10 Consumer Discretionary 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 often look for circumstances when the market estimation of an option diverges away from its normal worth. Abnormal amounts of trading activity could push option prices to hyperbolic or underperforming levels.

Below are some instances of options activity happening in the Consumer Discretionary sector:

Explanation

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

• For TSLA TSLA, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 1 day(s) on February 16, 2024. This event was a transfer of 182 contract(s) at a $195.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 29 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $55.4K, with a price of $310.0 per contract. There were 63838 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 179657 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AMZN AMZN, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 1 day(s) on February 16, 2024. This event was a transfer of 400 contract(s) at a $170.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 19 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $27.6K, with a price of $69.0 per contract. There were 29697 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 47145 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding ABNB ABNB, we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 29 day(s) on March 15, 2024. Parties traded 50 contract(s) at a $160.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $26.5K, with a price of $530.0 per contract. There were 2787 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1502 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding JMIA JMIA, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 22 day(s) on March 8, 2024. Parties traded 1103 contract(s) at a $5.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 37 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $29.7K, with a price of $27.0 per contract. There were 74 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1341 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For DKNG DKNG, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 1 day(s) on February 16, 2024. This event was a transfer of 197 contract(s) at a $40.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 44 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $101.4K, with a price of $515.0 per contract. There were 9246 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1101 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For DASH DASH, we notice a call option trade that happens to be neutral, expiring in 1 day(s) on February 16, 2024. This event was a transfer of 100 contract(s) at a $125.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $54.2K, with a price of $542.0 per contract. There were 2152 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 781 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding PDD PDD, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 22 day(s) on March 8, 2024. Parties traded 25 contract(s) at a $117.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 25 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $47.7K, with a price of $1910.0 per contract. There were 1868 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 675 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding LEN LEN, we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 8 day(s) on February 23, 2024. Parties traded 652 contract(s) at a $152.50 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 21 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $110.8K, with a price of $170.0 per contract. There were 156 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 653 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding SHAK SHAK, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 8 day(s) on February 23, 2024. Parties traded 155 contract(s) at a $95.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 24 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $36.6K, with a price of $235.0 per contract. There were 0 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 278 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For CVNA CVNA, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 29 day(s) on March 15, 2024. This event was a transfer of 104 contract(s) at a $75.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 18 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $27.2K, with a price of $262.0 per contract. There were 1735 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 264 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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