Check Out What Whales Are Doing With IBM

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Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bullish stance on IBM IBM.

And retail traders should know.

We noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.

Whether this is an institution or just a wealthy individual, we don't know. But when something this big happens with IBM, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen.

So how do we know what this whale just did?

Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 38 uncommon options trades for IBM.

This isn't normal.

The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 52% bullish and 47%, bearish.

Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 18 are puts, for a total amount of $1,075,984, and 20 are calls, for a total amount of $1,865,874.

What's The Price Target?

Taking into account the Volume and Open Interest on these contracts, it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from $60.0 to $170.0 for IBM over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for IBM options trades today is 1082.14 with a total volume of 72,176.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for IBM's big money trades within a strike price range of $60.0 to $170.0 over the last 30 days.

IBM Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days

Options Call Chart

Biggest Options Spotted:

Symbol PUT/CALL Trade Type Sentiment Exp. Date Strike Price Total Trade Price Open Interest Volume
IBM CALL TRADE BEARISH 01/19/24 $60.00 $273.0K 10 60
IBM CALL TRADE BULLISH 01/19/24 $60.00 $268.5K 10 30
IBM CALL TRADE BULLISH 01/19/24 $60.00 $181.5K 10 80
IBM PUT TRADE BULLISH 01/17/25 $160.00 $127.5K 176 96
IBM PUT SWEEP NEUTRAL 09/29/23 $150.00 $125.7K 24 7.5K

Where Is IBM Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 9,612,182, the price of IBM is up 2.27% at $149.84.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be overbought.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 28 days.

What The Experts Say On IBM:

  • RBC Capital downgraded its action to Outperform with a price target of $188

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.

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