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High-rolling investors have positioned themselves bullish on PayPal Holdings (NASDAQ:PYPL), and it's important for retail traders to take note. \This activity came to our attention today through Benzinga's tracking of publicly available options data. The identities of these investors are uncertain, but such a significant move in PYPL often signals that someone has privileged information.
Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 12 options trades for PayPal Holdings. This is not a typical pattern.
The sentiment among these major traders is split, with 50% bullish and 50% bearish. Among all the options we identified, there was one put, amounting to $27,250, and 11 calls, totaling $6,988,218.
After evaluating the trading volumes and Open Interest, it's evident that the major market movers are focusing on a price band between $62.5 and $80.0 for PayPal Holdings, spanning the last three months.
Assessing the volume and open interest is a strategic step in options trading. These metrics shed light on the liquidity and investor interest in PayPal Holdings's options at specified strike prices. The forthcoming data visualizes the fluctuation in volume and open interest for both calls and puts, linked to PayPal Holdings's substantial trades, within a strike price spectrum from $62.5 to $80.0 over the preceding 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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PYPL | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 12/18/26 | $18.25 | $17.6 | $18.0 | $65.00 | $5.3M | 13.0K | 40 |
PYPL | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 11/15/24 | $3.35 | $3.25 | $3.31 | $70.00 | $1.1M | 1.3K | 3.5K |
PYPL | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 09/20/24 | $1.59 | $1.58 | $1.59 | $67.50 | $187.7K | 8.5K | 3.4K |
PYPL | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 09/06/24 | $0.5 | $0.49 | $0.49 | $70.00 | $81.4K | 449 | 1.6K |
PYPL | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 12/19/25 | $8.25 | $7.0 | $8.2 | $77.50 | $58.2K | 239 | 72 |
PayPal was spun off from eBay in 2015 and provides electronic payment solutions to merchants and consumers, with a focus on online transactions. The company had 426 million active accounts at the end of 2023. The company also owns Venmo, a person-to-person payment platform.
In light of the recent options history for PayPal Holdings, it's now appropriate to focus on the company itself. We aim to explore its current performance.
A total of 5 professional analysts have given their take on this stock in the last 30 days, setting an average price target of $78.6.
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.
If you want to stay updated on the latest options trades for PayPal Holdings, Benzinga Pro gives you real-time options trades alerts.
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