Looking At ASML Holding's Recent Unusual Options Activity

A whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bearish stance on ASML Holding.

Looking at options history for ASML Holding ASML we detected 22 strange trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 40% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 59% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 13 are puts, for a total amount of $656,150 and 9, calls, for a total amount of $502,181.

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 $310.0 to $660.0 for ASML Holding over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

Looking at the volume and open interest is a powerful move while trading options. This data can help you track the liquidity and interest for ASML Holding's options for a given strike price. Below, we can observe the evolution of the volume and open interest of calls and puts, respectively, for all of ASML Holding's whale trades within a strike price range from $310.0 to $660.0 in the last 30 days.

ASML Holding Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days

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Biggest Options Spotted:

Symbol PUT/CALL Trade Type Sentiment Exp. Date Strike Price Total Trade Price Open Interest Volume
ASML CALL SWEEP BEARISH 10/20/23 $600.00 $137.3K 5.5K 263
ASML CALL TRADE NEUTRAL 10/20/23 $600.00 $115.9K 5.5K 25
ASML PUT TRADE BULLISH 11/17/23 $640.00 $75.1K 1.1K 8
ASML PUT TRADE BEARISH 01/19/24 $620.00 $73.8K 566 24
ASML PUT TRADE BULLISH 11/17/23 $640.00 $72.7K 1.1K 41

Where Is ASML Holding Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 708,200, the price of ASML is up 1.54% at $600.47.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock is currently neutral between overbought and oversold.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 8 days.

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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