Salesforce Whale Trades For August 16

 

A whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bullish stance on Salesforce.

Looking at options history for Salesforce CRM we detected 32 strange trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 59% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 40% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 23 are puts, for a total amount of $1,356,138 and 9, calls, for a total amount of $523,482.

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 $130.0 to $230.0 for Salesforce over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Salesforce options trades today is 1226.45 with a total volume of 4,063.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Salesforce's big money trades within a strike price range of $130.0 to $230.0 over the last 30 days.

Salesforce 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
CRM CALL TRADE BULLISH 01/20/23 $130.00 $125.2K 127 20
CRM PUT TRADE BULLISH 06/16/23 $230.00 $97.5K 87 105
CRM PUT TRADE BULLISH 06/16/23 $230.00 $97.5K 87 41
CRM PUT TRADE BULLISH 06/16/23 $230.00 $97.5K 87 21
CRM PUT SWEEP BEARISH 09/16/22 $185.00 $89.3K 3.1K 114

Where Is Salesforce Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 2,247,766, the price of CRM is down -0.26% at $190.56.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching overbought.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 8 days.

What The Experts Say On Salesforce:

  • Guggenheim downgraded its action to Sell with a price target of $150
  • Piper Sandler has decided to maintain their Overweight rating on Salesforce, which currently sits at a price target of $220.
  • Morgan Stanley has decided to maintain their Overweight rating on Salesforce, which currently sits at a price target of $273.

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.

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