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.

• For NVDA NVDA, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be neutral, expiring in 1 day(s) on February 23, 2024. This event was a transfer of 1001 contract(s) at a $800.00 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 $274.9K, with a price of $275.0 per contract. There were 20516 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 78798 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For SMCI SMCI, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 1 day(s) on February 23, 2024. This event was a transfer of 114 contract(s) at a $1000.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 9 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $228.2K, with a price of $2020.0 per contract. There were 4349 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 16858 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AMD AMD, we observe a put option trade with neutral sentiment. It expires in 22 day(s) on March 15, 2024. Parties traded 184 contract(s) at a $170.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $52.9K, with a price of $288.0 per contract. There were 10332 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 4570 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MRVL MRVL, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 22 day(s) on March 15, 2024. Parties traded 300 contract(s) at a $75.00 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 $81.3K, with a price of $271.0 per contract. There were 12641 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2082 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding QCOM QCOM, we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 22 day(s) on March 15, 2024. Parties traded 1100 contract(s) at a $155.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $434.5K, with a price of $395.0 per contract. There were 8218 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1754 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MARA MARA, we observe a call option trade with neutral sentiment. It expires in 57 day(s) on April 19, 2024. Parties traded 200 contract(s) at a $30.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $72.0K, with a price of $360.0 per contract. There were 14860 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1677 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding COMM COMM, we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 85 day(s) on May 17, 2024. Parties traded 1206 contract(s) at a $2.50 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $28.9K, with a price of $24.0 per contract. There were 10092 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1207 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For SNPS SNPS, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 57 day(s) on April 19, 2024. This event was a transfer of 32 contract(s) at a $550.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 10 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $34.8K, with a price of $1080.0 per contract. There were 30 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 993 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding CRWD CRWD, we observe a put option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 8 day(s) on March 1, 2024. Parties traded 400 contract(s) at a $300.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $168.0K, with a price of $420.0 per contract. There were 603 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 641 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For WULF WULF, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 330 day(s) on January 17, 2025. This event was a transfer of 200 contract(s) at a $1.50 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 $30.0K, with a price of $150.0 per contract. There were 2594 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 572 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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