Warner Bros. Discovery Unusual Options Activity

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

Looking at options history for Warner Bros. Discovery WBD we detected 10 strange trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 70% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 30% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 6 are puts, for a total amount of $507,206 and 4, calls, for a total amount of $144,592.

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 $11.5 to $22.5 for Warner Bros. Discovery over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Warner Bros. Discovery options trades today is 4165.4 with a total volume of 9,291.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Warner Bros. Discovery's big money trades within a strike price range of $11.5 to $22.5 over the last 30 days.

Warner Bros. Discovery 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
WBD PUT TRADE BEARISH 01/17/25 $22.50 $115.0K 379 100
WBD PUT TRADE BULLISH 06/21/24 $20.00 $90.2K 3.8K 492
WBD PUT TRADE BULLISH 06/21/24 $20.00 $88.8K 3.8K 299
WBD PUT TRADE BULLISH 06/21/24 $20.00 $88.3K 3.8K 199
WBD PUT SWEEP BULLISH 06/21/24 $20.00 $82.8K 3.8K 299

Where Is Warner Bros. Discovery Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 4,927,789, the price of WBD is up 0.35% at $11.32.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock is currently neutral between overbought and oversold.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 63 days.

What The Experts Say On Warner Bros. Discovery:

  • Morgan Stanley has decided to maintain their Equal-Weight rating on Warner Bros. Discovery, which currently sits at a price target of $16.
  • Credit Suisse downgraded its action to Outperform with a price target of $36
  • Goldman Sachs has decided to maintain their Buy rating on Warner Bros. Discovery, which currently sits at a price target of $21.
  • Barrington Research upgraded its action to Outperform with a price target of $18

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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