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 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.

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

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• Regarding AAPL AAPL, we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 3 day(s) on May 10, 2024. Parties traded 845 contract(s) at a $180.00 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 $47.4K, with a price of $56.0 per contract. There were 21326 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 73431 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For NVDA NVDA, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 3 day(s) on May 10, 2024. This event was a transfer of 24 contract(s) at a $900.00 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 $62.4K, with a price of $2600.0 per contract. There were 8312 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 41388 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AMD AMD, we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 10 day(s) on May 17, 2024. Parties traded 210 contract(s) at a $160.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $51.4K, with a price of $245.0 per contract. There were 21519 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 7448 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For INTC INTC, we notice a put option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 136 day(s) on September 20, 2024. This event was a transfer of 6000 contract(s) at a $28.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $689.9K, with a price of $115.0 per contract. There were 11362 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 6542 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding TSM TSM, we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 45 day(s) on June 21, 2024. Parties traded 100 contract(s) at a $150.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $35.5K, with a price of $355.0 per contract. There were 10944 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1601 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For PANW PANW, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 45 day(s) on June 21, 2024. This event was a transfer of 59 contract(s) at a $360.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $35.9K, with a price of $610.0 per contract. There were 2130 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1502 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MSFT MSFT, we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 17 day(s) on May 24, 2024. Parties traded 750 contract(s) at a $430.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $126.0K, with a price of $168.0 per contract. There were 910 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1480 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding SMCI SMCI, we observe a put option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 3 day(s) on May 10, 2024. Parties traded 55 contract(s) at a $820.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $90.5K, with a price of $1646.0 per contract. There were 431 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1372 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MDB MDB, we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 3 day(s) on May 10, 2024. Parties traded 77 contract(s) at a $350.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 15 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $31.4K, with a price of $402.0 per contract. There were 1308 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 809 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding ARM ARM, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 3 day(s) on May 10, 2024. Parties traded 100 contract(s) at a $109.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 10 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $68.5K, with a price of $685.0 per contract. There were 442 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 480 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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