Benzinga | Jan 26, 2022 01:03PM EST

This Is What Whales Are Betting On American Airlines Group

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bullish stance on American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL).

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

Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 11 options trades for American Airlines Group.

This isn't normal.

The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 63% bullish and 36%, bearish.

Out of all of the options we uncovered, there was 1 put, for a total amount of $57,824, and 10, calls, for a total amount of $531,174..

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 $18.0 for American Airlines Group over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

Looking at the volume and open interest is a powerful move while trading options. This data can help you track the liquidity and interest for American Airlines Group's options for a given strike price. Below, we can observe the evolution of the volume and open interest of calls and puts, respectively, for all of American Airlines Group's whale trades within a strike price range from $8.0 to $18.0 in the last 30 days.

American Airlines Group 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 InterestAAL CALL SWEEP BULLISH 09/16/ $8.00 $93.0K 58 200 22AAL CALL SWEEP NEUTRAL 01/28/ $16.00 $87.5K 18.7K 1.1K 22AAL CALL SWEEP BULLISH 01/19/ $17.00 $68.6K 2.8K 152 24AAL CALL SWEEP BULLISH 02/18/ $16.00 $65.6K 7.3K 2.0K 22AAL PUT SWEEP BULLISH 09/16/ $13.00 $57.8K 11.8K 567 22

Where Is American Airlines Group Standing Right Now?

* With a volume of 15,624,636, the price of AAL is up 2.19% at $16.82.

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

* Next earnings are expected to be released in 85 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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