Looking At Petrobras Brasileiro's Recent Unusual Options Activity

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

Looking at options history for Petrobras Brasileiro PBR we detected 12 strange trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 41% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 58% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 5 are puts, for a total amount of $213,232 and 7, calls, for a total amount of $362,818.

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 $12.0 to $20.0 for Petrobras Brasileiro over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Petrobras Brasileiro options trades today is 15703.22 with a total volume of 22,151.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Petrobras Brasileiro's big money trades within a strike price range of $12.0 to $20.0 over the last 30 days.

Petrobras Brasileiro 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
PBR CALL SWEEP BULLISH 01/19/24 $15.00 $77.5K 67.6K 574
PBR CALL TRADE NEUTRAL 12/20/24 $12.00 $64.5K 17.9K 10
PBR CALL SWEEP BEARISH 10/20/23 $16.00 $64.3K 32.4K 3.4K
PBR PUT SWEEP BULLISH 10/20/23 $16.00 $55.2K 3.0K 3.1K
PBR PUT TRADE BEARISH 12/15/23 $18.00 $50.1K 2.7K 250

Where Is Petrobras Brasileiro Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 18,739,608, the price of PBR is down -0.06% at $15.78.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching overbought.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 17 days.

What The Experts Say On Petrobras Brasileiro:

  • Jefferies downgraded its action to Buy with a price target of $21

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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