Check Out What Whales Are Doing With Adobe

 

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bearish stance on Adobe ADBE.

And retail traders should know.

We noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.

Whether this is an institution or just a wealthy individual, we don't know. But when something this big happens with ADBE, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen.

So how do we know what this whale just did?

Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 17 uncommon options trades for Adobe.

This isn't normal.

The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 35% bullish and 64%, bearish.

Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 7 are puts, for a total amount of $256,453, and 10 are calls, for a total amount of $421,999.

What's The Price Target?

Taking into account the Volume and Open Interest on these contracts, it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from $350.0 to $475.0 for Adobe over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

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 Adobe'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 Adobe's whale activity within a strike price range from $350.0 to $475.0 in the last 30 days.

Adobe Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days

Options Call Chart

Biggest Options Spotted:

 

Symbol PUT/CALL Trade Type Sentiment Exp. Date Strike Price Total Trade Price Open Interest Volume
ADBE CALL TRADE BULLISH 01/19/24 $450.00 $93.0K 548 12
ADBE CALL TRADE BEARISH 10/21/22 $440.00 $57.0K 474 22
ADBE CALL SWEEP NEUTRAL 09/16/22 $350.00 $46.3K 131 5
ADBE PUT SWEEP BEARISH 12/16/22 $460.00 $45.4K 34 27
ADBE PUT TRADE BULLISH 12/16/22 $460.00 $45.3K 34 17

Where Is Adobe Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 706,412, the price of ADBE is up 1.19% at $440.07.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching overbought.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 39 days.

Options are a riskier asset compared to just trading the stock, but they have higher profit potential. Serious options traders manage this risk by educating themselves daily, scaling in and out of trades, following more than one indicator, and following the markets closely.

If you want to stay updated on the latest options trades for Adobe, Benzinga Pro gives you real-time options trades alerts.

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