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Whales with a lot of money to spend have taken a noticeably bullish stance on Vistra.
Looking at options history for Vistra (NYSE:VST) we detected 28 trades.
If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 42% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 32% with bearish.
From the overall spotted trades, 5 are puts, for a total amount of $1,008,520 and 23, calls, for a total amount of $2,289,438.
Taking into account the Volume and Open Interest on these contracts, it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from $110.0 to $240.0 for Vistra over the last 3 months.
In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Vistra options trades today is 1357.6 with a total volume of 3,999.00.
In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Vistra's big money trades within a strike price range of $110.0 to $240.0 over the last 30 days.
| Symbol | PUT/CALL | Trade Type | Sentiment | Exp. Date | Ask | Bid | Price | Strike Price | Total Trade Price | Open Interest | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VST | PUT | TRADE | BULLISH | 11/21/25 | $1.9 | $1.77 | $1.81 | $145.00 | $852.5K | 5.7K | 1 |
| VST | CALL | SWEEP | BULLISH | 01/16/26 | $25.0 | $24.6 | $25.0 | $200.00 | $720.0K | 1.7K | 118 |
| VST | CALL | SWEEP | BULLISH | 12/19/25 | $17.1 | $16.95 | $17.1 | $215.00 | $171.0K | 394 | 105 |
| VST | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 11/21/25 | $17.4 | $17.25 | $17.4 | $205.00 | $149.6K | 3.1K | 137 |
| VST | CALL | TRADE | NEUTRAL | 12/19/25 | $25.95 | $25.4 | $25.64 | $195.00 | $128.2K | 5.9K | 70 |
Vistra Energy is one of the largest power producers and retail energy providers in the US. Following the 2024 Energy Harbor acquisition, Vistra owns 41 gigawatts of nuclear, coal, natural gas, solar, and energy storage assets. The proposed Lotus Partners acquisition would add 2.6 GW of natural gas generation. Its retail electricity business serves 5 million customers in 20 states, including almost a third of all Texas electricity consumers. Vistra emerged from the Energy Future Holdings bankruptcy as a stand-alone entity in 2016. It acquired Dynegy in 2018.
Over the past month, 4 industry analysts have shared their insights on this stock, proposing an average target price of $239.25.
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