Benzinga | Nov 30, 2021 04:11PM EST

What Are Whales Doing With Riot Blockchain

A whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bullish stance on Riot Blockchain.

Looking at options history for Riot Blockchain (NASDAQ:RIOT) we detected 26 strange trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 65.38% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 34.62% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 13 are puts, for a total amount of $512,400.00 and 13, calls, for a total amount of $630,485.00.

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 $28.0 to $55.0 for Riot Blockchain over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Riot Blockchain options trades today is 2189.54 with a total volume of 8,948.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Riot Blockchain's big money trades within a strike price range of $28.0 to $55.0 over the last 30 days.

Riot Blockchain 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 InterestRIOT CALL TRADE BULLISH 12/17/ $30.00 $118.3K 2.7K 65 21RIOT CALL SWEEP BULLISH 12/23/ $36.00 $81.0K 361 32 21RIOT CALL SWEEP BEARISH 12/17/ $37.00 $76.2K 1.6K 724 21RIOT PUT TRADE BULLISH 01/21/ $43.00 $65.2K 759 221 22RIOT PUT TRADE BULLISH 01/21/ $43.00 $65.0K 759 116 22

Where Is Riot Blockchain Standing Right Now?

* With a volume of 6,234,381.00, the price of RIOT is up 0.88% at $35.23.

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

* Next earnings are expected to be released in 121 days.

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