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Financial giants have made a conspicuous bearish move on IBM. Our analysis of options history for IBM (NYSE:IBM) revealed 13 unusual trades.
Delving into the details, we found 30% of traders were bullish, while 46% showed bearish tendencies. Out of all the trades we spotted, 4 were puts, with a value of $117,494, and 9 were calls, valued at $414,115.
Based on the trading activity, it appears that the significant investors are aiming for a price territory stretching from $250.0 to $310.0 for IBM over the recent three months.
In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for IBM options trades today is 1288.58 with a total volume of 954.00.
In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for IBM's big money trades within a strike price range of $250.0 to $310.0 over 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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| IBM | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 11/21/25 | $5.1 | $4.6 | $4.6 | $300.00 | $107.6K | 4.4K | 246 |
| IBM | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 11/21/25 | $5.05 | $4.7 | $4.7 | $300.00 | $83.6K | 4.4K | 424 |
| IBM | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 03/20/26 | $38.65 | $37.05 | $38.3 | $250.00 | $38.3K | 538 | 10 |
| IBM | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 01/16/26 | $5.85 | $5.85 | $5.85 | $310.00 | $37.4K | 870 | 64 |
| IBM | CALL | TRADE | NEUTRAL | 01/15/27 | $38.85 | $35.65 | $37.2 | $280.00 | $37.2K | 1.9K | 0 |
Incorporated in 1911, International Business Machines, or IBM, is one of the oldest technology companies in the world. It provides software, IT consulting services, and hardware to help business customers modernize their technology workflows. IBM operates in 175 countries and employs approximately 300,000 people. The company has a robust roster of business partners to service its clients, which includes 95% of all Fortune 500 companies. IBM's products, including Red Hat, watsonx, and mainframes, handle some of the world's most important data workloads in areas like finance and retail.
In light of the recent options history for IBM, it's now appropriate to focus on the company itself. We aim to explore its current performance.
Over the past month, 1 industry analysts have shared their insights on this stock, proposing an average target price of $280.0.
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