This Is What Whales Are Betting On Palantir Technologies

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bullish stance on Palantir Technologies PLTR.

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 PLTR, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen.

Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 11 options trades for Palantir Technologies.

This isn't normal.

The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 81% bullish and 18%, bearish.

Out of all of the options we uncovered, there was 1 put, for a total amount of $43,396, and 10, calls, for a total amount of $568,225..

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 $5.0 to $15.0 for Palantir Technologies over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Palantir Technologies options trades today is 4105.64 with a total volume of 7,287.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Palantir Technologies's big money trades within a strike price range of $5.0 to $15.0 over the last 30 days.

Palantir Technologies 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
PLTR CALL SWEEP BULLISH 11/17/23 $11.00 $172.0K 589 2.1K
PLTR CALL SWEEP BULLISH 11/17/23 $10.00 $148.0K 321 2
PLTR CALL SWEEP BULLISH 08/18/23 $11.00 $44.1K 11.0K 1.0K
PLTR PUT SWEEP BULLISH 11/17/23 $7.00 $43.3K 486 1.5K
PLTR CALL SWEEP BULLISH 01/19/24 $5.00 $39.8K 7.2K 101

Where Is Palantir Technologies Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 10,044,377, the price of PLTR is up 3.5% at $8.44.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching overbought.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 38 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 Palantir Technologies, Benzinga Pro gives you real-time options trades alerts.

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