Benzinga | Jan 31, 2022 02:30PM EST

Pinterest Whale Trades Spotted

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

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 PINS, 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 18 uncommon options trades for Pinterest.

This isn't normal.

The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 22% bullish and 77%, bearish.

Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 6 are puts, for a total amount of $279,065, and 12 are calls, for a total amount of $2,021,844.

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 $50.0 for Pinterest over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Pinterest options trades today is 2040.31 with a total volume of 6,745.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Pinterest's big money trades within a strike price range of $20.0 to $50.0 over the last 30 days.

Pinterest 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 InterestPINS CALL TRADE NEUTRAL 01/20/ $20.00 $1.3M 383 1.2K 23PINS PUT TRADE BEARISH 02/18/ $50.00 $106.2K 4.6K 62 22PINS CALL TRADE BEARISH 02/18/ $30.00 $105.0K 6.8K 723 22PINS CALL SWEEP BEARISH 01/20/ $20.00 $100.2K 383 82 23PINS CALL SWEEP BULLISH 06/17/ $37.50 $89.6K 2.0K 622 22

Where Is Pinterest Standing Right Now?

* With a volume of 8,171,131, the price of PINS is up 9.05% at $29.27.

* RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock is currently neutral between overbought and oversold.

* Next earnings are expected to be released in 3 days.

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