What Are Whales Doing With DocuSign

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bearish stance on DocuSign DOCU.

And retail traders should know.

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

Whether this is an institution or just a wealthy individual, we don't know. But when something this big happens with DOCU, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen.

So how do we know what this whale just did?

Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 11 uncommon options trades for DocuSign.

This isn't normal.

The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 45.45% bullish and 54.55%, bearish.

Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 4 are puts, for a total amount of $125,152.00, and 7 are calls, for a total amount of $425,426.00.

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 $100.0 to $275.0 for DocuSign over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for DocuSign options trades today is 588.8 with a total volume of 894.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for DocuSign's big money trades within a strike price range of $100.0 to $275.0 over the last 30 days.

DocuSign 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
DOCU CALL TRADE BULLISH 12/03/21 $275.00 $225.0K 125 524
DOCU CALL TRADE BULLISH 12/03/21 $267.50 $55.1K 47 36
DOCU PUT SWEEP NEUTRAL 11/26/21 $265.00 $39.0K 326 185
DOCU CALL TRADE BULLISH 01/21/22 $100.00 $34.6K 686 2
DOCU PUT SWEEP BEARISH 12/17/21 $270.00 $34.3K 1.1K 44

Where Is DocuSign Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 628,679.00, the price of DOCU is up 1.66% at $268.56.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock is currently neutral between overbought and oversold.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 13 days.

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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