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 NVDA NVDA, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, is expiring today. Parties traded 674 contract(s) at a $135.00 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 $39.0K, with a price of $58.0 per contract. There were 126041 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 193782 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AAPL AAPL, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, is expiring today. Parties traded 200 contract(s) at a $252.50 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 $26.8K, with a price of $134.0 per contract. There were 51345 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 64253 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For PLTR PLTR, we notice a call option trade that happens to be neutral, is expiring today. Parties traded 850 contract(s) at a $75.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $276.2K, with a price of $325.0 per contract. There were 26362 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 35154 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AMD AMD, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 28 day(s) on January 17, 2025. This event was a transfer of 99 contract(s) at a $130.00 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 $27.9K, with a price of $282.0 per contract. There were 25310 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 5644 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MSFT MSFT, we notice a put option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 238 day(s) on August 15, 2025. This event was a transfer of 27 contract(s) at a $430.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $65.7K, with a price of $2435.0 per contract. There were 377 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 5131 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AVGO AVGO, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 63 day(s) on February 21, 2025. This event was a transfer of 180 contract(s) at a $290.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 4 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $43.4K, with a price of $241.0 per contract. There were 2010 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2567 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MU MU, we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 28 day(s) on January 17, 2025. Parties traded 1958 contract(s) at a $65.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 38 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $25.4K, with a price of $13.0 per contract. There were 14009 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2066 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MSTR MSTR, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 28 day(s) on January 17, 2025. This event was a transfer of 100 contract(s) at a $365.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $332.5K, with a price of $3325.0 per contract. There were 563 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 836 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For ANET ANET, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 91 day(s) on March 21, 2025. This event was a transfer of 200 contract(s) at a $150.00 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 $34.9K, with a price of $175.0 per contract. There were 212 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 616 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding DELL DELL, we observe a put option trade with neutral sentiment. It expires in 392 day(s) on January 16, 2026. Parties traded 600 contract(s) at a $105.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $807.0K, with a price of $1345.0 per contract. There were 1579 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 601 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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