Market Whales and Their Recent Bets on UPS Options

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Financial giants have made a conspicuous bullish move on United Parcel Service. Our analysis of options history for United Parcel Service UPS revealed 8 unusual trades.

Delving into the details, we found 50% of traders were bullish, while 37% showed bearish tendencies. Out of all the trades we spotted, 3 were puts, with a value of $578,185, and 5 were calls, valued at $337,975.

Projected Price Targets

Analyzing the Volume and Open Interest in these contracts, it seems that the big players have been eyeing a price window from $120.0 to $150.0 for United Parcel Service during the past quarter.

Volume & Open Interest Trends

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for United Parcel Service options trades today is 4920.0 with a total volume of 2,350.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for United Parcel Service's big money trades within a strike price range of $120.0 to $150.0 over the last 30 days.

United Parcel Service Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days

Options Call Chart

Significant Options Trades Detected:

Symbol PUT/CALL Trade Type Sentiment Exp. Date Ask Bid Price Strike Price Total Trade Price Open Interest Volume
UPS PUT TRADE BULLISH 07/18/25 $8.4 $8.1 $8.1 $125.00 $324.0K 807 400
UPS PUT TRADE NEUTRAL 03/21/25 $7.65 $7.2 $7.4 $130.00 $222.0K 2.6K 390
UPS CALL SWEEP BULLISH 03/21/25 $1.65 $1.49 $1.5 $150.00 $180.1K 12.7K 26
UPS CALL TRADE BULLISH 01/24/25 $10.75 $9.8 $10.75 $120.00 $53.7K 60 50
UPS CALL SWEEP BEARISH 01/17/25 $1.96 $1.96 $1.96 $135.00 $38.4K 7.6K 282

About United Parcel Service

As the world's largest parcel delivery company, UPS manages a massive fleet of more than 500 planes and 100,000 vehicles, along with many hundreds of sorting facilities, to deliver an average of about 22 million packages per day to residences and businesses across the globe. UPS' domestic US package operations generate around 64% of total revenue while international package makes up 20%. Air and ocean freight forwarding, truckload brokerage, and contract logistics make up the remainder. UPS is currently pursuing "strategic alternatives" for its truck brokerage unit, Coyote, which it acquired in 2015.

In light of the recent options history for United Parcel Service, it's now appropriate to focus on the company itself. We aim to explore its current performance.

Current Position of United Parcel Service

  • With a trading volume of 1,367,181, the price of UPS is up by 0.77%, reaching $129.52.
  • Current RSI values indicate that the stock is is currently neutral between overbought and oversold.
  • Next earnings report is scheduled for 49 days from now.

Professional Analyst Ratings for United Parcel Service

2 market experts have recently issued ratings for this stock, with a consensus target price of $154.0.

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