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Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bearish stance on Oracle (NYSE:ORCL).
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 8 uncommon options trades for Oracle.
This isn't normal.
The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 37% bullish and 62%, bearish.
Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 6 are puts, for a total amount of $521,067, and 2 are calls, for a total amount of $492,250.
Based on the trading activity, it appears that the significant investors are aiming for a price territory stretching from $125.0 to $150.0 for Oracle over the recent three months.
In today's trading context, the average open interest for options of Oracle stands at 2485.86, with a total volume reaching 1,276.00. The accompanying chart delineates the progression of both call and put option volume and open interest for high-value trades in Oracle, situated within the strike price corridor from $125.0 to $150.0, throughout the last 30 days.
Symbol | PUT/CALL | Trade Type | Sentiment | Exp. Date | Ask | Bid | Price | Strike Price | Total Trade Price | Open Interest | Volume |
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ORCL | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 06/20/25 | $13.1 | $12.7 | $13.15 | $150.00 | $460.2K | 192 | 0 |
ORCL | PUT | TRADE | BEARISH | 03/21/25 | $6.05 | $5.9 | $6.05 | $125.00 | $302.5K | 186 | 500 |
ORCL | PUT | SWEEP | BULLISH | 09/20/24 | $7.15 | $7.05 | $7.1 | $140.00 | $54.6K | 7.0K | 184 |
ORCL | PUT | TRADE | BULLISH | 09/20/24 | $9.9 | $9.8 | $9.8 | $145.00 | $51.9K | 3.3K | 0 |
ORCL | PUT | TRADE | BEARISH | 09/20/24 | $7.0 | $6.95 | $7.0 | $140.00 | $42.0K | 7.0K | 89 |
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 430,000 customers in 175 countries, supported by its base of 136,000 employees.
In light of the recent options history for Oracle, it's now appropriate to focus on the company itself. We aim to explore its current performance.
Over the past month, 1 industry analysts have shared their insights on this stock, proposing an average target price of $150.0.
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