10 Health Care 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 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.

Below are some instances of options activity happening in the Health Care sector:

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• For XRAY XRAY, we notice a call option trade that happens to be neutral, expiring in 128 day(s) on April 17, 2025. This event was a transfer of 225 contract(s) at a $20.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $40.5K, with a price of $180.0 per contract. There were 3202 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2122 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding RXRX RXRX, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 38 day(s) on January 17, 2025. Parties traded 400 contract(s) at a $9.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 17 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $30.0K, with a price of $75.0 per contract. There were 8401 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1738 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding CVS CVS, we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 101 day(s) on March 21, 2025. Parties traded 482 contract(s) at a $50.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 14 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $86.8K, with a price of $180.0 per contract. There were 9650 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1214 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding LFST LFST, we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 38 day(s) on January 17, 2025. Parties traded 500 contract(s) at a $7.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $35.0K, with a price of $70.0 per contract. There were 1847 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1000 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For HIMS HIMS, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 38 day(s) on January 17, 2025. This event was a transfer of 314 contract(s) at a $42.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 16 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $33.0K, with a price of $105.0 per contract. There were 536 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 281 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MRK MRK, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 101 day(s) on March 21, 2025. This event was a transfer of 50 contract(s) at a $95.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $44.7K, with a price of $895.0 per contract. There were 439 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 161 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding JNJ JNJ, we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 101 day(s) on March 21, 2025. Parties traded 67 contract(s) at a $145.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 3 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $26.1K, with a price of $390.0 per contract. There were 2061 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 95 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For ELV ELV, we notice a call option trade that happens to be neutral, expiring in 283 day(s) on September 19, 2025. This event was a transfer of 20 contract(s) at a $470.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $33.2K, with a price of $1660.0 per contract. There were 22 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 20 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For VKTX VKTX, we notice a put option trade that happens to be neutral, expiring in 402 day(s) on January 16, 2026. This event was a transfer of 11 contract(s) at a $65.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $29.1K, with a price of $2654.0 per contract. There were 278 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 11 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For VRTX VRTX, we notice a put option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 45 day(s) on January 24, 2025. This event was a transfer of 10 contract(s) at a $470.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $29.0K, with a price of $2900.0 per contract. There were 1 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 10 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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