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Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bearish stance on ASML Holding (NASDAQ:ASML).
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 ASML, 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 60 uncommon options trades for ASML Holding.
This isn't normal.
The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 36% bullish and 43%, bearish.
Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 26 are puts, for a total amount of $1,697,046, and 34 are calls, for a total amount of $2,510,777.
Based on the trading activity, it appears that the significant investors are aiming for a price territory stretching from $620.0 to $1120.0 for ASML Holding over the recent three months.
In today's trading context, the average open interest for options of ASML Holding stands at 115.35, with a total volume reaching 1,914.00. The accompanying chart delineates the progression of both call and put option volume and open interest for high-value trades in ASML Holding, situated within the strike price corridor from $620.0 to $1120.0, throughout the last 30 days.
| Symbol | PUT/CALL | Trade Type | Sentiment | Exp. Date | Ask | Bid | Price | Strike Price | Total Trade Price | Open Interest | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASML | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 01/17/25 | $279.1 | $275.6 | $279.1 | $620.00 | $418.6K | 68 | 15 |
| ASML | PUT | TRADE | BULLISH | 02/21/25 | $61.2 | $59.1 | $59.5 | $800.00 | $297.5K | 48 | 51 |
| ASML | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 12/20/24 | $197.1 | $193.9 | $197.1 | $710.00 | $295.6K | 0 | 15 |
| ASML | CALL | SWEEP | NEUTRAL | 09/06/24 | $75.2 | $72.9 | $72.9 | $825.00 | $255.1K | 1 | 35 |
| ASML | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 08/30/24 | $60.6 | $55.0 | $56.8 | $840.00 | $136.3K | 5 | 0 |
ASML is the leader in photolithography systems used in the manufacturing of semiconductors. Photolithography is the process in which a light source is used to expose circuit patterns from a photo mask onto a semiconductor wafer. The latest technological advances in this segment allow chipmakers to continually increase the number of transistors on the same area of silicon, with lithography historically representing a high portion of the cost of making cutting-edge chips. ASML outsources the manufacturing of most of its parts, acting like an assembler. ASML's main clients are TSMC, Samsung, and Intel.
Following our analysis of the options activities associated with ASML Holding, we pivot to a closer look at the company's own performance.
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