Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bearish stance on SanDisk (NASDAQ:SNDK).
And retail traders should know.
We noticed this today when the trades 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 SNDK, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen.
So how do we know what these investors just did?
Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 165 uncommon options trades for SanDisk.
This isn't normal.
The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 35% bullish and 50%, bearish.
Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 59 are puts, for a total amount of $8,147,552, and 106 are calls, for a total amount of $9,107,901.
What's The Price Target?
Analyzing the Volume and Open Interest in these contracts, it seems that the big players have been eyeing a price window from $70.0 to $420.0 for SanDisk during the past quarter.
Insights into Volume & Open Interest
In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for SanDisk options trades today is 436.55 with a total volume of 37,008.00.
In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for SanDisk's big money trades within a strike price range of $70.0 to $420.0 over the last 30 days.
SanDisk Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days
Largest Options Trades Observed:
| Symbol | PUT/CALL | Trade Type | Sentiment | Exp. Date | Ask | Bid | Price | Strike Price | Total Trade Price | Open Interest | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNDK | PUT | TRADE | BEARISH | 11/21/25 | $72.7 | $70.3 | $72.0 | $277.50 | $1.4M | 389 | 276 |
| SNDK | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 12/12/25 | $70.6 | $68.0 | $68.0 | $140.00 | $1.0M | 0 | 150 |
| SNDK | PUT | SWEEP | BEARISH | 11/21/25 | $22.2 | $20.9 | $22.2 | $230.00 | $774.7K | 4.1K | 1.8K |
| SNDK | PUT | SWEEP | BEARISH | 11/21/25 | $75.2 | $72.2 | $73.81 | $280.00 | $748.4K | 377 | 139 |
| SNDK | PUT | TRADE | NEUTRAL | 11/21/25 | $70.5 | $67.9 | $69.0 | $277.50 | $517.5K | 389 | 0 |
About SanDisk
Sandisk is one of the five largest suppliers of NAND flash memory semiconductors globally. Sandisk is vertically integrated, producing substantially all of its flash chips at manufacturing sites across Japan via a joint-venture framework with Kioxia. Sandisk then repackages most of its chips into SSDs for consumer electronics, external storage, or cloud storage. Sandisk was formerly a piece of Western Digital for nine years (after being acquired in 2016) and was spun off as an independent company in 2025.
Present Market Standing of SanDisk
- Currently trading with a volume of 18,950,162, the SNDK's price is down by -17.24%, now at $203.56.
- RSI readings suggest the stock is currently may be approaching overbought.
- Anticipated earnings release is in 79 days.
What The Experts Say On SanDisk
5 market experts have recently issued ratings for this stock, with a consensus target price of $253.6.
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