Decoding Apollo Global Management's Options Activity: What's the Big Picture?

Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bullish stance on Apollo Global Management APO.

And retail traders should know.

We noticed this today when the positions 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 APO, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen.

Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 10 options trades for Apollo Global Management.

This isn't normal.

The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 80% bullish and 20%, bearish.

Out of all of the options we uncovered, there was 1 put, for a total amount of $77,000, and 9, calls, for a total amount of $690,313.

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 $105.0 to $195.0 for Apollo Global Management during the past quarter.

Insights into Volume & Open Interest

Examining the volume and open interest provides crucial insights into stock research. This information is key in gauging liquidity and interest levels for Apollo Global Management's options at certain strike prices. Below, we present a snapshot of the trends in volume and open interest for calls and puts across Apollo Global Management's significant trades, within a strike price range of $105.0 to $195.0, over the past month.

Apollo Global Management Option Activity Analysis: Last 30 Days

Options Call Chart

Biggest Options Spotted:

Symbol PUT/CALL Trade Type Sentiment Exp. Date Ask Bid Price Strike Price Total Trade Price Open Interest Volume
APO CALL TRADE BEARISH 03/21/25 $4.5 $4.2 $4.3 $185.00 $236.5K 1.7K 551
APO CALL SWEEP BULLISH 06/20/25 $48.2 $47.7 $48.2 $125.00 $144.6K 684 30
APO PUT TRADE BULLISH 06/20/25 $3.8 $3.4 $3.5 $140.00 $77.0K 199 220
APO CALL SWEEP BULLISH 01/16/26 $36.4 $35.5 $36.09 $150.00 $72.1K 3.4K 21
APO CALL SWEEP BULLISH 02/21/25 $3.9 $3.7 $3.9 $180.00 $58.5K 190 150

About Apollo Global Management

Apollo Global Management Inc is an alternative investment manager. It serves various sectors such as chemicals, manufacturing and industrial, natural resources, consumer and retail, consumer services, business services, financial services, leisure, and media and telecom and technology. The company operates in three business segments that are Asset Management, Retirement Services, and Principal Investing. It generates maximum revenue from the Retirement Services segment.

After a thorough review of the options trading surrounding Apollo Global Management, we move to examine the company in more detail. This includes an assessment of its current market status and performance.

Present Market Standing of Apollo Global Management

  • With a trading volume of 1,719,699, the price of APO is up by 1.38%, reaching $171.24.
  • Current RSI values indicate that the stock is is currently neutral between overbought and oversold.
  • Next earnings report is scheduled for 12 days from now.

Expert Opinions on Apollo Global Management

1 market experts have recently issued ratings for this stock, with a consensus target price of $191.0.

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