Salesforce's Options: A Look at What the Big Money is Thinking

Financial giants have made a conspicuous bearish move on Salesforce. Our analysis of options history for Salesforce CRM revealed 8 unusual trades.

Delving into the details, we found 25% of traders were bullish, while 75% showed bearish tendencies. Out of all the trades we spotted, 2 were puts, with a value of $177,900, and 6 were calls, valued at $1,237,101.

Predicted Price Range

Analyzing the Volume and Open Interest in these contracts, it seems that the big players have been eyeing a price window from $175.0 to $290.0 for Salesforce during the past quarter.

Analyzing Volume & Open Interest

In today's trading context, the average open interest for options of Salesforce stands at 630.5, with a total volume reaching 550.00. The accompanying chart delineates the progression of both call and put option volume and open interest for high-value trades in Salesforce, situated within the strike price corridor from $175.0 to $290.0, throughout the last 30 days.

Salesforce Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days

Options Call Chart

Largest Options Trades Observed:

Symbol PUT/CALL Trade Type Sentiment Exp. Date Strike Price Total Trade Price Open Interest Volume
CRM CALL TRADE BULLISH 01/16/26 $290.00 $994.5K 888 153
CRM PUT SWEEP NEUTRAL 04/19/24 $260.00 $131.6K 1.2K 302
CRM CALL TRADE BULLISH 01/17/25 $175.00 $126.7K 351 0
CRM PUT TRADE NEUTRAL 01/16/26 $230.00 $46.2K 46 25
CRM CALL TRADE NEUTRAL 01/17/25 $190.00 $34.2K 792 3

About Salesforce

Salesforce Inc provides enterprise cloud computing solutions. The company offers customer relationship management technology that brings companies and customers together. Its Customer 360 platform helps the group to deliver a single source of truth, connecting customer data across systems, apps, and devices to help companies sell, service, market, and conduct commerce. It also offers Service Cloud for customer support, Marketing Cloud for digital marketing campaigns, Commerce Cloud as an e-commerce engine, the Salesforce Platform, which allows enterprises to build applications, and other solutions, such as MuleSoft for data integration.

Following our analysis of the options activities associated with Salesforce, we pivot to a closer look at the company's own performance.

Current Position of Salesforce

  • With a volume of 923,044, the price of CRM is up 0.59% at $290.55.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be overbought.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 20 days.

Professional Analyst Ratings for Salesforce

In the last month, 3 experts released ratings on this stock with an average target price of $301.0.

  • Maintaining their stance, an analyst from Baird continues to hold a Outperform rating for Salesforce, targeting a price of $310.
  • An analyst from JMP Securities has revised its rating downward to Market Outperform, adjusting the price target to $293.
  • Showing optimism, an analyst from Baird upgrades its rating to Outperform with a revised price target of $300.

Trading options involves greater risks but also offers the potential for higher profits. Savvy traders mitigate these risks through ongoing education, strategic trade adjustments, utilizing various indicators, and staying attuned to market dynamics. Keep up with the latest options trades for Salesforce with Benzinga Pro for real-time alerts.

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