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Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bullish stance on Arista Networks (NYSE:ANET).
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 ANET, 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 52 uncommon options trades for Arista Networks.
This isn't normal.
The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 42% bullish and 36%, bearish.
Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 22 are puts, for a total amount of $1,061,239, and 30 are calls, for a total amount of $2,458,477.
After evaluating the trading volumes and Open Interest, it's evident that the major market movers are focusing on a price band between $65.0 and $190.0 for Arista Networks, spanning the last three months.
In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Arista Networks options trades today is 1403.51 with a total volume of 6,448.00.
In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Arista Networks's big money trades within a strike price range of $65.0 to $190.0 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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| ANET | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 03/20/26 | $51.2 | $51.1 | $51.1 | $95.00 | $638.7K | 514 | 127 |
| ANET | CALL | SWEEP | BULLISH | 12/19/25 | $11.0 | $10.5 | $11.0 | $150.00 | $275.0K | 751 | 275 |
| ANET | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 03/20/26 | $48.4 | $47.3 | $47.3 | $100.00 | $203.3K | 1.5K | 44 |
| ANET | CALL | SWEEP | BULLISH | 11/21/25 | $5.8 | $5.6 | $5.7 | $160.00 | $167.0K | 8.5K | 374 |
| ANET | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 01/16/26 | $40.4 | $38.9 | $40.0 | $105.00 | $160.0K | 3.5K | 40 |
Arista Networks is a networking equipment provider that primarily sells Ethernet switches and software to data centers. Its marquee product is its extensible operating system, or EOS, that runs a single image across every single one of its devices. The firm operates as one reportable segment. It has steadily gained market share since its founding in 2004, with a focus on high-speed applications. Arista counts Microsoft and Meta Platforms as its largest customers and derives roughly three quarters of its sales from North America.
Following our analysis of the options activities associated with Arista Networks, 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 $165.5.
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