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Whales with a lot of money to spend have taken a noticeably bearish stance on Applied Mat.
Looking at options history for Applied Mat (NASDAQ:AMAT) we detected 11 trades.
If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 27% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 45% with bearish.
From the overall spotted trades, 5 are puts, for a total amount of $208,641 and 6, calls, for a total amount of $325,498.
Taking into account the Volume and Open Interest on these contracts, it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from $140.0 to $260.0 for Applied Mat over the last 3 months.
Looking at the volume and open interest is an insightful way to conduct due diligence on a stock.
This data can help you track the liquidity and interest for Applied Mat'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 Applied Mat's whale activity within a strike price range from $140.0 to $260.0 in the last 30 days.
Symbol | PUT/CALL | Trade Type | Sentiment | Exp. Date | Ask | Bid | Price | Strike Price | Total Trade Price | Open Interest | Volume |
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AMAT | CALL | TRADE | NEUTRAL | 06/20/25 | $38.75 | $36.3 | $37.55 | $260.00 | $75.1K | 1.3K | 1 |
AMAT | CALL | SWEEP | NEUTRAL | 01/17/25 | $118.75 | $115.45 | $117.1 | $140.00 | $58.5K | 1.3K | 0 |
AMAT | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 01/16/26 | $53.0 | $52.45 | $52.85 | $250.00 | $58.1K | 906 | 0 |
AMAT | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 01/16/26 | $57.9 | $56.65 | $57.52 | $240.00 | $57.5K | 200 | 0 |
AMAT | PUT | SWEEP | BEARISH | 07/19/24 | $2.1 | $2.01 | $2.08 | $245.00 | $54.7K | 414 | 40 |
Applied Materials is the largest semiconductor wafer fabrication equipment, or WFE, manufacturer in the world. Applied Materials has a broad portfolio spanning nearly every corner of the WFE ecosystem. Specifically, Applied Materials holds a market share leadership position in deposition, which entails the layering of new materials on semiconductor wafers. It is more exposed to general-purpose logic chips made at integrated device manufacturers and foundries. It counts the largest chipmakers in the world as customers, including TSMC, Intel, and Samsung.
Following our analysis of the options activities associated with Applied Mat, we pivot to a closer look at the company's own performance.
In the last month, 2 experts released ratings on this stock with an average target price of $290.0.
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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