AKAM options flow: unusual options activity in Akamai Technologies Inc.
Updated 28 September 2026, 09:54 ET
Over the last week the tape recorded 135 unusual options prints in Akamai Technologies Inc. (AKAM), $9.3M of tracked premium, leaning bullish. Bullish premium was $4.4M against $3.3M bearish; $6.6M went into calls and $2.7M into puts, a put call ratio of 0.40. The largest print was $620K of AKAM 15 Jan 2027 $85 puts on 25 September 2026, executed at bid. The last session with prints, 28 September 2026, added 2 prints and $113K of premium. AKAM closed at $113.94 on 25 September 2026, up 3.2%.
This week's unusual flow
Prints from 21 September 2026 to 28 September 2026, 6 sessions. Delayed tier: every print is shown twenty minutes after it executed, and the page is rebuilt after each session.
Net premium is bullish minus bearish premium. The put call ratio is put premium divided by call premium, weighted by money rather than by contract count. Sweeps is the share of prints executed across several exchanges at once. Read the guide: Reading the Pulse.
Largest prints of the week
| Date | Contract | Type | Size | Open int. | Premium | Execution | Sentiment | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Sep 2026 | AKAM 15 Jan 2027 $85 puts | Trade | 2,000 | 1,634 | $620K | At bid | Bullish | High conviction |
| 22 Sep 2026 | AKAM 20 Nov 2026 $120 puts | Trade | 400 | 409 | $526K | At midpoint | Neutral | Notable |
| 23 Sep 2026 | AKAM 15 Dec 2028 $220 calls | Sweep | 234 | 4,628 | $320K | At ask | Bullish | Notable |
| 23 Sep 2026 | AKAM 20 Nov 2026 $110 puts | Sweep | 332 | 223 | $282K | At ask | Bearish | High conviction |
| 24 Sep 2026 | AKAM 20 Nov 2026 $105 calls | Sweep | 160 | 752 | $274K | At ask | Bullish | High conviction |
| 24 Sep 2026 | AKAM 20 Nov 2026 $115 calls | Sweep | 200 | 153 | $248K | At ask | Bullish | High conviction |
| 23 Sep 2026 | AKAM 21 Jan 2028 $150 calls | Sweep | 121 | 1,417 | $238K | At ask | Bullish | Notable |
| 23 Sep 2026 | AKAM 25 Sep 2026 $120 calls | Sweep | 849 | 219 | $225K | At bid | Neutral | Notable |
| 21 Sep 2026 | AKAM 20 Nov 2026 $105 calls | Sweep | 100 | 802 | $196K | At ask | Bullish | Notable |
| 23 Sep 2026 | AKAM 20 Nov 2026 $110 puts | Sweep | 202 | 223 | $172K | At ask | Bearish | High conviction |
| 21 Sep 2026 | AKAM 20 Nov 2026 $105 calls | Trade | 80 | 802 | $148K | At ask | Bullish | |
| 25 Sep 2026 | AKAM 19 Jan 2029 $55 calls | Sweep | 21 | 0 | $148K | At ask | Bullish | High conviction |
Size above open interest means the trade opened a position larger than everything that existed in the contract the night before. Above ask and below bid are the most aggressive executions. Read the guide: Size versus open interest.
Where the money is aimed
| Expiry | Prints | Premium | Calls share | Net premium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Nov 2026 | 25 | $2.6M | 54% | +$64K |
| 15 Jan 2027 | 18 | $1.4M | 44% | +$576K |
| 19 Jan 2029 | 21 | $1.2M | 100% | -$509K |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 19 | $1.0M | 100% | +$472K |
| 25 Sep 2026 | 16 | $905K | 66% | -$128K |
| 2 Oct 2026 | 13 | $553K | 95% | +$296K |
The most premium, $2.6M, is aimed at the 20 Nov 2026 expiry; the nearest expiry with unusual prints is 25 Sep 2026.
A print in a contract expiring this week is a view about the next few days, often about a known event; a print months out is a different kind of statement. Read the guide: 0DTE options flow.
The last session, 28 September 2026
| Date | Contract | Type | Size | Open int. | Premium | Execution | Sentiment | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sep 2026 | AKAM 2 Oct 2026 $116 calls | Trade | 200 | 847 | $59K | At ask | Bullish | |
| 28 Sep 2026 | AKAM 2 Oct 2026 $116 calls | Trade | 200 | 847 | $54K | At ask | Bullish | Notable |
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Price
The live quote and the price chart sit beside the ticker's flow in the app: open AKAM in Options Sentiment Screener.
Analysts
The most recent analyst targets on file, from 16 firms, have a median of $154, 35.2% above the last close. The last 90 days brought 2 upgrades and 1 downgrade.
Calls bought at a strike above the average target are a bet that the analysts are too cautious; puts far below the price in a name they like are protection or a strong disagreement. Read the guide: Reading one ticker's flow.
About Akamai Technologies Inc.
- Exchange
- Nasdaq
- Sector
- Information Technology
- Industry
- Business Services
- Headquarters
- Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Website
- akamai.com
Akamai Technologies, Inc. provides cloud services for securing, delivering, and optimizing content and business applications over the internet in the United States and internationally. The company offers cloud solutions to keep infrastructure, websites, applications, application programming interfaces, and users safe from cyberattacks and online threats.
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Learn
- What unusual options activity means
- Reading one ticker's flow
- Sweeps, blocks and where a trade printed
- Size versus open interest
- Bullish or bearish, how a print's sentiment is inferred
- The conviction score and whale prints
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