Looking At Syndax Pharmaceuticals's Recent Unusual Options Activity

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bearish stance on Syndax Pharmaceuticals SNDX.

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 SNDX, 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 17 uncommon options trades for Syndax Pharmaceuticals.

This isn't normal.

The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 29% bullish and 70%, bearish.

Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 2 are puts, for a total amount of $58,185, and 15 are calls, for a total amount of $666,900.

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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 $17.5 to $17.5 for Syndax Pharmaceuticals over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Syndax Pharmaceuticals options trades today is 3889.0 with a total volume of 18,191.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Syndax Pharmaceuticals's big money trades within a strike price range of $17.5 to $17.5 over the last 30 days.

Syndax Pharmaceuticals Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days

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Where Is Syndax Pharmaceuticals Standing Right Now?

• With a volume of 463,258, the price of SNDX is down -1.96% at $16.73.
• RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching oversold.
• Next earnings are expected to be released in 43 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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