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Workday Whale Trades For June 30

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bullish stance on Workday (NASDAQ:WDAY).

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 WDAY, 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 19 uncommon options trades for Workday.

This isn't normal.

The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 57% bullish and 42%, bearish.

Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 9 are puts, for a total amount of $484,300, and 10 are calls, for a total amount of $850,339.

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 $110.0 to $220.0 for Workday over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Workday options trades today is 524.0 with a total volume of 2,523.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Workday's big money trades within a strike price range of $110.0 to $220.0 over the last 30 days.

Workday 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
WDAY CALL SWEEP BEARISH 03/17/23 $165.00 $170.0K 61 0
WDAY CALL SWEEP BULLISH 09/16/22 $130.00 $166.2K 11 155
WDAY PUT SWEEP BEARISH 09/16/22 $130.00 $144.0K 98 813
WDAY CALL TRADE BEARISH 01/20/23 $120.00 $137.9K 10 41
WDAY CALL TRADE BULLISH 01/20/23 $165.00 $89.2K 1.8K 93

Where Is Workday Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 2,103,453, the price of WDAY is down -4.13% at $140.27.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching oversold.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 56 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.

If you want to stay updated on the latest options trades for Workday, Benzinga Pro gives you real-time options trades alerts.

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