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Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bearish stance on M&T Bank (NYSE:MTB).
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 MTB, 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 M&T Bank.
This isn't normal.
The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 22% bullish and 66%, bearish.
Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 3 are puts, for a total amount of $161,980, and 6 are calls, for a total amount of $235,663.
Analyzing the Volume and Open Interest in these contracts, it seems that the big players have been eyeing a price window from $140.0 to $180.0 for M&T Bank during the past quarter.
Examining the volume and open interest provides crucial insights into stock research. This information is key in gauging liquidity and interest levels for M&T Bank's options at certain strike prices. Below, we present a snapshot of the trends in volume and open interest for calls and puts across M&T Bank's significant trades, within a strike price range of $140.0 to $180.0, over the past month.
Symbol | PUT/CALL | Trade Type | Sentiment | Exp. Date | Ask | Bid | Price | Strike Price | Total Trade Price | Open Interest | Volume |
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MTB | PUT | SWEEP | BULLISH | 11/15/24 | $4.3 | $4.2 | $4.2 | $150.00 | $85.5K | 9 | 0 |
MTB | CALL | SWEEP | NEUTRAL | 09/20/24 | $13.8 | $13.5 | $13.5 | $155.00 | $81.0K | 224 | 0 |
MTB | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 06/20/25 | $13.8 | $13.2 | $13.2 | $175.00 | $39.6K | 5 | 0 |
MTB | PUT | TRADE | BEARISH | 07/19/24 | $1.45 | $1.2 | $1.45 | $160.00 | $39.4K | 7 | 33 |
MTB | PUT | TRADE | BEARISH | 01/17/25 | $3.8 | $3.4 | $3.7 | $140.00 | $37.0K | 111 | 0 |
M&T Bank is one of the largest regional banks in the United States, with branches in New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and New Jersey. The bank was founded to serve manufacturing and trading businesses around the Erie Canal and is primarily focused on commercial real estate and commercial-related lending, with some retail operations also present.
In light of the recent options history for M&T Bank, it's now appropriate to focus on the company itself. We aim to explore its current performance.
Over the past month, 4 industry analysts have shared their insights on this stock, proposing an average target price of $165.75.
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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