Freeport-McMoRan's Options Frenzy: What You Need to Know

Financial giants have made a conspicuous bullish move on Freeport-McMoRan. Our analysis of options history for Freeport-McMoRan FCX revealed 10 unusual trades.

Delving into the details, we found 50% of traders were bullish, while 50% showed bearish tendencies. Out of all the trades we spotted, 5 were puts, with a value of $449,145, and 5 were calls, valued at $673,340.

Predicted Price Range

After evaluating the trading volumes and Open Interest, it's evident that the major market movers are focusing on a price band between $35.0 and $65.0 for Freeport-McMoRan, spanning the last three months.

Analyzing Volume & Open Interest

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Freeport-McMoRan options trades today is 3113.86 with a total volume of 6,939.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Freeport-McMoRan's big money trades within a strike price range of $35.0 to $65.0 over the last 30 days.

Freeport-McMoRan Option Activity Analysis: Last 30 Days

Options Call Chart

Noteworthy Options Activity:

Symbol PUT/CALL Trade Type Sentiment Exp. Date Strike Price Total Trade Price Open Interest Volume
FCX CALL TRADE BULLISH 01/19/24 $38.00 $520.0K 6.4K 5.1K
FCX PUT TRADE BULLISH 01/19/24 $65.00 $233.7K 644 82
FCX PUT SWEEP BULLISH 01/17/25 $37.00 $70.7K 5.9K 350
FCX PUT SWEEP BEARISH 01/17/25 $37.00 $64.8K 5.9K 379
FCX CALL SWEEP BULLISH 02/16/24 $35.00 $59.6K 3.4K 179

About Freeport-McMoRan

Freeport-McMoRan Inc is an international mining company. It operates geographically diverse assets with proven and probable mineral reserves of copper, gold, and molybdenum. The company's portfolio of assets includes the Grasberg minerals district in Indonesia; and mining operations in North America and South America, including the large-scale Morenci minerals district in Arizona and the Cerro Verde operation in Peru. It derives key revenue from the sale of Copper.

After a thorough review of the options trading surrounding Freeport-McMoRan, we move to examine the company in more detail. This includes an assessment of its current market status and performance.

Current Position of Freeport-McMoRan

  • Trading volume stands at 6,212,174, with FCX's price up by 0.9%, positioned at $36.9.
  • RSI indicators show the stock to be may be approaching overbought.
  • Earnings announcement expected in 49 days.

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