Benzinga | Dec 9, 2021 09:55PM EST

Virgin Galactic Hldgs Whale Trades For December 09

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bullish stance on Virgin Galactic Hldgs (NYSE:SPCE).

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 SPCE, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen.

Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 11 options trades for Virgin Galactic Hldgs.

This isn't normal.

The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 54.55% bullish and 45.45%, bearish.

Out of all of the options we uncovered, 10 are puts, for a total amount of $1,184,645.00, and there was 1 call, for a total amount of $53,159.00.

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 $15.0 to $125.0 for Virgin Galactic Hldgs over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Virgin Galactic Hldgs options trades today is 2239.91 with a total volume of 3,240.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Virgin Galactic Hldgs's big money trades within a strike price range of $15.0 to $125.0 over the last 30 days.

Virgin Galactic Hldgs 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 InterestSPCE PUT TRADE BEARISH 03/18/ $120.00 $342.7K 142 33 22SPCE PUT SWEEP BULLISH 01/20/ $15.00 $216.3K 4.9K 449 23SPCE PUT SWEEP BEARISH 03/18/ $125.00 $163.8K 87 15 22SPCE PUT TRADE BEARISH 03/18/ $105.00 $98.1K 26 11 22SPCE PUT TRADE BEARISH 03/18/ $100.00 $92.1K 122 11 22

Where Is Virgin Galactic Hldgs Standing Right Now?

* With a volume of 4,502,809.00, the price of SPCE is down -1.48% at $16.0.

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

* Next earnings are expected to be released in 77 days.

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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