10 Information Technology Stocks Whale Activity 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.

Here's the list of options activity happening in today's session:

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• Regarding NVDA NVDA, we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 2 day(s) on February 16, 2024. Parties traded 50 contract(s) at a $735.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $47.4K, with a price of $948.0 per contract. There were 6530 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 47099 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AMD AMD, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 2 day(s) on February 16, 2024. This event was a transfer of 80 contract(s) at a $175.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $26.2K, with a price of $328.0 per contract. There were 16582 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 37434 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AAPL AAPL, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 9 day(s) on February 23, 2024. This event was a transfer of 619 contract(s) at a $180.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 29 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $77.3K, with a price of $125.0 per contract. There were 15824 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 15138 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MARA MARA, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 2 day(s) on February 16, 2024. Parties traded 175 contract(s) at a $29.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 15 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $25.2K, with a price of $144.0 per contract. There were 5173 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 15082 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For SMCI SMCI, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 2 day(s) on February 16, 2024. This event was a transfer of 30 contract(s) at a $800.00 strike. This particular put 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 $1080.0 per contract. There were 678 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 9268 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding PLTR PLTR, we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 9 day(s) on February 23, 2024. Parties traded 200 contract(s) at a $15.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $200.0K, with a price of $1000.0 per contract. There were 23715 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 6952 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For GDDY GDDY, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 30 day(s) on March 15, 2024. This event was a transfer of 104 contract(s) at a $110.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 12 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $35.5K, with a price of $343.0 per contract. There were 602 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1779 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding IREN IREN, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 30 day(s) on March 15, 2024. Parties traded 349 contract(s) at a $10.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 6 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $40.1K, with a price of $115.0 per contract. There were 227 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1563 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For ENPH ENPH, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 2 day(s) on February 16, 2024. This event was a transfer of 292 contract(s) at a $125.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 17 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $35.0K, with a price of $120.0 per contract. There were 1010 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1422 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding ARM ARM, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 2 day(s) on February 16, 2024. Parties traded 56 contract(s) at a $124.00 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 $38.6K, with a price of $690.0 per contract. There were 372 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 961 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.

For more information, visit our Guide to Understanding Options Alerts or read more about unusual options activity.

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