Benzinga | Dec 21, 2021 10:24AM EST

Ford Motor Whale Trades Spotted

A whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bearish stance on Ford Motor.

Looking at options history for Ford Motor (NYSE:F) we detected 14 strange trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 35% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 64% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 8 are puts, for a total amount of $653,339 and 6, calls, for a total amount of $226,396.

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 $8.0 to $20.0 for Ford Motor over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Ford Motor options trades today is 50048.0 with a total volume of 59,922.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Ford Motor's big money trades within a strike price range of $8.0 to $20.0 over the last 30 days.

Ford Motor 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 InterestF PUT SWEEP BEARISH 03/18/ $17.00 $182.4K 34.5K 6.5K 22F PUT SWEEP BEARISH 03/18/ $17.00 $170.0K 34.5K 6.5K 22F PUT SWEEP BEARISH 03/18/ $17.00 $101.8K 34.5K 17.1K 22F CALL SWEEP BEARISH 01/21/ $20.00 $54.3K 201.7K 869 22F PUT SWEEP BULLISH 01/21/ $17.00 $48.5K 81.7K 6.4K 22

Where Is Ford Motor Standing Right Now?

* With a volume of 13,744,500, the price of F is up 0.44% at $19.5.

* RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock is currently neutral between overbought and oversold.

* Next earnings are expected to be released in 44 days.

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