Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bearish stance on Oracle .

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 ORCL, 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 19 uncommon options trades for Oracle.

This isn't normal.

The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 21% bullish and 52%, bearish.

Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 11 are puts, for a total amount of $573,998, and 8 are calls, for a total amount of $325,560.

Projected Price Targets

After evaluating the trading volumes and Open Interest, it's evident that the major market movers are focusing on a price band between $150.0 and $185.0 for Oracle, spanning the last three months.

Insights into Volume & Open Interest

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Oracle options trades today is 1856.88 with a total volume of 13,946.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Oracle's big money trades within a strike price range of $150.0 to $185.0 over the last 30 days.

Oracle Option Activity Analysis: Last 30 Days

Largest Options Trades Observed:

About Oracle

Oracle provides database technology and enterprise resource planning, or ERP, software to enterprises around the world. Founded in 1977, Oracle pioneered the first commercial SQL-based relational database management system. Today, Oracle has more than 400,000 customers in 175 countries.

After a thorough review of the options trading surrounding Oracle, we move to examine the company in more detail. This includes an assessment of its current market status and performance.

Oracle's Current Market Status

Trading volume stands at 2,029,590, with ORCL's price up by 0.19%, positioned at $166.34.

RSI indicators show the stock to be may be oversold.

Earnings announcement expected in 66 days.

Professional Analyst Ratings for Oracle

5 market experts have recently issued ratings for this stock, with a consensus target price of $188.0.

Unusual Options Activity Detected: Smart Money on the Move

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* Consistent in their evaluation, an analyst from BMO Capital keeps a Market Perform rating on Oracle with a target price of $205.

* An analyst from Evercore ISI Group has decided to maintain their Outperform rating on Oracle, which currently sits at a price target of $200.

* Consistent in their evaluation, an analyst from Morgan Stanley keeps a Equal-Weight rating on Oracle with a target price of $175.

* Consistent in their evaluation, an analyst from Piper Sandler keeps a Overweight rating on Oracle with a target price of $210.

* An analyst from DA Davidson has decided to maintain their Neutral rating on Oracle, which currently sits at a price target of $150.

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