Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bullish stance on Vertiv Hldgs VRT.
And retail traders should know.
We noticed this today when the trades showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.
Whether these are institutions or just wealthy individuals, we don't know. But when something this big happens with VRT, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen.
So how do we know what these investors just did?
Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 9 uncommon options trades for Vertiv Hldgs.
This isn't normal.
The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 44% bullish and 33%, bearish.
Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 4 are puts, for a total amount of $130,351, and 5 are calls, for a total amount of $382,940.
Predicted Price Range
Analyzing the Volume and Open Interest in these contracts, it seems that the big players have been eyeing a price window from $120.0 to $160.0 for Vertiv Hldgs during the past quarter.
Volume & Open Interest Development
In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Vertiv Hldgs options trades today is 1277.38 with a total volume of 1,284.00.
In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Vertiv Hldgs's big money trades within a strike price range of $120.0 to $160.0 over the last 30 days.
Vertiv Hldgs Option Activity Analysis: Last 30 Days
Biggest Options Spotted:
| Symbol | PUT/CALL | Trade Type | Sentiment | Exp. Date | Ask | Bid | Price | Strike Price | Total Trade Price | Open Interest | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VRT | CALL | SWEEP | BULLISH | 01/17/25 | $4.3 | $4.25 | $4.3 | $120.00 | $215.0K | 3.3K | 547 |
| VRT | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 01/17/25 | $4.0 | $3.3 | $3.3 | $126.00 | $65.3K | 400 | 198 |
| VRT | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 01/17/25 | $2.2 | $1.67 | $2.2 | $124.00 | $44.0K | 205 | 213 |
| VRT | PUT | SWEEP | NEUTRAL | 01/17/25 | $6.4 | $5.45 | $5.92 | $125.00 | $43.1K | 3.5K | 81 |
| VRT | PUT | SWEEP | BEARISH | 01/17/25 | $6.25 | $5.6 | $6.25 | $125.00 | $30.6K | 3.5K | 166 |
About Vertiv Hldgs
Vertiv Holdings Co brings together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services to ensure its customers vital applications run continuously, perform optimally and grow with their business needs. The company solves the important challenges faced by data centers, communication networks and commercial and industrial facilities with a portfolio of power, cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extends from the cloud to the edge of the network. Its services include critical power, thermal management, racks and enclosures, monitoring and management, and other services. Its three business segments include the Americas, Asia Pacific; and Europe, Middle East & Africa.
In light of the recent options history for Vertiv Hldgs, it's now appropriate to focus on the company itself. We aim to explore its current performance.
Vertiv Hldgs's Current Market Status
- Trading volume stands at 1,440,156, with VRT's price down by -5.93%, positioned at $121.29.
- RSI indicators show the stock to be is currently neutral between overbought and oversold.
- Earnings announcement expected in 37 days.
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