Behind the Scenes of Atlassian's Latest Options Trends

Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bearish stance on Atlassian TEAM.

And retail traders should know.

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

Whether these are institutions or just wealthy individuals, we don't know. But when something this big happens with TEAM, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen.

Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 19 options trades for Atlassian.

This isn't normal.

The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 31% bullish and 68%, bearish.

Out of all of the options we uncovered, there was 1 put, for a total amount of $47,500, and 18, calls, for a total amount of $2,599,061.

Expected Price Movements

After evaluating the trading volumes and Open Interest, it's evident that the major market movers are focusing on a price band between $135.0 and $280.0 for Atlassian, spanning the last three months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

Examining the volume and open interest provides crucial insights into stock research. This information is key in gauging liquidity and interest levels for Atlassian's options at certain strike prices. Below, we present a snapshot of the trends in volume and open interest for calls and puts across Atlassian's significant trades, within a strike price range of $135.0 to $280.0, over the past month.

Atlassian Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days

Noteworthy Options Activity:

About Atlassian

Atlassian produces software that helps teams work together more efficiently and effectively. The company provides project planning and management software, collaboration tools, and IT help desk solutions. The company operates in four segments: subscriptions (term licenses and cloud agreements), maintenance (annual maintenance contracts that provide support and periodic updates and are generally attached to perpetual license sales), perpetual license (upfront sale for indefinite usage of the software), and other (training, strategic consulting, and revenue from the Atlassian Marketplace app store). Atlassian was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Sydney.

Atlassian's Current Market Status

• With a trading volume of 1,776,269, the price of TEAM is up by 1.75%, reaching $218.91.
• Current RSI values indicate that the stock is may be overbought.
• Next earnings report is scheduled for 49 days from now.

Expert Opinions on Atlassian

In the last month, 1 experts released ratings on this stock with an average target price of $185.0.

• Reflecting concerns, an analyst from Scotiabank lowers its rating to Sector Perform with a new price target of $185.

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