Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bullish stance on Sea SE.
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 SE, 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 23 uncommon options trades for Sea.
This isn't normal.
The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 43% bullish and 43%, bearish.
Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 2 are puts, for a total amount of $92,219, and 21 are calls, for a total amount of $2,562,115.
Predicted Price Range
Analyzing the Volume and Open Interest in these contracts, it seems that the big players have been eyeing a price window from $75.0 to $195.0 for Sea during the past quarter.
Volume & Open Interest Trends
Looking at the volume and open interest is an insightful way to conduct due diligence on a stock.
This data can help you track the liquidity and interest for Sea's options for a given strike price.
Below, we can observe the evolution of the volume and open interest of calls and puts, respectively, for all of Sea's whale activity within a strike price range from $75.0 to $195.0 in the last 30 days.
Sea Call and Put Volume: 30-Day Overview
Significant Options Trades Detected:
| Symbol | PUT/CALL | Trade Type | Sentiment | Exp. Date | Ask | Bid | Price | Strike Price | Total Trade Price | Open Interest | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SE | CALL | SWEEP | BULLISH | 02/21/25 | $15.95 | $15.8 | $15.8 | $120.00 | $361.8K | 909 | 231 |
| SE | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 04/17/25 | $14.95 | $14.55 | $14.75 | $130.00 | $295.0K | 1.5K | 223 |
| SE | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 07/18/25 | $11.15 | $10.5 | $10.5 | $155.00 | $262.5K | 36 | 258 |
| SE | CALL | SWEEP | BULLISH | 06/20/25 | $12.6 | $12.5 | $12.6 | $145.00 | $255.7K | 145 | 203 |
| SE | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 06/20/25 | $20.0 | $19.65 | $19.7 | $130.00 | $197.0K | 5.0K | 5 |
About Sea
Sea started as a gaming business, Garena, but in 2015 expanded into e-commerce. Sea operates Southeast Asia's largest e-commerce company, Shopee, in terms of gross merchandise value. Shopee is a hybrid C2C and B2C marketplace platform operating in Indonesia, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Brazil. For Garena, Free Fire is the key revenue generating game. Sea's third business, SeaMoney, provides lending, payment, digital banking, and insurance services.As of March 31, 2024, Forrest Xiaodong Li, the founder, chairman and CEO, owned 59.8% of voting power and 18.5% of issued shares. Tencent owned 18.2% of issued shares with no voting power.
In light of the recent options history for Sea, it's now appropriate to focus on the company itself. We aim to explore its current performance.
Current Position of Sea
- With a volume of 1,527,438, the price of SE is down -1.81% at $136.11.
- RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be overbought.
- Next earnings are expected to be released in 13 days.
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