What’s This Massive Options Trade in WBD All About?

Dividend Investing, Options

For this week’s intriguing options block trade, we’re looking at a massive trade put on in Warner Brothers Discovery (WBD).  The trader or fund manager appears to have sold a huge call position that is potentially being used to finance (part of) an even bigger put position. This type of strategy is called a collar, and it could be used to hedge downside risk without paying the full amount for the put protection.