Looking At Salesforce's Recent Unusual Options Activity


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A whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bearish stance on Salesforce.

Looking at options history for Salesforce (NYSE:CRM) we detected 10 strange trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 40% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 60% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 6 are puts, for a total amount of $558,816 and 4, calls, for a total amount of $249,735.

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 $165.0 to $300.0 for Salesforce over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Salesforce options trades today is 1509.43 with a total volume of 1,473.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Salesforce's big money trades within a strike price range of $165.0 to $300.0 over the last 30 days.

Salesforce Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days

Biggest Options Spotted:

SymbolPUT/CALLTrade TypeSentimentExp. DateStrike PriceTotal Trade PriceOpen InterestVolume
CRMPUTTRADEBULLISH01/19/24$180.00$282.9K4.1K665
CRMCALLSWEEPBEARISH10/27/23$182.50$146.3K173110
CRMPUTSWEEPBEARISH01/17/25$165.00$114.5K878386
CRMPUTTRADEBEARISH12/15/23$210.00$47.8K1.5K56
CRMPUTSWEEPBULLISH01/17/25$165.00$43.0K878190

Where Is Salesforce Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 1,628,620, the price of CRM is down -0.31% at $201.37.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock is currently neutral between overbought and oversold.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 36 days.

What The Experts Say On Salesforce:

  • Truist Securities downgraded its action to Buy with a price target of $275
  • Piper Sandler downgraded its action to Neutral with a price target of $232

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 Salesforce, Benzinga Pro gives you real-time options trades alerts.


20-Year Pro Trader Reveals His "MoneyLine"

Ditch your indicators and use the "MoneyLine". A simple line tells you when to buy and sell without the guesswork. It’s a line on a chart that’s helped Nic Chahine win 83% of his options buys. Here's how he does it.


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