Looking At Applied Mat's Recent Unusual Options Activity

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

Looking at options history for Applied Mat AMAT we detected 12 strange trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 16% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 83% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 4 are puts, for a total amount of $314,662 and 8, calls, for a total amount of $564,055.

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 $138.0 to $145.0 for Applied Mat over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Applied Mat options trades today is 1481.62 with a total volume of 1,174.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Applied Mat's big money trades within a strike price range of $138.0 to $145.0 over the last 30 days.

Applied Mat 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
AMAT PUT SWEEP BULLISH 03/15/24 $145.00 $163.0K 1.2K 100
AMAT CALL SWEEP BEARISH 06/21/24 $140.00 $105.0K 645 55
AMAT CALL SWEEP NEUTRAL 01/19/24 $140.00 $101.4K 3.4K 77
AMAT CALL SWEEP BULLISH 03/15/24 $145.00 $93.1K 222 24
AMAT PUT SWEEP BEARISH 10/20/23 $138.00 $89.5K 864 200

Where Is Applied Mat Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 2,878,930, the price of AMAT is up 0.6% at $137.54.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching oversold.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 43 days.

What The Experts Say On Applied Mat:

  • Wolfe Research downgraded its action to Outperform with a price target of $185
  • Mizuho downgraded its action to Buy with a price target of $158

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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