By Benzinga Insights
Publication Date: 2026-02-09 17:01:00
Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bullish stance on Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO).
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 CSCO, 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 20 uncommon options trades for Cisco Systems.
This isn’t normal.
The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 55% bullish and 35%, bearish.
Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 3 are puts, for a total amount of $165,302, and 17 are calls, for a total amount of $1,186,416.
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 $60.0 to $100.0 for Cisco…