Benzinga | Jan 21, 2022 05:16AM EST

Schlumberger Whale Trades For January 20

A whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bearish stance on Schlumberger.

Looking at options history for Schlumberger (NYSE:SLB) we detected 52 strange trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 40% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 59% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 2 are puts, for a total amount of $70,114 and 50, calls, for a total amount of $7,750,842.

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 $5.0 to $42.5 for Schlumberger over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Schlumberger options trades today is 6154.26 with a total volume of 54,947.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Schlumberger's big money trades within a strike price range of $5.0 to $42.5 over the last 30 days.

Schlumberger 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 InterestSLB CALL TRADE NEUTRAL 06/17/ $30.00 $3.5M 6.6K 4.0K 22SLB CALL SWEEP BEARISH 05/20/ $35.00 $1.2M 15.9K 2.5K 22SLB CALL TRADE BEARISH 08/19/ $30.00 $380.0K 428 0 22SLB CALL TRADE BEARISH 05/20/ $35.00 $205.0K 15.9K 5.0K 22SLB CALL TRADE BEARISH 01/21/ $25.00 $128.0K 15.6K 122 22

Where Is Schlumberger Standing Right Now?

* With a volume of 9,456,167, the price of SLB is up 1.77% at $37.76.

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

* Next earnings are expected to be released in 1 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.

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