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Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bearish stance on IBM (NYSE:IBM).
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 IBM, 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 8 uncommon options trades for IBM.
This isn't normal.
The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 25% bullish and 50%, bearish.
Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 3 are puts, for a total amount of $849,575, and 5 are calls, for a total amount of $460,250.
After evaluating the trading volumes and Open Interest, it's evident that the major market movers are focusing on a price band between $100.0 and $200.0 for IBM, spanning the last three months.
Examining the volume and open interest provides crucial insights into stock research. This information is key in gauging liquidity and interest levels for IBM's options at certain strike prices. Below, we present a snapshot of the trends in volume and open interest for calls and puts across IBM's significant trades, within a strike price range of $100.0 to $200.0, over the past month.
| Symbol | PUT/CALL | Trade Type | Sentiment | Exp. Date | Ask | Bid | Price | Strike Price | Total Trade Price | Open Interest | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBM | PUT | TRADE | NEUTRAL | 06/20/25 | $12.1 | $11.2 | $11.61 | $165.00 | $696.6K | 779 | 0 |
| IBM | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 01/16/26 | $11.45 | $10.45 | $10.5 | $200.00 | $210.0K | 2.1K | 6 |
| IBM | PUT | TRADE | BULLISH | 06/20/25 | $11.75 | $11.6 | $11.6 | $165.00 | $116.0K | 779 | 600 |
| IBM | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 01/16/26 | $23.45 | $20.7 | $22.0 | $170.00 | $92.4K | 1.3K | 0 |
| IBM | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 01/16/26 | $74.5 | $72.35 | $72.35 | $100.00 | $72.3K | 524 | 0 |
IBM looks to be a part of every aspect of an enterprise's IT needs. The company primarily sells software, IT services, consulting, and hardware. IBM operates in 175 countries and employs approximately 350,000 people. The company has a robust roster of 80,000 business partners to service 5,200 clients—which includes 95% of all Fortune 500. While IBM is a B2B company, IBM's outward impact is substantial. For example, IBM manages 90% of all credit card transactions globally and is responsible for 50% of all wireless connections in the world.
Following our analysis of the options activities associated with IBM, we pivot to a closer look at the company's own performance.
A total of 1 professional analysts have given their take on this stock in the last 30 days, setting an average price target of $200.0.
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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