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Financial giants have made a conspicuous bearish move on Meta Platforms. Our analysis of options history for Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) revealed 132 unusual trades.
Delving into the details, we found 31% of traders were bullish, while 49% showed bearish tendencies. Out of all the trades we spotted, 51 were puts, with a value of $6,964,907, and 81 were calls, valued at $7,841,912.
After evaluating the trading volumes and Open Interest, it's evident that the major market movers are focusing on a price band between $380.0 and $1300.0 for Meta Platforms, 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 Meta Platforms's options at specified strike prices. The forthcoming data visualizes the fluctuation in volume and open interest for both calls and puts, linked to Meta Platforms's substantial trades, within a strike price spectrum from $380.0 to $1300.0 over the preceding 30 days.
| Symbol | PUT/CALL | Trade Type | Sentiment | Exp. Date | Ask | Bid | Price | Strike Price | Total Trade Price | Open Interest | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| META | PUT | SWEEP | BULLISH | 01/16/26 | $40.7 | $40.3 | $40.3 | $660.00 | $3.2M | 4.0K | 855 |
| META | PUT | TRADE | BEARISH | 12/19/25 | $30.25 | $30.1 | $30.2 | $650.00 | $604.0K | 5.6K | 497 |
| META | CALL | TRADE | NEUTRAL | 02/20/26 | $285.7 | $279.65 | $282.66 | $380.00 | $423.9K | 307 | 27 |
| META | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 04/17/26 | $20.2 | $20.15 | $20.2 | $850.00 | $304.1K | 597 | 63 |
| META | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 11/21/25 | $23.3 | $23.2 | $23.2 | $660.00 | $278.4K | 1.3K | 505 |
Meta is the largest social media company in the world, boasting close to 4 billion monthly active users worldwide. The firm's "Family of Apps," its core business, consists of Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp. End users can leverage these applications for a variety of different purposes, from keeping in touch with friends to following celebrities and running digital businesses for free. Meta packages customer data, gleaned from its application ecosystem and sells ads to digital advertisers. While the firm has been investing heavily in its Reality Labs business, it remains a very small part of Meta's overall sales.
Following our analysis of the options activities associated with Meta Platforms, we pivot to a closer look at the company's own performance.
In the last month, 5 experts released ratings on this stock with an average target price of $835.0.
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