This Is What Whales Are Betting On Shopify

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 21 strange trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 66% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 33% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 12 are puts, for a total amount of $730,825 and 9, calls, for a total amount of $447,680.

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 $40.0 to $105.0 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 4006.0 with a total volume of 15,500.00.

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 $40.0 to $105.0 over the last 30 days.

Shopify 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
SHOP PUT TRADE BULLISH 11/17/23 $50.00 $308.7K 2.9K 4.7K
SHOP CALL TRADE BULLISH 01/17/25 $40.00 $86.4K 3.8K 30
SHOP CALL TRADE BEARISH 11/17/23 $65.00 $75.2K 153 237
SHOP PUT TRADE BULLISH 01/16/26 $65.00 $68.0K 21 0
SHOP CALL SWEEP BULLISH 01/19/24 $60.00 $57.8K 9.2K 202

Where Is Shopify Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 7,062,145, the price of SHOP is down -3.43% at $60.24.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching overbought.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 38 days.

What The Experts Say On Shopify:

  • Wedbush downgraded its action to Outperform with a price target of $62
  • Canaccord Genuity upgraded its action to Buy with a price target of $70
  • Roth MKM downgraded its action to Buy with a price target of $76

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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