Arbor Realty Trust Unusual Options Activity For October 03

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bearish stance on Arbor Realty Trust ABR.

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 ABR, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen.

Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 11 options trades for Arbor Realty Trust.

This isn't normal.

The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 27% bullish and 72%, bearish.

Out of all of the options we uncovered, 10 are puts, for a total amount of $968,206, and there was 1 call, for a total amount of $41,000.

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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 $10.0 to $17.5 for Arbor Realty Trust over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Arbor Realty Trust options trades today is 7568.67 with a total volume of 14,652.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Arbor Realty Trust's big money trades within a strike price range of $10.0 to $17.5 over the last 30 days.

Arbor Realty Trust Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days

Biggest Options Spotted:

Where Is Arbor Realty Trust Standing Right Now?

• With a volume of 2,751,715, the price of ABR is down -0.97% at $14.27.
• RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be oversold.
• Next earnings are expected to be released in 31 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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