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Whales with a lot of money to spend have taken a noticeably bearish stance on Mastercard.
Looking at options history for Mastercard (NYSE:MA) we detected 8 trades.
If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 25% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 50% with bearish.
From the overall spotted trades, 2 are puts, for a total amount of $60,335 and 6, calls, for a total amount of $538,330.
Taking into account the Volume and Open Interest on these contracts, it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from $380.0 to $480.0 for Mastercard over the last 3 months.
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 Mastercard'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 Mastercard's whale trades within a strike price range from $380.0 to $480.0 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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MA | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 01/16/26 | $54.7 | $50.75 | $51.5 | $480.00 | $242.0K | 1.0K | 47 |
MA | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 08/30/24 | $87.35 | $86.4 | $86.4 | $380.00 | $86.4K | 0 | 0 |
MA | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 09/06/24 | $82.05 | $80.0 | $82.05 | $385.00 | $82.0K | 0 | 10 |
MA | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 08/09/24 | $9.15 | $8.8 | $8.8 | $460.00 | $58.0K | 38 | 71 |
MA | CALL | TRADE | NEUTRAL | 06/20/25 | $61.7 | $59.05 | $60.4 | $440.00 | $42.2K | 201 | 0 |
Mastercard is the second-largest payment processor in the world, having processed close to over $9 trillion in volume during 2023. Mastercard operates in over 200 countries and processes transactions in over 150 currencies.
In light of the recent options history for Mastercard, it's now appropriate to focus on the company itself. We aim to explore its current performance.
In the last month, 5 experts released ratings on this stock with an average target price of $514.6.
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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