10 Information Technology Stocks With Whale Alerts In Today's Session

This whale alert can help traders discover the next big trading opportunities.

Whales are entities with large sums of money and we track their transactions here at Benzinga on our options activity scanner.

Traders will search for circumstances when the market estimation of an option diverges heavily from its normal worth. High amounts of trading activity could push option prices to exaggerated or underestimated levels.

Below are some instances of options activity happening in the Information Technology sector:

Explanation

These bullet-by-bullet explanations have been constructed using the accompanying table.

• For NVDA NVDA, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be neutral, is expiring today. Parties traded 40 contract(s) at a $650.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 5 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $63.2K, with a price of $1594.0 per contract. There were 12381 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 66462 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AAPL AAPL, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 7 day(s) on February 9, 2024. This event was a transfer of 225 contract(s) at a $190.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 8 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $27.9K, with a price of $124.0 per contract. There were 17000 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 42916 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding QCOM QCOM, we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 168 day(s) on July 19, 2024. Parties traded 324 contract(s) at a $125.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 3 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $124.7K, with a price of $385.0 per contract. There were 30318 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 38903 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For SNOW SNOW, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, is expiring today. Parties traded 311 contract(s) at a $220.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 33 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $36.4K, with a price of $120.0 per contract. There were 5139 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 7804 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AMD AMD, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 14 day(s) on February 16, 2024. This event was a transfer of 288 contract(s) at a $180.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 3 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $141.1K, with a price of $490.0 per contract. There were 12294 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 7067 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For PLTR PLTR, we notice a put option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 322 day(s) on December 20, 2024. This event was a transfer of 2500 contract(s) at a $13.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $392.5K, with a price of $157.0 per contract. There were 1593 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2521 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding WOLF WOLF, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 14 day(s) on February 16, 2024. Parties traded 1041 contract(s) at a $30.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 16 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $46.9K, with a price of $45.0 per contract. There were 2333 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1687 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For ACN ACN, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 140 day(s) on June 21, 2024. This event was a transfer of 1590 contract(s) at a $390.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $2.1 million, with a price of $1361.0 per contract. There were 325 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1590 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MARA MARA, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 14 day(s) on February 16, 2024. Parties traded 180 contract(s) at a $16.50 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 7 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $46.8K, with a price of $260.0 per contract. There were 942 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1499 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For ORCL ORCL, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 7 day(s) on February 9, 2024. This event was a transfer of 200 contract(s) at a $116.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 4 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $32.4K, with a price of $162.0 per contract. There were 1819 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1351 contract(s) were bought and sold.

Options Alert Terminology
- Call Contracts: The right to buy shares as indicated in the contract.
- Put Contracts: The right to sell shares as indicated in the contract.
- Expiration Date: When the contract expires. One must act on the contract by this date if one wants to use it.
- Premium/Option Price: The price of the contract.

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