Looking At Shopify's Recent Unusual Options Activity

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, 3 are puts, for a total amount of $135,512 and 8, calls, for a total amount of $436,604.

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 $47.5 to $68.0 for Shopify over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

Looking at the volume and open interest is a powerful move while trading options. This data can help you track the liquidity and interest for Shopify'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 Shopify's whale trades within a strike price range from $47.5 to $68.0 in 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 CALL SWEEP BULLISH 07/21/23 $65.00 $118.5K 1.7K 631
SHOP CALL SWEEP BEARISH 05/12/23 $60.00 $71.1K 6.0K 2.6K
SHOP CALL SWEEP BULLISH 05/12/23 $57.00 $66.0K 608 307
SHOP PUT TRADE BEARISH 05/19/23 $65.00 $55.5K 36 113
SHOP PUT SWEEP BULLISH 05/12/23 $60.00 $50.8K 1.0K 212

Where Is Shopify Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 12,056,333, the price of SHOP is up 5.01% at $60.17.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be overbought.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 82 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 Shopify, Benzinga Pro gives you real-time options trades alerts.

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