Oct 04, 2021 Benzinga
AMC Entertainment's Big Money Trades Spotted
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Someone with a lot of money to spend (and possibly insider knowledge) has taken an unusually bullish stance on AMC Entertainment(NYSE: AMC).
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 AMC, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen.
So how do we know what the Smart Money just did?
Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 50 uncommon options trades for AMC Entertainment.
This isn't normal.
The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 52.0% bullish and 48.0%, bearish.
Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 22 are puts, for a total amount of $7,722,696, and 28 are calls, for a total amount of $2,717,497.
What's The Price Target?
Taking into account the Volume and Open Interest on these contracts, it appears that the smart money is targeting a price range from $26.0 to $95.0 for AMC Entertainment in the over the last 3 months.
Volume & Open Interest Development
In terms of liquidity and interest, the total open interest for AMC Entertainment big money options trades today is 124,765 with a total volume of 127,860.
In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for AMC Entertainment's big money trades within a strike price range of $26.0 to $95.0 over the last 30 days.
AMC Entertainment Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days
Biggest Options Spotted:
SymbolPUT/CALLTrade TypeSentimentExp. DateStrike PriceTotal Trade PriceOpen InterestVolume | AMC | PUT | TRADE | BEARISH | 10/15/21 | $50.00 | $2.2M | 2.5K | 1.7K | | AMC | PUT | TRADE | NEUTRAL | 10/15/21 | $43.00 | $2.0M | 3.2K | 3.0K | | AMC | PUT | TRADE | BEARISH | 10/15/21 | $37.00 | $720.9K | 3.8K | 2.7K | | AMC | CALL | SWEEP | BULLISH | 10/15/21 | $30.00 | $574.4K | 2.1K | 705 | | AMC | PUT | SWEEP | NEUTRAL | 01/21/22 | $28.00 | $427.9K | 5.5K | 2.9K |
Where Is AMC Entertainment Standing Right Now?
With a volume of 39,709,445, the price of AMC is down -4.37% over the last 24 hours at $36.78.RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching oversold.Next earnings are expected to be released in 28 days. |
