Benzinga | Jan 25, 2022 01:33PM EST

This Is What Whales Are Betting On Boeing

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bearish stance on Boeing (NYSE:BA).

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 BA, 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 15 uncommon options trades for Boeing.

This isn't normal.

The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 26% bullish and 73%, bearish.

Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 8 are puts, for a total amount of $637,184, and 7 are calls, for a total amount of $294,417.

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 $150.0 to $340.0 for Boeing over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Boeing options trades today is 3878.93 with a total volume of 4,090.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Boeing's big money trades within a strike price range of $150.0 to $340.0 over the last 30 days.

Boeing 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 InterestBA PUT SWEEP NEUTRAL 01/28/ $225.00 $234.9K 549 105 22BA PUT SWEEP BEARISH 01/20/ $155.00 $140.3K 2.6K 138 23BA CALL SWEEP NEUTRAL 02/18/ $195.00 $68.5K 5.6K 106 22BA PUT SWEEP BULLISH 02/18/ $195.00 $61.5K 8.0K 333 22BA CALL TRADE NEUTRAL 09/16/ $215.00 $61.3K 916 0 22

Where Is Boeing Standing Right Now?

* With a volume of 4,591,718, the price of BA is down -1.67% at $200.78.

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

* Next earnings are expected to be released in 1 days.

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