10 Consumer Discretionary 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 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 bullish, is expiring today. Parties traded 42 contract(s) at a $390.00 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 $25.4K, with a price of $610.0 per contract. There were 8047 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 108276 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AMZN AMZN, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 14 day(s) on January 17, 2025. This event was a transfer of 42 contract(s) at a $220.00 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 $30.6K, with a price of $730.0 per contract. There were 32469 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 6911 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding GCT GCT, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 14 day(s) on January 17, 2025. Parties traded 500 contract(s) at a $20.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 20 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $35.0K, with a price of $70.0 per contract. There were 3770 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2018 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding BABA BABA, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 28 day(s) on January 31, 2025. Parties traded 999 contract(s) at a $94.00 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 $73.0K, with a price of $73.0 per contract. There were 140 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1600 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For GAP GAP, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 77 day(s) on March 21, 2025. This event was a transfer of 503 contract(s) at a $25.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 42 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $93.4K, with a price of $186.0 per contract. There were 1763 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1512 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For NIO NIO, we notice a put option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 378 day(s) on January 16, 2026. This event was a transfer of 920 contract(s) at a $5.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $145.3K, with a price of $158.0 per contract. There were 51452 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 936 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For SBUX SBUX, we notice a put option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 14 day(s) on January 17, 2025. This event was a transfer of 500 contract(s) at a $90.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $32.0K, with a price of $64.0 per contract. There were 12770 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 609 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding HAS HAS, we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 168 day(s) on June 20, 2025. Parties traded 100 contract(s) at a $55.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $55.0K, with a price of $550.0 per contract. There were 1013 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 501 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MBLY MBLY, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 133 day(s) on May 16, 2025. Parties traded 200 contract(s) at a $20.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 29 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $103.0K, with a price of $515.0 per contract. There were 2772 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 299 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For PLNT PLNT, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 14 day(s) on January 17, 2025. This event was a transfer of 186 contract(s) at a $100.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 28 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $45.5K, with a price of $245.0 per contract. There were 407 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 198 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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