Benzinga | Dec 21, 2021 10:22AM EST

Rivian Automotive Whale Trades For December 21

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bullish stance on Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ:RIVN).

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 RIVN, 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 14 uncommon options trades for Rivian Automotive.

This isn't normal.

The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 71% bullish and 28%, bearish.

Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 5 are puts, for a total amount of $191,075, and 9 are calls, for a total amount of $753,309.

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 $50.0 to $175.0 for Rivian Automotive over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Rivian Automotive options trades today is 1246.45 with a total volume of 4,756.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Rivian Automotive's big money trades within a strike price range of $50.0 to $175.0 over the last 30 days.

Rivian Automotive 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 InterestRIVN CALL SWEEP BULLISH 01/21/ $100.00 $194.0K 2.6K 807 22RIVN CALL SWEEP BEARISH 01/21/ $100.00 $141.2K 2.6K 1.2K 22RIVN CALL TRADE BULLISH 12/31/ $99.00 $88.0K 284 226 21RIVN CALL SWEEP BEARISH 12/23/ $96.00 $83.7K 809 370 21RIVN CALL TRADE BULLISH 12/31/ $105.00 $82.5K 428 314 21

Where Is Rivian Automotive Standing Right Now?

* With a volume of 2,362,339, the price of RIVN is up 5.28% at $94.73.

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

* Next earnings are expected to be released in 60 days.

What The Experts Say On Rivian Automotive:

* JP Morgan downgraded its action to Neutral with a price target of $104

* Barclays has decided to maintain their Equal-Weight rating on Rivian Automotive, which currently sits at a price target of $115.

* B of A Securities downgraded its action to Buy with a price target of $170

* Goldman Sachs downgraded its action to Neutral with a price target of $94

* Piper Sandler downgraded its action to Overweight with a price target of $148

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