Deep-pocketed investors have adopted a bearish approach towards Salesforce CRM, and it’s something market players shouldn’t ignore. Our tracking of public options records at Benzinga unveiled this significant move today. The identity of these investors remains unknown, but such a substantial move in CRM usually suggests something big is about to happen.
We gleaned this information from our observations today when Benzinga’s options scanner highlighted 33 extraordinary options activities for Salesforce. This level of activity is out of the ordinary.
The general mood among these heavyweight investors is divided, with 33% leaning bullish and 48% bearish. Among these notable options, 16 are puts, totaling $937,766, and 17 are calls, amounting to $581,053.
Predicted Price Range
After evaluating the trading volumes and Open Interest, it’s evident that the major market movers are focusing on a price band between $170.0 and $550.0 for Salesforce, spanning the last three months.
Insights into Volume & Open Interest
Looking at the volume and open interest is a powerful move while trading options. This data can help you track the liquidity and interest for Salesforce’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 Salesforce’s whale trades within a strike price range from $170.0 to $550.0 in the last 30 days.
Salesforce Option Activity Analysis: Last 30 Days
Largest Options Trades Observed:
| Symbol | PUT/CALL | Trade Type | Sentiment | Exp. Date | Ask | Bid | Price | Strike Price | Total Trade Price | Open Interest | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRM | PUT | SWEEP | BEARISH | 09/12/25 | $2.26 | $2.1 | $2.1 | $245.00 | $105.0K | 1.2K | 911 |
| CRM | PUT | TRADE | BEARISH | 01/16/26 | $48.0 | $46.25 | $48.0 | $290.00 | $96.0K | 1.2K | 20 |
| CRM | PUT | TRADE | NEUTRAL | 09/19/25 | $42.15 | $41.4 | $41.71 | $290.00 | $91.7K | 270 | 1 |
| CRM | PUT | SWEEP | NEUTRAL | 09/12/25 | $4.1 | $3.9 | $4.01 | $250.00 | $80.2K | 369 | 299 |
| CRM | PUT | SWEEP | BEARISH | 09/12/25 | $3.6 | $3.4 | $3.54 | $247.50 | $71.9K | 213 | 293 |
About Salesforce
Salesforce provides enterprise cloud computing solutions. The company offers customer relationship management technology that brings companies and customers together. Its Customer 360 platform helps the group to deliver a single source of truth, connecting customer data across systems, apps, and devices to help companies sell, service, market, and conduct commerce. It also offers Service Cloud for customer support, Marketing Cloud for digital marketing campaigns, Commerce Cloud as an e-commerce engine, the Salesforce Platform, which allows enterprises to build applications, and other solutions, such as MuleSoft for data integration.
After a thorough review of the options trading surrounding Salesforce, we move to examine the company in more detail. This includes an assessment of its current market status and performance.
Salesforce’s Current Market Status
- Currently trading with a volume of 4,257,601, the CRM’s price is up by 1.69%, now at $248.13.
- RSI readings suggest the stock is currently may be approaching overbought.
- Anticipated earnings release is in 88 days.
What The Experts Say On Salesforce
5 market experts have recently issued ratings for this stock, with a consensus target price of $347.0.
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* In a cautious move, an analyst from Cantor Fitzgerald downgraded its rating to Overweight, setting a price target of $325.
* Consistent in their evaluation, an analyst from Oppenheimer keeps a Outperform rating on Salesforce with a target price of $370.
* Consistent in their evaluation, an analyst from Baird keeps a Outperform rating on Salesforce with a target price of $325.
* An analyst from Needham downgraded its action to Buy with a price target of $400.
* An analyst from Piper Sandler has decided to maintain their Overweight rating on Salesforce, which currently sits at a price target of $315.
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