Decoding ARM Holdings's Options Activity: What's the Big Picture?

Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bullish stance on ARM Holdings ARM.

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 ARM, 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 13 uncommon options trades for ARM Holdings.

This isn't normal.

The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 61% bullish and 30%, bearish.

Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 3 are puts, for a total amount of $179,277, and 10 are calls, for a total amount of $942,434.

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 $60.0 and $230.0 for ARM Holdings, spanning the last three months.

Analyzing Volume & Open Interest

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for ARM Holdings options trades today is 1701.38 with a total volume of 1,599.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for ARM Holdings's big money trades within a strike price range of $60.0 to $230.0 over the last 30 days.

ARM Holdings Call and Put Volume: 30-Day Overview

Noteworthy Options Activity:

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 2,092,210, with ARM's price up by 4.06%, positioned at $153.59.
• RSI indicators show the stock to be may be approaching overbought.
• Earnings announcement expected in 6 days.

Expert Opinions on ARM Holdings

Over the past month, 3 industry analysts have shared their insights on this stock, proposing an average target price of $152.33333333333334.

Unusual Options Activity Detected: Smart Money on the Move

Benzinga Edge's Unusual Options board spots potential market movers before they happen. See what positions big money is taking on your favorite stocks. Click here for access. * Maintaining their stance, an analyst from Wells Fargo continues to hold a Overweight rating for ARM Holdings, targeting a price of $162. * An analyst from Susquehanna persists with their Neutral rating on ARM Holdings, maintaining a target price of $140. * An analyst from Barclays has decided to maintain their Overweight rating on ARM Holdings, which currently sits at a price target of $155.

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