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Whales with a lot of money to spend have taken a noticeably bullish stance on Verizon Communications.
Looking at options history for Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) we detected 15 trades.
If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 46% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 40% with bearish.
From the overall spotted trades, 9 are puts, for a total amount of $397,057 and 6, calls, for a total amount of $401,950.
Analyzing the Volume and Open Interest in these contracts, it seems that the big players have been eyeing a price window from $25.0 to $42.0 for Verizon Communications during the past quarter.
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 Verizon Communications'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 Verizon Communications's whale trades within a strike price range from $25.0 to $42.0 in 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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| VZ | CALL | SWEEP | NEUTRAL | 01/17/25 | $11.65 | $11.4 | $11.5 | $30.00 | $124.3K | 1.0K | 1 |
| VZ | CALL | SWEEP | NEUTRAL | 01/17/25 | $16.5 | $16.3 | $16.38 | $25.00 | $86.8K | 286 | 0 |
| VZ | PUT | SWEEP | BULLISH | 01/17/25 | $0.34 | $0.33 | $0.33 | $33.00 | $76.7K | 32.3K | 4.2K |
| VZ | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 10/18/24 | $1.26 | $1.21 | $1.21 | $42.00 | $72.0K | 2.3K | 930 |
| VZ | PUT | SWEEP | BULLISH | 01/17/25 | $0.33 | $0.32 | $0.33 | $33.00 | $60.5K | 32.3K | 6.6K |
Wireless services account for about 70% of Verizon Communications' total service revenue and nearly all of its operating income. The firm serves about 93 million postpaid and 21 million prepaid phone customers (following the acquisition of Tracfone) via its nationwide network, making it the largest US wireless carrier. Fixed-line telecom operations include local networks in the Northeast, which reach about 29 million homes and businesses and serve about 8 million broadband customers. Verizon also provides telecom services nationwide to enterprise customers, often using a mixture of its own and other carriers' networks.
In the last month, 1 experts released ratings on this stock with an average target price of $46.5.
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