Financial giants have made a conspicuous bullish move on Shopify ( SHOP ). Our analysis of options history for Shopify ( SHOP ) revealed 34 unusual trades.
Delving into the details, we found 61% of traders were bullish, while 11% showed bearish tendencies. Out of all the trades we spotted, 8 were puts, with a value of $265,699, and 26 were calls, valued at $1,173,819.
Taking into account the Volume and Open Interest on these contracts, it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from $50.0 to $90.0 for Shopify ( SHOP ) over the last 3 months.
In today's trading context, the average open interest for options of Shopify ( SHOP ) stands at 1770.65, with a total volume reaching 7,749.00. The accompanying chart delineates the progression of both call and put option volume and open interest for high-value trades in Shopify ( SHOP ), situated within the strike price corridor from $50.0 to $90.0, throughout the last 30 days.
| Symbol | PUT/CALL | Trade Type | Sentiment | Exp. Date | Ask | Bid | Price | Strike Price | Total Trade Price | Open Interest | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHOP | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 5.3K | 385 | ||||||
| SHOP | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 1.7K | 692 | ||||||
| SHOP | CALL | SWEEP | BULLISH | 4.5K | 307 | ||||||
| SHOP | CALL | TRADE | NEUTRAL | 5.4K | 287 | ||||||
| SHOP | CALL | TRADE | NEUTRAL | 4.5K | 222 |
Shopify ( SHOP ) offers an e-commerce platform primarily to small and medium-size businesses. The firm has two segments. The subscription solutions segment allows Shopify ( SHOP ) merchants to conduct e-commerce on a variety of platforms, including the company's website, physical stores, pop-up stores, kiosks, social networks (Facebook), and Amazon. The merchant solutions segment offers add-on products for the platform that facilitate e-commerce and include Shopify Payments, Shopify Shipping, and Shopify Capital.
Following our analysis of the options activities associated with Shopify ( SHOP ), we pivot to a closer look at the company's own performance.
With a volume of 4,863,368, the price of SHOP is up 2.85% at $74.05.
RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching overbought.
Next earnings are expected to be released in 5 days.
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