Airbnb's Options: A Look at What the Big Money is Thinking

Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bearish stance on Airbnb ABNB.

And retail traders should know.

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

Whether these are institutions or just wealthy individuals, we don't know. But when something this big happens with ABNB, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen.

So how do we know what these investors just did?

Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 10 uncommon options trades for Airbnb.

This isn't normal.

The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 30% bullish and 70%, bearish.

Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 7 are puts, for a total amount of $381,875, and 3 are calls, for a total amount of $136,120.

Predicted Price Range

Taking into account the Volume and Open Interest on these contracts, it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from $130.0 to $180.0 for Airbnb 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 Airbnb'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 Airbnb's whale activity within a strike price range from $130.0 to $180.0 in the last 30 days.

Airbnb 30-Day Option Volume & Interest Snapshot

Biggest Options Spotted:

About Airbnb

Started in 2008, Airbnb is the world's largest online alternative accommodation travel agency, also offering booking services for boutique hotels and experiences. Airbnb's platform offered over 7 million active accommodation listings as of Sept. 30, 2023. Listings from the company's over 4 million hosts are spread over almost every country in the world. In the fourth quarter of 2022, 47% of revenue was from the North American region. Transaction fees for online bookings account for all its revenue.

Present Market Standing of Airbnb

• With a trading volume of 1,690,246, the price of ABNB is down by -1.81%, reaching $138.25.
• Current RSI values indicate that the stock is may be approaching overbought.
• Next earnings report is scheduled for 49 days from now.

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