Deep-pocketed investors have adopted a bearish approach towards ARM Holdings ARM, 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 ARM usually suggests something big is about to happen.
We gleaned this information from our observations today when Benzinga's options scanner highlighted 9 extraordinary options activities for ARM Holdings. This level of activity is out of the ordinary.
The general mood among these heavyweight investors is divided, with 22% leaning bullish and 66% bearish. Among these notable options, 3 are puts, totaling $180,189, and 6 are calls, amounting to $344,910.
What's The Price Target?
Based on the trading activity, it appears that the significant investors are aiming for a price territory stretching from $75.0 to $250.0 for ARM Holdings over the recent three months.
Volume & Open Interest Trends
Looking at the volume and open interest is an insightful way to conduct due diligence on a stock.
This data can help you track the liquidity and interest for ARM Holdings'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 ARM Holdings's whale activity within a strike price range from $75.0 to $250.0 in the last 30 days.
ARM Holdings Option Volume And Open Interest Over 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARM | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 01/17/25 | $58.45 | $57.65 | $57.65 | $75.00 | $144.0K | 2.6K | 25 |
| ARM | PUT | TRADE | NEUTRAL | 01/16/26 | $121.45 | $119.45 | $120.34 | $250.00 | $108.3K | 216 | 1 |
| ARM | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 01/17/25 | $57.95 | $56.95 | $56.95 | $75.00 | $56.9K | 2.6K | 65 |
| ARM | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 01/17/25 | $56.9 | $56.65 | $56.65 | $75.00 | $56.6K | 2.6K | 45 |
| ARM | PUT | TRADE | BEARISH | 01/16/26 | $120.45 | $118.75 | $119.86 | $250.00 | $35.9K | 216 | 17 |
About ARM Holdings
Arm Holdings is the IP owner and developer of the ARM architecture (ARM stands for Acorn RISC Machine), which is used in 99% of the world's smartphone CPU cores, and it also has high market share in other battery-powered devices like wearables, tablets, or sensors. Arm licenses its architecture for a fee, offering different types of licenses depending on the flexibility the customer needs. Customers like Apple or Qualcomm buy architectural licenses, which allows them to modify the architecture and add or delete instructions to tailor the chips to their specific needs. Other clients directly buy off-the-shelf designs from Arm. Off-the-shelf and architectural customers pay a royalty fee per chip shipped.
After a thorough review of the options trading surrounding ARM Holdings, we move to examine the company in more detail. This includes an assessment of its current market status and performance.
Where Is ARM Holdings Standing Right Now?
- Trading volume stands at 693,623, with ARM's price up by 0.32%, positioned at $132.22.
- RSI indicators show the stock to be is currently neutral between overbought and oversold.
- Earnings announcement expected in 41 days.
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