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What Are Whales Doing With Affirm Holdings

A whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bullish stance on Affirm Holdings.

Looking at options history for Affirm Holdings (NASDAQ:AFRM) we detected 16 strange trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 56% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 43% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 7 are puts, for a total amount of $558,327 and 9, calls, for a total amount of $388,276.

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 $20.0 to $58.0 for Affirm Holdings over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Affirm Holdings options trades today is 992.0 with a total volume of 6,732.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Affirm Holdings's big money trades within a strike price range of $20.0 to $58.0 over the last 30 days.

Affirm Holdings 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
AFRM PUT SWEEP BEARISH 04/08/22 $47.00 $255.6K 1.9K 922
AFRM CALL SWEEP BULLISH 05/20/22 $20.00 $140.5K 905 80
AFRM PUT SWEEP BULLISH 04/14/22 $45.00 $113.1K 1.4K 916
AFRM CALL SWEEP BULLISH 05/20/22 $20.00 $55.4K 905 30
AFRM PUT SWEEP BULLISH 05/20/22 $50.00 $43.2K 577 144

Where Is Affirm Holdings Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 7,858,731, the price of AFRM is down -0.1% at $46.7.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching overbought.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 39 days.

What The Experts Say On Affirm Holdings:

  • Morgan Stanley has decided to maintain their Overweight rating on Affirm Holdings, which currently sits at a price target of $80.
  • Mizuho has decided to maintain their Buy rating on Affirm Holdings, which currently sits at a price target of $79.
  • Truist Securities has decided to maintain their Buy rating on Affirm Holdings, which currently sits at a price target of $55.
  • RBC Capital has decided to maintain their Outperform rating on Affirm Holdings, which currently sits at a price target of $58.

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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