Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bullish stance on MercadoLibre (NASDAQ:MELI).
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 MELI, 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 17 uncommon options trades for MercadoLibre.
This isn't normal.
The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 35% bullish and 17%, bearish.
Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 4 are puts, for a total amount of $210,384, and 13 are calls, for a total amount of $483,327.
What's The Price Target?
After evaluating the trading volumes and Open Interest, it's evident that the major market movers are focusing on a price band between $1390.0 and $2020.0 for MercadoLibre, spanning the last three months.
Analyzing Volume & Open Interest
Assessing the volume and open interest is a strategic step in options trading. These metrics shed light on the liquidity and investor interest in MercadoLibre's options at specified strike prices. The forthcoming data visualizes the fluctuation in volume and open interest for both calls and puts, linked to MercadoLibre's substantial trades, within a strike price spectrum from $1390.0 to $2020.0 over the preceding 30 days.
MercadoLibre Option Activity Analysis: Last 30 Days
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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MELI | PUT | TRADE | NEUTRAL | 07/19/24 | $26.0 | $23.2 | $24.8 | $1750.00 | $104.1K | 46 | 16 |
MELI | CALL | TRADE | NEUTRAL | 12/18/26 | $518.0 | $498.0 | $508.0 | $1700.00 | $50.8K | 11 | 0 |
MELI | PUT | TRADE | BEARISH | 09/20/24 | $10.1 | $9.0 | $9.75 | $1390.00 | $49.7K | 84 | 0 |
MELI | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 12/18/26 | $499.9 | $482.0 | $495.5 | $1740.00 | $49.5K | 0 | 0 |
MELI | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 12/18/26 | $482.2 | $478.1 | $482.2 | $1740.00 | $48.2K | 0 | 1 |
About MercadoLibre
MercadoLibre runs the largest e-commerce marketplace in Latin America, with more than 218 million active users and 1 million active sellers across 18 countries stitching into its commerce network or fintech solutions as of the end of 2023. The company operates a host of complementary businesses to its core online shop, with shipping solutions (Mercado Envios), a payment and financing operation (Mercado Pago and Mercado Credito), advertisements (Mercado Clics), classifieds, and a turnkey e-commerce solution (Mercado Shops) rounding out its arsenal. MercadoLibre generates revenue from final value fees, advertising royalties, payment processing, insertion fees, subscription fees, and interest income from consumer and small-business lending.
In light of the recent options history for MercadoLibre, it's now appropriate to focus on the company itself. We aim to explore its current performance.
MercadoLibre's Current Market Status
- Trading volume stands at 159,941, with MELI's price down by -0.35%, positioned at $1755.0.
- RSI indicators show the stock to be may be overbought.
- Earnings announcement expected in 16 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MercadoLibre(納斯達克股票代碼:MELI)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。
無論這些是機構還是僅僅是富人,我們都不知道。但是,當MELI發生這麼大的事情時,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,Benzinga的期權掃描儀發現了MercadoLibre的17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35%的看漲和17%的看跌之間。
在我們發現的所有特殊期權中,有4個是看跌期權,總額爲210,384美元,13個是看漲期權,總額爲483,327美元。
目標價格是多少?
在評估了交易量和未平倉合約之後,很明顯,主要市場走勢者正在關注過去三個月的MercadoLibre價格區間在1390.0美元至2020.0美元之間。
分析交易量和未平倉合約
評估交易量和未平倉合約是期權交易的戰略步驟。這些指標揭示了指定行使價下MercadoLibre期權的流動性和投資者對MercadoLibre期權的興趣。即將發佈的數據可視化了與MercadoLibre的大量交易相關的看漲期權和未平倉合約的波動,在過去30天內,行使價範圍從1390.0美元到2020.0美元不等。
MercadoLibre 期權活動分析:過去 30 天
觀察到的最大期權交易:
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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梅利 | 放 | 貿易 | 中立 | 07/19/24 | 26.0 美元 | 23.2 美元 | 24.8 美元 | 1750.00 美元 | 104.1 萬美元 | 46 | 16 |
梅利 | 打電話 | 貿易 | 中立 | 12/18/26 | 518.0 美元 | 498.0 美元 | 508.0 美元 | 1700.00 美元 | 50.8 萬美元 | 11 | 0 |
梅利 | 放 | 貿易 | 看跌 | 09/20/24 | 10.1 | 9.0 美元 | 9.75 美元 | 1390.00 美元 | 49.7 萬美元 | 84 | 0 |
梅利 | 打電話 | 貿易 | 看漲 | 12/18/26 | 499.9 美元 | 482.0 美元 | 495.5 美元 | 1740.00 美元 | 49.5 萬美元 | 0 | 0 |
梅利 | 打電話 | 貿易 | 看漲 | 12/18/26 | 482.2 美元 | 478.1 美元 | 482.2 美元 | 1740.00 美元 | 48.2 萬美元 | 0 | 1 |
關於 MercadoLibre
MercadoLibre運營着拉丁美洲最大的電子商務市場,截至2023年底,在18個國家有超過2.18億活躍用戶和100萬活躍賣家融入其商業網絡或金融科技解決方案。該公司經營一系列與其核心在線商店互補的業務,其中運輸解決方案(Mercado Envios)、支付和融資業務(Mercado Pago和Mercado Credito)、廣告(Mercado Clics)、分類廣告和一站式電子商務解決方案(Mercado Shops)完善了其武器庫。MercadoLibre的收入來自最終價值費用、廣告特許權使用費、付款處理、插入費、訂閱費以及消費者和小企業貸款的利息收入。
鑑於MercadoLibre最近的期權歷史,現在應該將重點放在公司本身上。我們的目標是探索其目前的表現。
MercadoLibre 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。