Benzinga | Sep 17, 2021 04:28PM EDT

Follow The Smart Money, Looking Into Upstart Holdings's Biggest Options Trades For Today

Someone with a lot of money to spend (and possibly insider knowledge) has taken an unusually bearish stance on (Upstart Holdings: UPST).

And retail traders should know.

Looking at options activity for Upstart Holdings (NASDAQ:UPST) we detected 11 unusual trades. If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 36.36% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 63.64% with bearish. From the overall spotted trades, 4 are puts, for a total amount of $307,317 and 7, calls, for a total amount of $3,898,182.

What's The Price Target?

Taking into account the Volume and Open Interest on these contracts, it appears that the smart money is targeting a price range from $240.0 to $400.0 for Upstart Holdings in the over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

Looking at the volume and open interest is a powerful move while trading options. This data can help you track the liquidity and interest for Upstart 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 Upstart Holdings's smart money trades within a strike price range from $240.0 to $400.0 in the last 30 days.

Upstart Holdings Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days

Biggest Options Spotted:

Symbol PUT/ Trade Sentiment Exp. Strike Total Trade Open Volume CALL Type Date Price Price InterestUPST CALL SWEEP BEARISH 09/17/ $300.00 $105.6K 5.0K 4.5K 21UPST CALL TRADE BULLISH 10/15/ $240.00 $1.3 million 3.1K 1.2K 21UPST CALL SWEEP BEARISH 09/24/ $300.00 $703.3K 1.3K 1.2K 21UPST PUT SWEEP BEARISH 09/17/ $290.00 $74.8K 1.3K 2.8K 21UPST CALL SWEEP BULLISH 10/15/ $400.00 $85.0K 4.4K 1.0K 21

Where Is Upstart Holdings Standing Right Now?

* With a volume of 4,375,247, the price of UPST is up 2.64% over the last 24 hours at $300.99.

* RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be overbought.

* Next earnings are expected to be released in 67 days.

What The Experts Say On Upstart Holdings:

* Piper Sandler has decided to maintain their Overweight rating on Upstart Holdings, which currently sits at a price target of $300.0.

* JMP Securities has decided to maintain their Market Outperform rating on Upstart Holdings, which currently sits at a price target of $327.0.

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