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Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bearish stance on NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE).
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 NEE, 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 19 uncommon options trades for NextEra Energy.
This isn't normal.
The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 26% bullish and 68%, bearish.
Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 7 are puts, for a total amount of $1,041,295, and 12 are calls, for a total amount of $746,332.
Taking into account the Volume and Open Interest on these contracts, it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from $67.5 to $87.5 for NextEra Energy over the last 3 months.
Looking at the volume and open interest is an insightful way to conduct due diligence on a stock.
This data can help you track the liquidity and interest for NextEra Energy'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 NextEra Energy's whale activity within a strike price range from $67.5 to $87.5 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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NEE | PUT | TRADE | BULLISH | 10/18/24 | $0.41 | $0.34 | $0.36 | $70.00 | $360.0K | 18.6K | 10.0K |
NEE | PUT | TRADE | BULLISH | 01/17/25 | $3.1 | $3.0 | $3.0 | $75.00 | $270.0K | 9.3K | 900 |
NEE | PUT | SWEEP | BEARISH | 12/20/24 | $8.6 | $8.5 | $8.6 | $87.50 | $151.3K | 156 | 177 |
NEE | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 09/20/24 | $2.0 | $1.93 | $1.93 | $80.00 | $101.4K | 41.4K | 1.7K |
NEE | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 09/20/24 | $2.02 | $1.92 | $1.92 | $80.00 | $96.9K | 41.4K | 736 |
NextEra Energy's regulated utility, Florida Power & Light, is the largest rate-regulated utility in Florida. The utility distributes power to nearly 6 million customer accounts in Florida and owns 34 gigawatts of generation. FP&L contributes roughly 70% of NextEra's consolidated operating earnings. NextEra Energy Resources, the renewable energy segment, generates and sells power throughout the United States and Canada with more than 34 GW of generation capacity, including natural gas, nuclear, wind, and solar.
In light of the recent options history for NextEra Energy, 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 $87.6.
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