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Deep-pocketed investors have adopted a bearish approach towards Carvana (NYSE:CVNA), and it's something market players shouldn't ignore. Our tracking of public options records at Benzinga unveiled this significant move today. The identity of these investors remains unknown, but such a substantial move in CVNA usually suggests something big is about to happen.
We gleaned this information from our observations today when Benzinga's options scanner highlighted 20 extraordinary options activities for Carvana. This level of activity is out of the ordinary.
The general mood among these heavyweight investors is divided, with 35% leaning bullish and 50% bearish. Among these notable options, 8 are puts, totaling $482,442, and 12 are calls, amounting to $1,407,477.
After evaluating the trading volumes and Open Interest, it's evident that the major market movers are focusing on a price band between $60.0 and $130.0 for Carvana, spanning the last three months.
In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Carvana options trades today is 1710.22 with a total volume of 2,491.00.
In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Carvana's big money trades within a strike price range of $60.0 to $130.0 over 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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CVNA | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 05/03/24 | $18.0 | $18.0 | $18.0 | $65.00 | $905.4K | 2.9K | 1.0K |
CVNA | PUT | TRADE | NEUTRAL | 08/16/24 | $9.45 | $9.3 | $9.37 | $70.00 | $103.0K | 2.4K | 111 |
CVNA | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 05/17/24 | $7.4 | $7.25 | $7.25 | $85.00 | $84.8K | 4.3K | 184 |
CVNA | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 08/16/24 | $15.75 | $15.6 | $15.6 | $85.00 | $78.0K | 1.2K | 4 |
CVNA | PUT | TRADE | BEARISH | 05/03/24 | $7.65 | $7.0 | $7.42 | $84.00 | $74.2K | 475 | 0 |
Carvana Co is an e-commerce platform for buying and selling used cars. The company derives revenue from used vehicle sales, wholesale vehicle sales and other sales and revenues. The other sales and revenues include sales of loans originated and sold in securitization transactions or to financing partners, commissions received on VSCs and sales of GAP waiver coverage. The foundation of the business is retail vehicle unit sales. This drives the majority of the revenue and allows the company to capture additional revenue streams associated with financing, VSCs, auto insurance and GAP waiver coverage, as well as trade-in vehicles.
Having examined the options trading patterns of Carvana, our attention now turns directly to the company. This shift allows us to delve into its present market position and performance
Over the past month, 5 industry analysts have shared their insights on this stock, proposing an average target price of $75.0.
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