10 Information Technology 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 itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• For NVDA NVDA, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 7 day(s) on December 20, 2024. This event was a transfer of 420 contract(s) at a $140.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 67 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $42.0K, with a price of $102.0 per contract. There were 114261 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 65177 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AVGO AVGO, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, is expiring today. Parties traded 250 contract(s) at a $215.00 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 $33.8K, with a price of $136.0 per contract. There were 4 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 43283 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For PLTR PLTR, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, is expiring today. Parties traded 1000 contract(s) at a $74.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $51.0K, with a price of $51.0 per contract. There were 8599 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 22625 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AMD AMD, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 14 day(s) on December 27, 2024. This event was a transfer of 200 contract(s) at a $130.00 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 $55.4K, with a price of $277.0 per contract. There were 3740 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 11612 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding SOUN SOUN, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 7 day(s) on December 20, 2024. Parties traded 500 contract(s) at a $20.00 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 $37.0K, with a price of $74.0 per contract. There were 2323 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 8634 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding IREN IREN, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 7 day(s) on December 20, 2024. Parties traded 2279 contract(s) at a $14.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 90 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $125.5K, with a price of $55.0 per contract. There were 16992 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 7792 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MARA MARA, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 7 day(s) on December 20, 2024. This event was a transfer of 326 contract(s) at a $23.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $50.5K, with a price of $155.0 per contract. There were 15476 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 7463 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AAPL AAPL, we notice a put option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 7 day(s) on December 20, 2024. This event was a transfer of 70 contract(s) at a $250.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $30.8K, with a price of $440.0 per contract. There were 16723 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2627 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MRVL MRVL, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 35 day(s) on January 17, 2025. This event was a transfer of 100 contract(s) at a $125.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $35.0K, with a price of $350.0 per contract. There were 5774 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1885 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MSTR MSTR, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 98 day(s) on March 21, 2025. This event was a transfer of 349 contract(s) at a $170.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 33 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $212.7K, with a price of $600.0 per contract. There were 1222 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1052 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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