9 Consumer Discretionary 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.

Below are some instances of options activity happening in the Consumer Discretionary sector:

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• For TSLA TSLA, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 3 day(s) on December 27, 2024. This event was a transfer of 101 contract(s) at a $460.00 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 $63.2K, with a price of $625.0 per contract. There were 12228 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 40945 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AMZN AMZN, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 10 day(s) on January 3, 2025. This event was a transfer of 168 contract(s) at a $227.50 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 19 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $64.6K, with a price of $385.0 per contract. There were 1548 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1676 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For ANF ANF, we notice a put option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 24 day(s) on January 17, 2025. This event was a transfer of 300 contract(s) at a $135.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $73.5K, with a price of $245.0 per contract. There were 2143 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 312 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For HD HD, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 3 day(s) on December 27, 2024. This event was a transfer of 100 contract(s) at a $397.50 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 4 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $40.0K, with a price of $400.0 per contract. There were 67 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 151 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding BKNG BKNG, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 3 day(s) on December 27, 2024. Parties traded 112 contract(s) at a $5250.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 41 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $27.9K, with a price of $250.0 per contract. There were 50 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 117 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For BABA BABA, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 3 day(s) on December 27, 2024. This event was a transfer of 67 contract(s) at a $92.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 12 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $42.8K, with a price of $640.0 per contract. There were 94 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 107 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For OLLI OLLI, we notice a call option trade that happens to be neutral, expiring in 114 day(s) on April 17, 2025. This event was a transfer of 26 contract(s) at a $115.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $30.9K, with a price of $1190.0 per contract. There were 230 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 27 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding ORLY ORLY, we observe a put option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 143 day(s) on May 16, 2025. Parties traded 8 contract(s) at a $1200.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $42.8K, with a price of $5350.0 per contract. There were 2 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 10 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For DHI DHI, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 752 day(s) on January 15, 2027. This event was a transfer of 7 contract(s) at a $165.00 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 $25.2K, with a price of $3600.0 per contract. There were 9 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 7 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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