Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 107 uncommon options trades for Apple AAPL. The overall sentiment shows 47.66% of the big-money traders are bullish on the stock and 52.34%, bearish. Out of all of the special options found by our algorithm, 48 are puts, for a total amount of $6,809,571 and 59, calls, for a total amount of $5,647,607.
What's The Price Target?
Taking into account the Volume and Open Interest on these contracts, it appears that the smart money is targeting a price range from $120.0 to $175.0 for Apple in the 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 Apple'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 Apple's smart money trades within a strike price range from $120.0 to $175.0 in the last 30 days.
Apple Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days
Biggest Options Spotted:
Symbol | PUT/CALL | Trade Type | Sentiment | Exp. Date | Strike Price | Total Trade Price | Open Interest | Volume |
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AAPL | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 09/17/21 | $150.00 | $44.1K | 169.0K | 48.3K |
AAPL | PUT | SWEEP | BEARISH | 09/17/21 | $147.00 | $132.7K | 18.4K | 35.4K |
AAPL | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 09/17/21 | $150.00 | $34.4K | 169.0K | 43.4K |
AAPL | CALL | SWEEP | BULLISH | 10/15/21 | $150.00 | $84.8K | 90.5K | 9.7K |
AAPL | PUT | TRADE | BEARISH | 10/15/21 | $135.00 | $185.0K | 35.0K | 8.8K |
Where Is Apple Standing Right Now?
- With a volume of 33,693,698, the price of AAPL is up -0.73% over the last 24 hours at $147.04.
- RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock is currently neutral between overbought and oversold.
- Next earnings are expected to be released in 43 days.
What The Experts Say On Apple:
- Wolfe Research upgraded its action to Peer Perform saying the stock has the potential to rally 5.41% to a target of $155.0
- Piper Sandler has decided to maintain their Overweight rating on Apple, which currently sits at a price target of $175.0.
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