Market Whales and Their Recent Bets on ARM Options

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 12 uncommon options trades for ARM Holdings.

This isn't normal.

The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 58% bullish and 41%, bearish.

Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 3 are puts, for a total amount of $146,343, and 9 are calls, for a total amount of $541,767.

Projected Price Targets

Based on the trading activity, it appears that the significant investors are aiming for a price territory stretching from $52.5 to $75.0 for ARM Holdings over the recent three months.

Insights into Volume & Open Interest

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 ARM Holdings'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 ARM Holdings's whale trades within a strike price range from $52.5 to $75.0 in the last 30 days.

ARM Holdings 30-Day Option Volume & Interest Snapshot

Largest Options Trades Observed:

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. Both off-the-shelf and architectural customers pay a royalty fee per chip shipped.

In light of the recent options history for ARM Holdings, it's now appropriate to focus on the company itself. We aim to explore its current performance.

Present Market Standing of ARM Holdings

• Trading volume stands at 5,917,879, with ARM's price down by -0.22%, positioned at $67.08.
• RSI indicators show the stock to be may be approaching overbought.
• Earnings announcement expected in 66 days.

Expert Opinions on ARM Holdings

1 market experts have recently issued ratings for this stock, with a consensus target price of $70.0.

• In a cautious move, an analyst from Wells Fargo downgraded its rating to Overweight, setting a price target of $70.

Trading options involves greater risks but also offers the potential for higher profits. Savvy traders mitigate these risks through ongoing education, strategic trade adjustments, utilizing various indicators, and staying attuned to market dynamics. Keep up with the latest options trades for ARM Holdings with Benzinga Pro for real-time alerts.