Twilio Options Trading: A Deep Dive into Market Sentiment

Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bullish stance on Twilio TWLO.

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 TWLO, 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 26 uncommon options trades for Twilio.

This isn't normal.

The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 53% bullish and 34%, bearish.

Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 19 are puts, for a total amount of $1,930,766, and 7 are calls, for a total amount of $296,927.

Expected Price Movements

Based on the trading activity, it appears that the significant investors are aiming for a price territory stretching from $35.0 to $140.0 for Twilio over the recent three months.

Volume & Open Interest Trends

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Twilio options trades today is 289.33 with a total volume of 2,049.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Twilio's big money trades within a strike price range of $35.0 to $140.0 over the last 30 days.

Twilio Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days

Biggest Options Spotted:

About Twilio

Twilio is a cloud-based communications platform-as-a-service company offering communication building blocks that allow for a fully customized customer engagement experience spanning voice, video, chat, and SMS messaging. It does this through various application programming interfaces and prebuilt solution applications aimed at improving customer engagement. The company leverages its Super Network, a global network of carrier relationships, to facilitate high-speed, cost-effective communication.

Current Position of Twilio

• Trading volume stands at 2,315,541, with TWLO's price down by -6.56%, positioned at $99.12.
• RSI indicators show the stock to be may be oversold.
• Earnings announcement expected in 57 days.

Professional Analyst Ratings for Twilio

In the last month, 5 experts released ratings on this stock with an average target price of $161.0.

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