Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bullish stance on Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA).
And retail traders should know.
We noticed this today when the trades showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.
Whether these are institutions or just wealthy individuals, we don't know. But when something this big happens with MRNA, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen.
So how do we know what these investors just did?
Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 10 uncommon options trades for Moderna.
This isn't normal.
The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 70% bullish and 10%, bearish.
Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 4 are puts, for a total amount of $203,756, and 6 are calls, for a total amount of $250,820.
Projected Price Targets
Analyzing the Volume and Open Interest in these contracts, it seems that the big players have been eyeing a price window from $50.0 to $190.0 for Moderna during the past quarter.
Volume & Open Interest Trends
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 Moderna'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 Moderna's whale trades within a strike price range from $50.0 to $190.0 in the last 30 days.
Moderna Call and Put Volume: 30-Day Overview
Largest Options Trades Observed:
Symbol | PUT/CALL | Trade Type | Sentiment | Exp. Date | Ask | Bid | Price | Strike Price | Total Trade Price | Open Interest | Volume |
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MRNA | PUT | TRADE | NEUTRAL | 06/07/24 | $4.8 | $4.55 | $4.68 | $130.00 | $93.6K | 327 | 200 |
MRNA | CALL | SWEEP | BULLISH | 05/17/24 | $25.75 | $23.1 | $25.4 | $105.00 | $88.8K | 993 | 35 |
MRNA | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 07/19/24 | $5.8 | $5.65 | $5.8 | $140.00 | $58.0K | 2.9K | 105 |
MRNA | PUT | SWEEP | BULLISH | 07/19/24 | $6.25 | $5.05 | $5.2 | $125.00 | $54.9K | 1.9K | 30 |
MRNA | PUT | SWEEP | BULLISH | 09/20/24 | $1.91 | $1.73 | $1.73 | $95.00 | $28.3K | 1.6K | 172 |
About Moderna
Moderna is a commercial-stage biotech that was founded in 2010 and had its initial public offering in December 2018. The firm's mRNA technology was rapidly validated with its COVID-19 vaccine, which was authorized in the United States in December 2020. Moderna had 39 mRNA development candidates in clinical trials as of mid-2023. Programs span a wide range of therapeutic areas, including infectious disease, oncology, cardiovascular disease, and rare genetic diseases.
Following our analysis of the options activities associated with Moderna, we pivot to a closer look at the company's own performance.
Present Market Standing of Moderna
- With a volume of 876,007, the price of MRNA is down -0.14% at $132.5.
- RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be overbought.
- Next earnings are expected to be released in 76 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.
有大量资金可以花的投资者对Moderna(NASDAQ:MRNA)采取了看涨立场。
零售交易者应该知道。
今天,当交易出现在我们在本辛加追踪的公开期权历史记录上时,我们注意到了这一点。
这些是机构还是仅仅是富人,我们都不知道。但是,当 MRNA 发生这么大的事情时,这通常意味着有人知道某件事即将发生。
那么我们怎么知道这些投资者刚才做了什么?
今天,Benzinga的期权扫描仪发现了Moderna的10笔不常见的期权交易。
这不正常。
这些大资金交易者的整体情绪介于70%的看涨和10%的看跌之间。
在我们发现的所有特殊期权中,有4个是看跌期权,总额为203,756美元;6个是看涨期权,总额为250,820美元。
预计价格目标
分析这些合约的交易量和未平仓合约,看来大型企业一直在关注Moderna在过去一个季度的价格范围从50.0美元到190.0美元不等。
交易量和未平仓合约趋势
交易期权时,查看交易量和未平仓合约是一个强有力的举动。这些数据可以帮助您跟踪给定行使价下Moderna期权的流动性和利息。下面,我们可以分别观察过去30天中Moderna所有鲸鱼交易的看涨期权和看跌期权交易量和未平仓合约的变化,其行使价在50.0美元至190.0美元之间。
Moderna 看涨期权和看跌交易量:30 天概览
观察到的最大期权交易:
Symbol | PUT/CALL | Trade Type | Sentiment | Exp. Date | Ask | Bid | Price | Strike Price | Total Trade Price | Open Interest | Volume |
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MRNA | PUT | TRADE | NEUTRAL | 06/07/24 | $4.8 | $4.55 | $4.68 | $130.00 | $93.6K | 327 | 200 |
MRNA | CALL | SWEEP | BULLISH | 05/17/24 | $25.75 | $23.1 | $25.4 | $105.00 | $88.8K | 993 | 35 |
MRNA | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 07/19/24 | $5.8 | $5.65 | $5.8 | $140.00 | $58.0K | 2.9K | 105 |
MRNA | PUT | SWEEP | BULLISH | 07/19/24 | $6.25 | $5.05 | $5.2 | $125.00 | $54.9K | 1.9K | 30 |
MRNA | PUT | SWEEP | BULLISH | 09/20/24 | $1.91 | $1.73 | $1.73 | $95.00 | $28.3K | 1.6K | 172 |
关于 Moderna
Moderna是一家商业阶段的生物技术公司,成立于2010年,并于2018年12月进行了首次公开募股。该公司的 mRNA 技术通过其 COVID-19 疫苗迅速得到验证,该疫苗于 2020 年 12 月在美国获得授权。截至2023年中期,Moderna在临床试验中有39个mRNA开发候选药物。项目涵盖广泛的治疗领域,包括传染病、肿瘤学、心血管疾病和罕见遗传病。
在分析了与Moderna相关的期权活动之后,我们将转向仔细研究公司自身的表现。
Moderna 目前的市场地位
与仅交易股票相比,期权是一种风险更高的资产,但它们具有更高的获利潜力。严肃的期权交易者通过每天自我教育、扩大交易规模、关注多个指标以及密切关注市场来管理这种风险。