Benzinga | Dec 13, 2021 02:20PM EST

What Are Whales Doing With Micron Technology

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bearish stance on Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU).

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

Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 10 options trades for Micron Technology.

This isn't normal.

The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 20.0% bullish and 80.0%, bearish.

Out of all of the options we uncovered, there was 1 put, for a total amount of $119,070.00, and 9, calls, for a total amount of $547,803.00..

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 $70.0 to $97.5 for Micron Technology over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Micron Technology options trades today is 9411.5 with a total volume of 3,998.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Micron Technology's big money trades within a strike price range of $70.0 to $97.5 over the last 30 days.

Micron Technology 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 InterestMU CALL TRADE BULLISH 01/20/ $80.00 $173.9K 12.3K 406 23MU PUT TRADE BEARISH 01/20/ $70.00 $119.0K 6.3K 416 23MU CALL TRADE NEUTRAL 02/18/ $77.50 $95.8K 1.8K 224 22MU CALL TRADE NEUTRAL 01/21/ $85.00 $71.4K 19.0K 672 22MU CALL TRADE NEUTRAL 01/21/ $85.00 $40.8K 19.0K 266 22

Where Is Micron Technology Standing Right Now?

* With a volume of 7,642,355.00, the price of MU is down -0.83% at $84.83.

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

* Next earnings are expected to be released in 7 days.

What The Experts Say On Micron Technology:

* Mizuho upgraded its action to Buy with a price target of $95.0

* UBS has decided to maintain their Buy rating on Micron Technology, which currently sits at a price target of $99.0.

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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