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 TSM TSM, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 58 day(s) on June 21, 2024. This event was a transfer of 198 contract(s) at a $140.00 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 $84.1K, with a price of $425.0 per contract. There were 48116 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 35969 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For NVDA NVDA, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 2 day(s) on April 26, 2024. This event was a transfer of 222 contract(s) at a $830.00 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 $178.7K, with a price of $805.0 per contract. There were 7103 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 32593 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AAPL AAPL, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 9 day(s) on May 3, 2024. This event was a transfer of 100 contract(s) at a $167.50 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $44.4K, with a price of $444.0 per contract. There were 3751 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3976 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding INTC INTC, we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 268 day(s) on January 17, 2025. Parties traded 150 contract(s) at a $30.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 28 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $29.2K, with a price of $195.0 per contract. There were 34393 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3198 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MSFT MSFT, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 2 day(s) on April 26, 2024. This event was a transfer of 50 contract(s) at a $410.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $40.9K, with a price of $820.0 per contract. There were 4175 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2893 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For SMCI SMCI, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 2 day(s) on April 26, 2024. This event was a transfer of 20 contract(s) at a $750.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $60.0K, with a price of $3000.0 per contract. There were 744 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1816 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For TXN TXN, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 58 day(s) on June 21, 2024. This event was a transfer of 58 contract(s) at a $175.00 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 $39.4K, with a price of $680.0 per contract. There were 2676 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1438 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For RIOT RIOT, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be neutral, expiring in 9 day(s) on May 3, 2024. This event was a transfer of 294 contract(s) at a $9.50 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 $84.7K, with a price of $288.0 per contract. There were 894 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1163 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For PLTR PLTR, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 58 day(s) on June 21, 2024. This event was a transfer of 701 contract(s) at a $17.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 24 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $29.5K, with a price of $42.0 per contract. There were 9339 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 712 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AMD AMD, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 23 day(s) on May 17, 2024. Parties traded 68 contract(s) at a $157.50 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 $44.2K, with a price of $650.0 per contract. There were 205 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 395 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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