

Below, we can observe the evolution of the volume and open interest of calls and puts, respectively, for all of General Motors's whale activity within a strike price range from $25.0 to $40.0 in the last 30 days.

General Motors Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days

Biggest Options Spotted:

Where Is General Motors Standing Right Now?

• With a volume of 7,892,277, the price of GM is down -0.78% at $32.65.
• RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock is currently neutral between overbought and oversold.
• Next earnings are expected to be released in 67 days.

What The Experts Say On General Motors:

• RBC Capital has decided to maintain their Outperform rating on General Motors, which currently sits at a price target of $48.
• Mizuho has decided to maintain their Neutral rating on General Motors, which currently sits at a price target of $37.
• Barclays has decided to maintain their Equal-Weight rating on General Motors, which currently sits at a price target of $42.
• Wedbush downgraded its action to Outperform with a price target of $46
• Morgan Stanley upgraded its action to Overweight with a price target of $38

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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