Looking At Revance Therapeutics's Recent Unusual Options Activity

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bullish stance on Revance Therapeutics RVNC.

And retail traders should know.

We noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.

Whether this is an institution or just a wealthy individual, we don't know. But when something this big happens with RVNC, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen.

Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 16 options trades for Revance Therapeutics.

This isn't normal.

The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 68% bullish and 31%, bearish.

Out of all of the options we uncovered, 15 are puts, for a total amount of $506,660, and there was 1 call, for a total amount of $60,180.

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 $20.0 to $22.5 for Revance Therapeutics over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Revance Therapeutics options trades today is 1676.75 with a total volume of 8,926.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Revance Therapeutics's big money trades within a strike price range of $20.0 to $22.5 over the last 30 days.

Revance Therapeutics Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days

Biggest Options Spotted:

Symbol PUT/CALL Trade Type Sentiment Exp. Date Strike Price Total Trade Price Open Interest Volume
RVNC PUT SWEEP BULLISH 01/19/24 $22.50 $67.6K 1.3K 1.2K
RVNC CALL TRADE BULLISH 01/19/24 $20.00 $60.1K 480 207
RVNC PUT SWEEP BULLISH 01/19/24 $22.50 $59.2K 1.3K 268
RVNC PUT TRADE NEUTRAL 08/18/23 $20.00 $35.4K 3.5K 1.0K
RVNC PUT SWEEP BEARISH 01/19/24 $22.50 $33.2K 1.3K 1.5K

Where Is Revance Therapeutics Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 3,686,406, the price of RVNC is down -7.94% at $20.25.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching oversold.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 90 days.

What The Experts Say On Revance Therapeutics:

  • HC Wainwright & Co. has decided to maintain their Buy rating on Revance Therapeutics, which currently sits at a price target of $41.
  • Morgan Stanley has decided to maintain their Equal-Weight rating on Revance Therapeutics, which currently sits at a price target of $25.
  • Morgan Stanley downgraded its action to Equal-Weight with a price target of $26
  • Needham has decided to maintain their Buy rating on Revance Therapeutics, which currently sits at a price target of $40.

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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