Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bullish stance on American Express (NYSE:AXP).
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 AXP, 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 11 uncommon options trades for American Express.
This isn't normal.
The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 54% bullish and 9%, bearish.
Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 6 are puts, for a total amount of $332,409, and 5 are calls, for a total amount of $264,130.
Expected Price Movements
Analyzing the Volume and Open Interest in these contracts, it seems that the big players have been eyeing a price window from $175.0 to $250.0 for American Express during the past quarter.
Volume & Open Interest Trends
In today's trading context, the average open interest for options of American Express stands at 622.67, with a total volume reaching 560.00. The accompanying chart delineates the progression of both call and put option volume and open interest for high-value trades in American Express, situated within the strike price corridor from $175.0 to $250.0, throughout the last 30 days.
American Express 30-Day Option Volume & Interest Snapshot
Noteworthy Options Activity:
Symbol | PUT/CALL | Trade Type | Sentiment | Exp. Date | Ask | Bid | Price | Strike Price | Total Trade Price | Open Interest | Volume |
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AXP | CALL | SWEEP | NEUTRAL | 03/21/25 | $14.1 | $13.75 | $14.1 | $250.00 | $117.0K | 116 | 0 |
AXP | PUT | TRADE | NEUTRAL | 09/20/24 | $9.5 | $9.3 | $9.4 | $230.00 | $76.1K | 1.2K | 1 |
AXP | PUT | SWEEP | BULLISH | 03/21/25 | $16.95 | $16.65 | $16.65 | $230.00 | $69.9K | 77 | 129 |
AXP | PUT | SWEEP | BULLISH | 03/21/25 | $16.9 | $16.65 | $16.65 | $230.00 | $54.9K | 77 | 129 |
AXP | PUT | SWEEP | BEARISH | 03/21/25 | $16.7 | $16.55 | $16.6 | $230.00 | $49.8K | 77 | 0 |
About American Express
American Express is a global financial institution, operating in about 130 countries, that provides consumers and businesses charge and credit card payment products. The company also operates a highly profitable merchant payment network. Since 2018, it has operated in three segments: global consumer services, global commercial services, and global merchant and network services. In addition to payment products, the company's commercial business offers expense management tools, consulting services, and business loans.
After a thorough review of the options trading surrounding American Express, we move to examine the company in more detail. This includes an assessment of its current market status and performance.
American Express's Current Market Status
Trading volume stands at 323,780, with AXP's price up by 0.28%, positioned at $231.24.
RSI indicators show the stock to be is currently neutral between overbought and oversold.
Earnings announcement expected in 23 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.
有大量資金可以花的投資者對美國運通(紐約證券交易所代碼:AXP)採取了看漲立場。
零售交易者應該知道。
今天,當交易出現在我們在本辛加追蹤的公開期權歷史記錄上時,我們注意到了這一點。
這些是機構還是僅僅是富人,我們都不知道。但是,當 AXP 發生如此大的事情時,這通常意味着有人知道某件事即將發生。
那麼我們怎麼知道這些投資者剛才做了什麼?
今天,本辛加的期權掃描儀發現了美國運通的11筆不常見的期權交易。
這不正常。
這些大資金交易者的整體情緒介於54%的看漲和9%的看跌之間。
在我們發現的所有特殊期權中,有6個是看跌期權,總額爲332,409美元;5個是看漲期權,總額爲264,130美元。
預期的價格走勢
分析這些合約的交易量和未平倉合約,看來大型企業一直在關注美國運通在過去一個季度的價格範圍從175.0美元到250.0美元不等。
交易量和未平倉合約趨勢
在今天的交易背景下,美國運通期權的平均未平倉合約爲622.67,總交易量達到560.00。隨附的圖表描繪了過去30天美國運通高價值交易的看漲期權和看跌期權交易量以及未平倉合約的變化,行使價走勢從175.0美元到250.0美元不等。
美國運通30天期權交易量和利息快照
值得注意的期權活動:
符號 | 看跌/看漲 | 交易類型 | 情緒 | Exp。日期 | 問 | 出價 | 價格 | 行使價 | 總交易價格 | 未平倉合約 | 音量 |
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AXP | 打電話 | 掃 | 中立 | 03/21/25 | 14.1 美元 | 13.75 美元 | 14.1 美元 | 250.00 美元 | 117.0 萬美元 | 116 | 0 |
AXP | 放 | 貿易 | 中立 | 09/20/24 | 9.5 美元 | 9.3 美元 | 9.4 美元 | 230.00 美元 | 76.1 萬美元 | 1.2K | 1 |
AXP | 放 | 掃 | 看漲 | 03/21/25 | 16.95 美元 | 16.65 美元 | 16.65 美元 | 230.00 美元 | 69.9 萬美元 | 77 | 129 |
AXP | 放 | 掃 | 看漲 | 03/21/25 | 16.9 美元 | 16.65 美元 | 16.65 美元 | 230.00 美元 | 54.9 萬美元 | 77 | 129 |
AXP | 放 | 掃 | 看跌 | 03/21/25 | 16.7 美元 | 16.55 美元 | 16.6 美元 | 230.00 美元 | 49.8 萬美元 | 77 | 0 |
關於美國運通
美國運通是一家全球金融機構,在約130個國家開展業務,爲消費者和企業提供收費和信用卡支付產品。該公司還運營着一個利潤豐厚的商戶支付網絡。自2018年以來,它已在三個領域開展業務:全球消費者服務、全球商業服務以及全球商業和網絡服務。除了支付產品外,該公司的商業業務還提供費用管理工具、諮詢服務和商業貸款。
在對圍繞美國運通的期權交易進行了全面審查之後,我們開始更詳細地研究該公司。這包括評估其當前的市場地位和表現。
美國運通目前的市場地位
與僅交易股票相比,期權是一種風險更高的資產,但它們具有更高的獲利潛力。嚴肅的期權交易者通過每天自我教育、擴大交易規模、關注多個指標以及密切關注市場來管理這種風險。