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Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bullish stance on Citigroup (NYSE:C).
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 C, 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 16 uncommon options trades for Citigroup.
This isn't normal.
The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 43% bullish and 43%, bearish.
Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 4 are puts, for a total amount of $206,515, and 12 are calls, for a total amount of $623,095.
Based on the trading activity, it appears that the significant investors are aiming for a price territory stretching from $60.0 to $110.0 for Citigroup over the recent three 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 Citigroup'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 Citigroup's whale trades within a strike price range from $60.0 to $110.0 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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| C | CALL | SWEEP | BULLISH | 12/18/26 | $38.15 | $37.05 | $38.15 | $60.00 | $152.4K | 1.5K | 42 |
| C | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 01/15/27 | $9.0 | $9.0 | $9.0 | $110.00 | $99.0K | 1.9K | 130 |
| C | PUT | SWEEP | BEARISH | 12/19/25 | $4.9 | $4.85 | $4.9 | $95.00 | $97.0K | 5.0K | 213 |
| C | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 10/17/25 | $2.98 | $2.91 | $2.98 | $95.00 | $59.3K | 11.6K | 251 |
| C | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 10/17/25 | $1.56 | $1.55 | $1.55 | $98.00 | $44.7K | 2.7K | 697 |
Citigroup is a global financial-services company doing business in more than 100 countries and jurisdictions. Citigroup's operations are organized into five primary segments: services, markets, banking, US personal banking, and wealth management. The bank's primary services include cross-border banking needs for multinational corporates, investment banking and trading, and credit card services in the United States.
After a thorough review of the options trading surrounding Citigroup, we move to examine the company in more detail. This includes an assessment of its current market status and performance.
A total of 4 professional analysts have given their take on this stock in the last 30 days, setting an average price target of $122.25.
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