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Smart Money Is Betting Big In APP Options

Benzinga ·  01:32

Financial giants have made a conspicuous bearish move on AppLovin. Our analysis of options history for AppLovin (NASDAQ:APP) revealed 56 unusual trades.

Delving into the details, we found 28% of traders were bullish, while 55% showed bearish tendencies. Out of all the trades we spotted, 23 were puts, with a value of $1,701,500, and 33 were calls, valued at $6,161,591.

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 $230.0 to $610.0 for AppLovin over the last 3 months.

Insights into Volume & Open Interest

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for AppLovin options trades today is 470.8 with a total volume of 8,176.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for AppLovin's big money trades within a strike price range of $230.0 to $610.0 over the last 30 days.

AppLovin Call and Put Volume: 30-Day Overview

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Biggest Options Spotted:

SymbolPUT/CALLTrade TypeSentimentExp. DateAskBidPriceStrike PriceTotal Trade PriceOpen InterestVolume
APPCALLTRADEBEARISH03/21/25$30.2$29.4$29.2$400.00$1.7M1.9K950
APPCALLTRADEBEARISH02/21/25$25.8$24.1$24.1$400.00$964.0K595404
APPCALLTRADEBULLISH03/21/25$30.4$28.6$30.0$400.00$825.0K1.9K280
APPCALLSWEEPBEARISH02/21/25$24.7$23.4$24.7$400.00$534.3K595622
APPCALLSWEEPBEARISH05/16/25$31.9$30.0$30.2$450.00$288.7K1.1K104

About AppLovin

AppLovin Corp is a mobile app technology company. It focuses on growing the mobile app ecosystem by enabling the success of mobile app developers. The company's software solutions provide tools for mobile app developers to grow their businesses by automating and optimizing the marketing and monetization of their applications.

In light of the recent options history for AppLovin, it's now appropriate to focus on the company itself. We aim to explore its current performance.

AppLovin's Current Market Status

  • Trading volume stands at 1,991,800, with APP's price down by -0.5%, positioned at $336.52.
  • RSI indicators show the stock to be may be approaching overbought.
  • Earnings announcement expected in 62 days.

What Analysts Are Saying About AppLovin

In the last month, 5 experts released ratings on this stock with an average target price of $418.0.

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