Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bearish stance on Datadog DDOG.
And retail traders should know.
We noticed this today when the positions 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 DDOG, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen.
Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 8 options trades for Datadog.
This isn't normal.
The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 12% bullish and 75%, bearish.
Out of all of the options we uncovered, there was 1 put, for a total amount of $65,100, and 7, calls, for a total amount of $410,970.
What's The Price Target?
After evaluating the trading volumes and Open Interest, it's evident that the major market movers are focusing on a price band between $100.0 and $130.0 for Datadog, spanning the last three months.
Volume & Open Interest Trends
In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Datadog options trades today is 657.62 with a total volume of 1,249.00.
In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Datadog's big money trades within a strike price range of $100.0 to $130.0 over the last 30 days.
Datadog Call and Put Volume: 30-Day Overview
Largest Options Trades Observed:
| Symbol | PUT/CALL | Trade Type | Sentiment | Exp. Date | Ask | Bid | Price | Strike Price | Total Trade Price | Open Interest | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DDOG | CALL | SWEEP | BULLISH | 03/28/25 | $2.9 | $2.77 | $2.9 | $104.00 | $176.9K | 776 | 637 |
| DDOG | PUT | SWEEP | NEUTRAL | 09/19/25 | $21.8 | $21.7 | $21.7 | $120.00 | $65.1K | 235 | 30 |
| DDOG | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 01/16/26 | $19.25 | $18.65 | $18.65 | $105.00 | $57.8K | 172 | 34 |
| DDOG | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 05/16/25 | $6.4 | $6.3 | $6.3 | $110.00 | $40.9K | 1.8K | 72 |
| DDOG | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 03/28/25 | $3.55 | $3.5 | $3.5 | $103.00 | $35.0K | 45 | 112 |
About Datadog
Datadog is a cloud-native company that focuses on analyzing machine data. The firm's product portfolio, delivered via software as a service, allows a client to monitor and analyze its entire IT infrastructure. Datadog's platform can ingest and analyze large amounts of machine-generated data in real time, allowing clients to utilize it for a variety of applications throughout their businesses.
Current Position of Datadog
- Trading volume stands at 1,790,543, with DDOG's price up by 1.72%, positioned at $104.94.
- RSI indicators show the stock to be may be approaching oversold.
- Earnings announcement expected in 46 days.
What Analysts Are Saying About Datadog
In the last month, 1 experts released ratings on this stock with an average target price of $160.0.
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