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SoFi Technologies Whale Trades Spotted

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

Looking at options history for SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ:SOFI) we detected 19 strange trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 47% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 52% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 13 are puts, for a total amount of $1,351,164 and 6, calls, for a total amount of $336,966.

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 $6.0 to $20.0 for SoFi Technologies over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for SoFi Technologies options trades today is 8743.56 with a total volume of 104,544.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for SoFi Technologies's big money trades within a strike price range of $6.0 to $20.0 over the last 30 days.

SoFi Technologies 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
SOFI PUT TRADE BULLISH 05/06/22 $6.00 $621.0K 338 73.3K
SOFI PUT TRADE BULLISH 04/29/22 $9.00 $227.2K 3.9K 180
SOFI CALL SWEEP BULLISH 06/17/22 $6.00 $108.5K 188 141
SOFI CALL SWEEP BULLISH 06/17/22 $6.00 $85.5K 188 1.5K
SOFI PUT SWEEP BEARISH 05/13/22 $7.00 $80.1K 573 5.2K

Where Is SoFi Technologies Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 33,782,853, the price of SOFI is down -4.93% at $7.24.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching oversold.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 27 days.

What The Experts Say On SoFi Technologies:

  • MoffettNathanson downgraded its action to Buy with a price target of $13
  • Mizuho has decided to maintain their Buy rating on SoFi Technologies, which currently sits at a price target of $14.
  • Morgan Stanley downgraded its action to Equal-Weight with a price target of $10
  • Oppenheimer has decided to maintain their Outperform rating on SoFi Technologies, which currently sits at a price target of $13.

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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