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High-rolling investors have positioned themselves bearish on Novo Nordisk (NYSE:NVO), 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 NVO often signals that someone has privileged information.
Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 9 options trades for Novo Nordisk. This is not a typical pattern.
The sentiment among these major traders is split, with 33% bullish and 55% bearish. Among all the options we identified, there was one put, amounting to $25,200, and 8 calls, totaling $430,150.
Taking into account the Volume and Open Interest on these contracts, it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from $100.0 to $145.0 for Novo Nordisk over the last 3 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 Novo Nordisk's options at specified strike prices. The forthcoming data visualizes the fluctuation in volume and open interest for both calls and puts, linked to Novo Nordisk's substantial trades, within a strike price spectrum from $100.0 to $145.0 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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NVO | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 01/17/25 | $38.8 | $38.5 | $38.5 | $100.00 | $77.0K | 1.3K | 20 |
NVO | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 11/15/24 | $7.15 | $7.05 | $7.05 | $140.00 | $70.5K | 673 | 17 |
NVO | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 01/16/26 | $32.3 | $30.95 | $31.8 | $120.00 | $63.6K | 507 | 20 |
NVO | CALL | SWEEP | NEUTRAL | 10/18/24 | $3.05 | $2.83 | $2.91 | $145.00 | $59.6K | 400 | 208 |
NVO | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 01/16/26 | $29.0 | $28.2 | $29.0 | $125.00 | $58.0K | 588 | 0 |
With roughly one third of the global branded diabetes treatment market, Novo Nordisk is the leading provider of diabetes-care products in the world. Based in Denmark, the company manufactures and markets a variety of human and modern insulins, injectable diabetes treatments such as GLP-1 therapy, oral antidiabetic agents, and obesity treatments. Novo also has a biopharmaceutical segment (constituting roughly 10% of revenue) that specializes in protein therapies for hemophilia and other disorders.
In the last month, 3 experts released ratings on this stock with an average target price of $160.0.
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