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.

Below are some instances of options activity happening in the Information Technology sector:

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• Regarding NVDA NVDA, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 2 day(s) on September 13, 2024. Parties traded 81 contract(s) at a $110.00 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 $35.2K, with a price of $435.0 per contract. There were 83080 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 211340 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MSFT MSFT, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 2 day(s) on September 13, 2024. This event was a transfer of 164 contract(s) at a $420.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 32 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $31.6K, with a price of $193.0 per contract. There were 6934 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 9098 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AVGO AVGO, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 2 day(s) on September 13, 2024. Parties traded 100 contract(s) at a $150.00 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 $47.7K, with a price of $478.0 per contract. There were 7768 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 7385 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding IBM IBM, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 128 day(s) on January 17, 2025. Parties traded 240 contract(s) at a $250.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 6 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $29.2K, with a price of $122.0 per contract. There were 709 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 5548 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AMD AMD, we observe a put option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 2 day(s) on September 13, 2024. Parties traded 100 contract(s) at a $145.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $25.0K, with a price of $250.0 per contract. There were 1290 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2977 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding CLS CLS, we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 2 day(s) on September 13, 2024. Parties traded 1100 contract(s) at a $43.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 5 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $30.1K, with a price of $25.0 per contract. There were 4135 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1937 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MU MU, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 100 day(s) on December 20, 2024. Parties traded 33 contract(s) at a $80.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 6 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $50.9K, with a price of $1545.0 per contract. There were 385 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 481 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For SMCI SMCI, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 16 day(s) on September 27, 2024. This event was a transfer of 100 contract(s) at a $480.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 14 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $109.8K, with a price of $1092.0 per contract. There were 92 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 326 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AAPL AAPL, we notice a put option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 191 day(s) on March 21, 2025. This event was a transfer of 23 contract(s) at a $225.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $35.5K, with a price of $1545.0 per contract. There were 1980 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 319 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For CRM CRM, we notice a call option trade that happens to be neutral, expiring in 37 day(s) on October 18, 2024. This event was a transfer of 200 contract(s) at a $270.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $34.4K, with a price of $172.0 per contract. There were 3311 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 301 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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