Benzinga | Jan 3, 2022 04:37PM EST

What Are Whales Doing With ASML Holding

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bullish stance on ASML Holding (NASDAQ:ASML).

And retail traders should know.

We noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.

Whether this is an institution or just a wealthy individual, 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 this whale just did?

Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 10 uncommon options trades for ASML Holding.

This isn't normal.

The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 60% bullish and 40%, bearish.

Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 3 are puts, for a total amount of $84,000, and 7 are calls, for a total amount of $727,058.

What's The Price Target?

Taking into account the Volume and Open Interest on these contracts, it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from $772.5 to $800.0 for ASML Holding over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for ASML Holding options trades today is 300.0 with a total volume of 1,230.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for ASML Holding's big money trades within a strike price range of $772.5 to $800.0 over the last 30 days.

ASML Holding Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days

Biggest Options Spotted:

Symbol PUT/ Trade Sentiment Exp. Strike Total Trade Open Volume CALL Type Date Price Price InterestASML CALL SWEEP BULLISH 02/18/ $800.00 $172.3K 150 131 22ASML CALL SWEEP NEUTRAL 02/18/ $800.00 $169.9K 150 85 22ASML CALL SWEEP BULLISH 02/18/ $800.00 $104.9K 150 175 22ASML CALL SWEEP BULLISH 02/18/ $800.00 $102.1K 150 276 22ASML CALL SWEEP BULLISH 02/18/ $800.00 $75.6K 150 300 22

Where Is ASML Holding Standing Right Now?

* With a volume of 714,326, the price of ASML is up 0.17% at $797.49.

* RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock is currently neutral between overbought and oversold.

* Next earnings are expected to be released in 16 days.

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