What the Options Market Tells Us About Applied Mat

Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bearish stance on Applied Mat AMAT.

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 AMAT, 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 10 uncommon options trades for Applied Mat.

This isn't normal.

The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 30% bullish and 70%, bearish.

Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 3 are puts, for a total amount of $85,360, and 7 are calls, for a total amount of $304,120.

Expected Price Movements

Analyzing the Volume and Open Interest in these contracts, it seems that the big players have been eyeing a price window from $92.5 to $180.0 for Applied Mat during the past quarter.

Insights into Volume & Open Interest

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Applied Mat options trades today is 1818.38 with a total volume of 1,217.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Applied Mat's big money trades within a strike price range of $92.5 to $180.0 over the last 30 days.

Applied Mat Option Activity Analysis: Last 30 Days

Options Call Chart

Significant Options Trades Detected:

Symbol PUT/CALL Trade Type Sentiment Exp. Date Strike Price Total Trade Price Open Interest Volume
AMAT CALL SWEEP BEARISH 01/19/24 $175.00 $78.1K 13.1K 658
AMAT CALL TRADE BEARISH 01/16/26 $95.00 $46.0K 0 0
AMAT CALL TRADE BULLISH 01/17/25 $92.50 $44.9K 15 6
AMAT CALL SWEEP BULLISH 03/15/24 $180.00 $39.9K 550 118
AMAT CALL SWEEP BULLISH 09/20/24 $180.00 $39.3K 50 15

About Applied Mat

Applied Materials is the largest semiconductor wafer fabrication equipment, or WFE, manufacturer in the world. Applied Materials has a broad portfolio spanning nearly every corner of the WFE ecosystem. Specifically, Applied Materials holds a market share leadership position in deposition, which entails the layering of new materials on semiconductor wafers. It is more exposed to general-purpose logic chips made at integrated device manufacturers and foundries. It counts the largest chipmakers in the world as customers, including TSMC, Intel, and Samsung.

Current Position of Applied Mat

  • With a trading volume of 1,528,413, the price of AMAT is down by -0.94%, reaching $160.81.
  • Current RSI values indicate that the stock is may be approaching overbought.
  • Next earnings report is scheduled for 57 days from now.

Professional Analyst Ratings for Applied Mat

2 market experts have recently issued ratings for this stock, with a consensus target price of $180.0.

  • Consistent in their evaluation, an analyst from TD Cowen keeps a Outperform rating on Applied Mat with a target price of $185.
  • An analyst from Redburn Atlantic upgraded its action to Buy with a price target of $175.

Options are a riskier asset compared to just trading the stock, but they have higher profit potential. Serious options traders manage this risk by educating themselves daily, scaling in and out of trades, following more than one indicator, and following the markets closely.

If you want to stay updated on the latest options trades for Applied Mat, Benzinga Pro gives you real-time options trades alerts.

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