Looking At ServiceNow's Recent Unusual Options Activity

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

Looking at options history for ServiceNow NOW we detected 15 strange trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 20% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 80% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 5 are puts, for a total amount of $243,777 and 10, calls, for a total amount of $602,627.

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 $490.0 to $700.0 for ServiceNow over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for ServiceNow options trades today is 359.0 with a total volume of 1,137.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for ServiceNow's big money trades within a strike price range of $490.0 to $700.0 over the last 30 days.

ServiceNow Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days

Biggest Options Spotted:

Symbol PUT/CALL Trade Type Sentiment Exp. Date Strike Price Total Trade Price Open Interest Volume
NOW CALL TRADE BEARISH 07/28/23 $600.00 $173.0K 259 121
NOW CALL TRADE BULLISH 08/18/23 $490.00 $106.9K 308 10
NOW CALL SWEEP BEARISH 08/18/23 $620.00 $64.3K 237 51
NOW PUT TRADE BEARISH 11/17/23 $700.00 $58.0K 0 5
NOW PUT SWEEP BEARISH 08/18/23 $600.00 $58.0K 16 45

Where Is ServiceNow Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 619,610, the price of NOW is up 2.19% at $593.08.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching overbought.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 9 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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