Behind the Scenes of United Airlines Holdings's Latest Options Trends

Financial giants have made a conspicuous bearish move on United Airlines Holdings. Our analysis of options history for United Airlines Holdings UAL revealed 59 unusual trades.

Delving into the details, we found 42% of traders were bullish, while 47% showed bearish tendencies. Out of all the trades we spotted, 18 were puts, with a value of $4,003,104, and 41 were calls, valued at $5,898,846.

What's The Price Target?

Analyzing the Volume and Open Interest in these contracts, it seems that the big players have been eyeing a price window from $38.0 to $90.0 for United Airlines Holdings during the past quarter.

Volume & Open Interest Trends

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 United Airlines Holdings'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 United Airlines Holdings's whale activity within a strike price range from $38.0 to $90.0 in the last 30 days.

United Airlines Holdings 30-Day Option Volume & Interest Snapshot

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Significant Options Trades Detected:

Symbol PUT/CALL Trade Type Sentiment Exp. Date Ask Bid Price Strike Price Total Trade Price Open Interest Volume
UAL PUT SWEEP NEUTRAL 06/20/25 $9.15 $9.1 $9.15 $75.00 $935.2K 5.6K 2.5K
UAL CALL SWEEP BULLISH 12/20/24 $5.3 $5.25 $5.25 $75.00 $368.5K 17.1K 2.2K
UAL CALL SWEEP BEARISH 12/20/24 $11.35 $11.2 $11.2 $65.00 $340.5K 6.5K 825
UAL PUT SWEEP BULLISH 06/20/25 $9.3 $9.15 $9.15 $75.00 $334.9K 5.6K 2.5K
UAL CALL SWEEP BEARISH 12/20/24 $5.25 $5.2 $5.2 $75.00 $329.9K 17.1K 1.2K

About United Airlines Holdings

United Airlines is a major US network carrier with hubs in San Francisco, Chicago, Houston, Denver, Los Angeles, New York/Newark, and Washington, D.C. United operates a hub-and-spoke system that is more focused on international and long-haul travel than its large US peers.

United Airlines Holdings's Current Market Status

  • With a volume of 8,318,667, the price of UAL is up 0.78% at $73.9.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be overbought.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 95 days.

What The Experts Say On United Airlines Holdings

In the last month, 5 experts released ratings on this stock with an average target price of $83.6.

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