A whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bullish stance on Shopify.
Looking at options history for Shopify SHOP we detected 11 strange trades.
If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 63% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 36% with bearish.
From the overall spotted trades, 6 are puts, for a total amount of $1,490,534 and 5, calls, for a total amount of $178,161.
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 $29.5 to $100.0 for Shopify over the last 3 months.
Volume & Open Interest Development
In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Shopify options trades today is 1084.7 with a total volume of 1,832.00.
In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Shopify's big money trades within a strike price range of $29.5 to $100.0 over the last 30 days.
Shopify Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days
Biggest Options Spotted:
| Symbol | PUT/CALL | Trade Type | Sentiment | Exp. Date | Strike Price | Total Trade Price | Open Interest | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHOP | PUT | TRADE | BULLISH | 01/20/23 | $86.00 | $683.7K | 590 | 125 |
| SHOP | PUT | TRADE | BULLISH | 11/18/22 | $62.00 | $524.4K | 25 | 170 |
| SHOP | PUT | SWEEP | BULLISH | 01/19/24 | $60.00 | $141.9K | 2.3K | 46 |
| SHOP | PUT | TRADE | BEARISH | 03/17/23 | $79.00 | $58.3K | 45 | 12 |
| SHOP | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 03/17/23 | $36.00 | $49.0K | 415 | 99 |
Where Is Shopify Standing Right Now?
- With a volume of 3,536,564, the price of SHOP is down -0.97% at $30.68.
- RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be oversold.
- Next earnings are expected to be released in 49 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.
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