Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bullish stance on American Tower (NYSE:AMT).
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 AMT, 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 11 uncommon options trades for American Tower.
This isn't normal.
The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 63% bullish and 27%, bearish.
Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 2 are puts, for a total amount of $239,785, and 9 are calls, for a total amount of $2,058,083.
Expected Price Movements
Analyzing the Volume and Open Interest in these contracts, it seems that the big players have been eyeing a price window from $170.0 to $200.0 for American Tower during the past quarter.
Analyzing Volume & Open Interest
In today's trading context, the average open interest for options of American Tower stands at 1373.8, with a total volume reaching 5,728.00. The accompanying chart delineates the progression of both call and put option volume and open interest for high-value trades in American Tower, situated within the strike price corridor from $170.0 to $200.0, throughout the last 30 days.
American Tower 30-Day Option Volume & Interest Snapshot
Noteworthy Options Activity:
Symbol | PUT/CALL | Trade Type | Sentiment | Exp. Date | Ask | Bid | Price | Strike Price | Total Trade Price | Open Interest | Volume |
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AMT | CALL | SWEEP | BULLISH | 07/19/24 | $32.0 | $30.6 | $30.6 | $170.00 | $722.1K | 2.3K | 236 |
AMT | CALL | SWEEP | BULLISH | 07/19/24 | $30.5 | $30.4 | $30.5 | $170.00 | $393.4K | 2.3K | 365 |
AMT | CALL | SWEEP | BULLISH | 07/19/24 | $30.5 | $30.4 | $30.5 | $170.00 | $286.7K | 2.3K | 476 |
AMT | CALL | SWEEP | BULLISH | 07/19/24 | $30.5 | $30.4 | $30.5 | $170.00 | $234.8K | 2.3K | 553 |
AMT | PUT | SWEEP | NEUTRAL | 07/19/24 | $6.0 | $5.8 | $5.8 | $200.00 | $203.0K | 411 | 358 |
About American Tower
American Tower owns and operates more than 220,000 cell towers throughout the us, Asia, Latin America, Europe, and Africa. It also owns and/or operates 28 data centers in 10 us markets after acquiring CoreSite. On its towers, the company has a very concentrated customer base, with most revenue in each market being generated by just the top few mobile carriers. The company operates more than 40,000 towers in the us, which accounted for almost half of the company's total revenue in 2023. Outside the us, American Tower operates over 75,000 towers in India, almost 50,000 towers in Latin America (dominated by Brazil), 30,000 towers in Europe, and nearly 25,000 towers in Africa. American Tower operates as an REIT.
Current Position of American Tower
- Currently trading with a volume of 2,124,927, the AMT's price is up by 0.19%, now at $197.34.
- RSI readings suggest the stock is currently may be overbought.
- Anticipated earnings release is in 51 days.
What Analysts Are Saying About American Tower
Over the past month, 1 industry analysts have shared their insights on this stock, proposing an average target price of $223.0.
- An analyst from Barclays persists with their Overweight rating on American Tower, maintaining a target price of $223.
Options are a riskier asset compared to just trading the stock, but they have higher profit potential. Serious options traders manage this risk by educating themselves daily, scaling in and out of trades, following more than one indicator, and following the markets closely.
有大量資金可以花的投資者對美國電塔(紐約證券交易所代碼:AMT)採取了看漲立場。
零售交易者應該知道。
今天,當交易出現在我們在本辛加追蹤的公開期權歷史記錄上時,我們注意到了這一點。
無論這些是機構還是僅僅是富人,我們都不知道。但是,當AMT發生如此大的事情時,通常意味着有人知道某件事即將發生。
那麼我們怎麼知道這些投資者剛才做了什麼?
今天,Benzinga的期權掃描儀發現了美國鐵塔的11種不常見的期權交易。
這不正常。
這些大資金交易者的整體情緒介於63%的看漲和27%的看跌之間。
在我們發現的所有特殊期權中,有2個是看跌期權,總額爲239,785美元,9個是看漲期權,總額爲2,058,083美元。
預期的價格走勢
分析這些合約的交易量和未平倉合約,看來大型企業一直在關注美國鐵塔在過去一個季度的價格範圍從170.0美元到200.0美元不等。
分析交易量和未平倉合約
在今天的交易背景下,美國鐵塔期權的平均未平倉合約爲1373.8,總成交量達到5,728.00。隨附的圖表描繪了過去30天美國鐵塔高價值交易的看漲期權和看跌期權交易量以及未平倉合約的變化,行使價走勢從170.0美元到200.0美元不等。
美國鐵塔30天期權交易量和利息快照
值得注意的期權活動:
符號 | 看跌/看漲 | 交易類型 | 情緒 | Exp。日期 | 問 | 出價 | 價格 | 行使價 | 總交易價格 | 未平倉合約 | 音量 |
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AMT | 打電話 | 掃 | 看漲 | 07/19/24 | 32.0 美元 | 30.6 美元 | 30.6 美元 | 170.00 美元 | 722.1 萬美元 | 2.3K | 236 |
AMT | 打電話 | 掃 | 看漲 | 07/19/24 | 30.5 美元 | 30.4 美元 | 30.5 美元 | 170.00 美元 | 393.4 萬美元 | 2.3K | 365 |
AMT | 打電話 | 掃 | 看漲 | 07/19/24 | 30.5 美元 | 30.4 美元 | 30.5 美元 | 170.00 美元 | 28.67 萬美元 | 2.3K | 476 |
AMT | 打電話 | 掃 | 看漲 | 07/19/24 | 30.5 美元 | 30.4 美元 | 30.5 美元 | 170.00 美元 | 234.8 萬美元 | 2.3K | 553 |
AMT | 放 | 掃 | 中立 | 07/19/24 | 6.0 美元 | 5.8 美元 | 5.8 美元 | 200.00 美元 | 20.3 萬美元 | 411 | 358 |
關於美國鐵塔
美國鐵塔在美國、亞洲、拉丁美洲、歐洲和非洲擁有並運營超過22萬座手機信號塔。在收購CoreSite後,它還在美國10個市場擁有和/或運營28個數據中心。該公司的客戶群非常集中,每個市場的大部分收入僅由排名前幾的移動運營商產生。該公司在美國運營着40,000多座塔樓,佔公司2023年總收入的近一半。在美國以外,美國鐵塔在印度運營着超過75,000座塔樓,在拉丁美洲(以巴西爲主)運營近5萬座塔樓,在歐洲運營3萬座塔樓,在非洲運營近25,000座塔樓。美國鐵塔作爲房地產投資信託基金運營。
美國鐵塔的當前位置
分析師對美國鐵塔的看法
在過去的一個月中,1位行業分析師分享了他們對該股的見解,提出平均目標價爲223.0美元。
與僅交易股票相比,期權是一種風險更高的資產,但它們具有更高的獲利潛力。嚴肅的期權交易者通過每天自我教育、擴大交易規模、關注多個指標以及密切關注市場來管理這種風險。