10 Consumer Discretionary 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.

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

Explanation

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

• Regarding BABA BABA, we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 95 day(s) on June 21, 2024. Parties traded 85 contract(s) at a $70.00 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 $28.0K, with a price of $330.0 per contract. There were 19400 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2259 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For TSLA TSLA, we notice a put option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 214 day(s) on October 18, 2024. This event was a transfer of 22 contract(s) at a $150.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $30.2K, with a price of $1375.0 per contract. There were 3089 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2121 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding CVNA CVNA, we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 4 day(s) on March 22, 2024. Parties traded 161 contract(s) at a $83.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 23 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $76.4K, with a price of $475.0 per contract. There were 156 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1767 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding GRPN GRPN, we observe a put option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 60 day(s) on May 17, 2024. Parties traded 209 contract(s) at a $12.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $31.3K, with a price of $150.0 per contract. There were 25 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1004 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For NKE NKE, we notice a put option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 186 day(s) on September 20, 2024. This event was a transfer of 50 contract(s) at a $100.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $36.7K, with a price of $735.0 per contract. There were 5341 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 382 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For CZR CZR, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be neutral, expiring in 95 day(s) on June 21, 2024. This event was a transfer of 125 contract(s) at a $38.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 7 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $30.3K, with a price of $243.0 per contract. There were 2439 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 126 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MCD MCD, we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 305 day(s) on January 17, 2025. Parties traded 30 contract(s) at a $300.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $33.0K, with a price of $1100.0 per contract. There were 1641 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 60 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For PDD PDD, we notice a put option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 32 day(s) on April 19, 2024. This event was a transfer of 18 contract(s) at a $175.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $83.4K, with a price of $4635.0 per contract. There were 425 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 56 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding SBUX SBUX, we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 669 day(s) on January 16, 2026. Parties traded 25 contract(s) at a $105.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 6 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $44.5K, with a price of $1780.0 per contract. There were 38 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 42 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding LOW LOW, we observe a put option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 305 day(s) on January 17, 2025. Parties traded 19 contract(s) at a $260.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $50.2K, with a price of $2645.0 per contract. There were 48 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 19 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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