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2025-11-08 02:03
Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bearish 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 42 uncommon options trades for Arista Networks.
This isn't normal.
The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 33% bullish and 57%, bearish.
Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 26 are puts, for a total amount of $2,847,057, and 16 are calls, for a total amount of $2,066,502.
Taking into account the Volume and Open Interest on these contracts, it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from $75.0 to $210.0 for Arista Networks over the last 3 months.
In today's trading context, the average open interest for options of Arista Networks stands at 1563.15, with a total volume reaching 13,238.00. The accompanying chart delineates the progression of both call and put option volume and open interest for high-value trades in Arista Networks, situated within the strike price corridor from $75.0 to $210.0, throughout the last 30 days.

| Symbol | PUT/CALL | Trade Type | Sentiment | Exp. Date | Ask | Bid | Price | Strike Price | Total Trade Price | Open Interest | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANET | CALL | SWEEP | BULLISH | 11/21/25 | $8.3 | $8.2 | $8.3 | $130.00 | $1.4M | 2.9K | 1.7K |
| ANET | PUT | TRADE | BULLISH | 09/18/26 | $17.1 | $15.5 | $16.0 | $120.00 | $640.0K | 777 | 520 |
| ANET | PUT | SWEEP | BEARISH | 11/07/25 | $19.8 | $19.8 | $19.8 | $155.00 | $590.0K | 1.7K | 155 |
| ANET | PUT | SWEEP | BEARISH | 11/07/25 | $19.7 | $19.7 | $19.7 | $155.00 | $360.5K | 1.7K | 500 |
| ANET | PUT | SWEEP | BEARISH | 11/07/25 | $20.4 | $19.8 | $20.1 | $155.00 | $140.9K | 1.7K | 1.1K |
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.
4 market experts have recently issued ratings for this stock, with a consensus target price of $159.75.
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