Benzinga | Nov 19, 2021 12:02PM EST

Alphabet Whale Trades For November 19

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bearish stance on Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL).

And retail traders should know.

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

Whether this is an institution or just a wealthy individual, we don't know. But when something this big happens with GOOGL, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen.

So how do we know what this whale just did?

Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 83 uncommon options trades for Alphabet.

This isn't normal.

The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 43.37% bullish and 56.63%, bearish.

Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 11 are puts, for a total amount of $595,211.00, and 72 are calls, for a total amount of $4,648,771.00.

What's The Price Target?

Taking into account the Volume and Open Interest on these contracts, it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from $1500.0 to $4500.0 for Alphabet 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 Alphabet'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 Alphabet's whale activity within a strike price range from $1500.0 to $4500.0 in the last 30 days.

Alphabet 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 InterestGOOGL CALL SWEEP NEUTRAL 12/31/ $2190.00 $243.1K 1 4 21GOOGL CALL SWEEP NEUTRAL 12/23/ $2190.00 $242.8K 1 4 21GOOGL CALL TRADE BEARISH 01/21/ $1500.00 $151.0K 401 1 22GOOGL CALL TRADE BEARISH 06/17/ $2500.00 $116.5K 96 2 22GOOGL CALL TRADE NEUTRAL 12/03/ $2905.00 $113.2K 14 10 21

Where Is Alphabet Standing Right Now?

* With a volume of 738,271.00, the price of GOOGL is up 0.08% at $2999.18.

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

* Next earnings are expected to be released in 74 days.

What The Experts Say On Alphabet:

* JMP Securities has decided to maintain their Market Perform rating on Alphabet, which currently sits at a price target of $3300.0.

* BMO Capital has decided to maintain their Outperform rating on Alphabet, which currently sits at a price target of $3200.0.

* Keybanc has decided to maintain their Overweight rating on Alphabet, which currently sits at a price target of $3090.0.

* Barclays has decided to maintain their Overweight rating on Alphabet, which currently sits at a price target of $3300.0.

* Morgan Stanley has decided to maintain their Overweight rating on Alphabet, which currently sits at a price target of $3200.0.

Options are a riskier asset compared to just trading the stock, but they have higher profit potential. Serious options traders manage this risk by educating themselves daily, scaling in and out of trades, following more than one indicator, and following the markets closely.

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