Benzinga | Dec 16, 2021 11:45AM EST

Accenture Whale Trades Spotted

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bearish stance on Accenture (NYSE:ACN).

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 ACN, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen.

Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 35 options trades for Accenture.

This isn't normal.

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

Out of all of the options we uncovered, there was 1 put, for a total amount of $32,900, and 34, calls, for a total amount of $4,575,729..

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 $320.0 to $415.0 for Accenture over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Accenture options trades today is 536.81 with a total volume of 13,251.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Accenture's big money trades within a strike price range of $320.0 to $415.0 over the last 30 days.

Accenture Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days

Biggest Options Spotted:



Symbol PUT/ Trade Sentiment Exp. Strike Total Trade Open Volume CALL Type Date Price Price InterestACN CALL SWEEP BEARISH 01/21/ $380.00 $590.0K 5.2K 896 22ACN CALL SWEEP BULLISH 01/21/ $380.00 $549.8K 5.2K 1.8K 22ACN CALL TRADE BULLISH 02/18/ $320.00 $546.6K 286 135 22ACN CALL SWEEP BULLISH 01/21/ $380.00 $366.2K 5.2K 1.5K 22ACN CALL SWEEP BULLISH 01/21/ $380.00 $366.0K 5.2K 478 22

Where Is Accenture Standing Right Now?

* With a volume of 1,059,435.00, the price of ACN is up 8.52% at $407.29.

* RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching overbought.

* Next earnings are expected to be released in 0 days.

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