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Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bearish stance on Iovance Biotherapeutics (NASDAQ:IOVA).
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 IOVA, 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 8 uncommon options trades for Iovance Biotherapeutics.
This isn't normal.
The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 37% bullish and 62%, bearish.
Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 3 are puts, for a total amount of $229,640, and 5 are calls, for a total amount of $318,670.
Analyzing the Volume and Open Interest in these contracts, it seems that the big players have been eyeing a price window from $7.5 to $30.0 for Iovance Biotherapeutics during the past quarter.
Assessing the volume and open interest is a strategic step in options trading. These metrics shed light on the liquidity and investor interest in Iovance Biotherapeutics's options at specified strike prices. The forthcoming data visualizes the fluctuation in volume and open interest for both calls and puts, linked to Iovance Biotherapeutics's substantial trades, within a strike price spectrum from $7.5 to $30.0 over the preceding 30 days.
| Symbol | PUT/CALL | Trade Type | Sentiment | Exp. Date | Strike Price | Total Trade Price | Open Interest | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IOVA | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 06/21/24 | $10.00 | $165.0K | 2.9K | 301 |
| IOVA | PUT | SWEEP | BULLISH | 01/17/25 | $12.50 | $126.1K | 279 | 435 |
| IOVA | PUT | SWEEP | BULLISH | 09/20/24 | $15.00 | $71.0K | 121 | 203 |
| IOVA | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 06/21/24 | $17.50 | $46.5K | 6.6K | 0 |
| IOVA | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 06/21/24 | $15.00 | $37.9K | 6.6K | 399 |
Iovance Biotherapeutics Inc is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, pioneering a transformational approach to treating cancer by harnessing the human immune system's ability to recognize and destroy diverse cancer cells using therapies personalized for each patient. The company is preparing for potential U.S. regulatory approvals and commercialization of the first autologous T-cell therapy to address a solid tumor cancer. its objective is to be the leader in innovating, developing, and delivering tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte, or TIL, therapies for patients with solid tumor cancers.
In light of the recent options history for Iovance Biotherapeutics, it's now appropriate to focus on the company itself. We aim to explore its current performance.
5 market experts have recently issued ratings for this stock, with a consensus target price of $24.6.
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