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Shopify Unusual Options Activity

Benzinga ·  Jan 3 14:45

Financial giants have made a conspicuous bullish move on Shopify. Our analysis of options history for Shopify (NYSE:SHOP) revealed 22 unusual trades.

Delving into the details, we found 50% of traders were bullish, while 27% showed bearish tendencies. Out of all the trades we spotted, 4 were puts, with a value of $190,124, and 18 were calls, valued at $1,410,142.

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 $45.0 to $175.0 for Shopify over the last 3 months.

Analyzing Volume & Open Interest

Looking at the volume and open interest is an insightful way to conduct due diligence on a stock.

This data can help you track the liquidity and interest for Shopify's options for a given strike price.

Below, we can observe the evolution of the volume and open interest of calls and puts, respectively, for all of Shopify's whale activity within a strike price range from $45.0 to $175.0 in the last 30 days.

Shopify Call and Put Volume: 30-Day Overview

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Largest Options Trades Observed:

SymbolPUT/CALLTrade TypeSentimentExp. DateAskBidPriceStrike PriceTotal Trade PriceOpen InterestVolume
SHOPCALLTRADEBEARISH09/19/25$3.9$3.75$3.8$175.00$228.0K63600
SHOPCALLSWEEPBULLISH06/20/25$16.95$16.8$16.95$105.00$220.3K2.9K140
SHOPCALLSWEEPNEUTRAL03/21/25$18.5$18.1$18.38$95.00$165.4K1.6K91
SHOPCALLTRADENEUTRAL06/20/25$12.7$12.55$12.62$115.00$112.3K4.6K110
SHOPCALLTRADEBULLISH01/17/25$3.15$3.1$3.15$109.00$94.5K371348

About Shopify

Shopify offers an e-commerce platform primarily to small and medium-size businesses. The firm has two segments. The subscription solutions segment allows Shopify 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.

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

Shopify's Current Market Status

  • With a volume of 1,745,179, the price of SHOP is up 1.26% at $108.89.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching oversold.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 39 days.

Professional Analyst Ratings for Shopify

3 market experts have recently issued ratings for this stock, with a consensus target price of $126.66666666666667.

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