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Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bullish stance on McKesson (NYSE:MCK).
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 MCK, 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 9 uncommon options trades for McKesson.
This isn't normal.
The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 55% bullish and 33%, bearish.
Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 3 are puts, for a total amount of $131,190, and 6 are calls, for a total amount of $295,847.
Analyzing the Volume and Open Interest in these contracts, it seems that the big players have been eyeing a price window from $270.0 to $600.0 for McKesson during the past quarter.
In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for McKesson options trades today is 137.86 with a total volume of 549.00.
In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for McKesson's big money trades within a strike price range of $270.0 to $600.0 over the last 30 days.
| Symbol | PUT/CALL | Trade Type | Sentiment | Exp. Date | Ask | Bid | Price | Strike Price | Total Trade Price | Open Interest | Volume |
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| MCK | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 08/16/24 | $9.0 | $7.9 | $8.8 | $600.00 | $88.0K | 101 | 100 |
| MCK | CALL | SWEEP | BULLISH | 01/17/25 | $87.9 | $84.0 | $87.16 | $500.00 | $69.7K | 244 | 18 |
| MCK | PUT | TRADE | BULLISH | 11/15/24 | $8.3 | $5.7 | $6.2 | $490.00 | $55.8K | 375 | 374 |
| MCK | CALL | SWEEP | BULLISH | 01/17/25 | $88.0 | $84.0 | $87.12 | $500.00 | $43.5K | 244 | 5 |
| MCK | PUT | TRADE | BEARISH | 01/17/25 | $36.9 | $34.9 | $36.9 | $580.00 | $40.5K | 17 | 11 |
McKesson Corp is one of three leading pharmaceutical wholesalers in the us engaged in sourcing and distributing branded, generic, and specialty pharmaceutical products to pharmacies (retail chains, independent, and mail order), hospitals networks, and healthcare providers. Along with Cencora and Cardinal Health, the three account for over 90% of the us pharmaceutical wholesale industry. Outside the us market, McKesson engages in pharmaceutical wholesale and distribution in Canada. Additionally, the company supplies medical-surgical products and equipment to healthcare facilities and provides a variety of technology solutions for pharmacies.
Having examined the options trading patterns of McKesson, our attention now turns directly to the company. This shift allows us to delve into its present market position and performance
In the last month, 5 experts released ratings on this stock with an average target price of $603.0.
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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