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 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 Information Technology sector:

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 3 day(s) on January 10, 2025. This event was a transfer of 1456 contract(s) at a $152.50 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 14 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $33.4K, with a price of $23.0 per contract. There were 74213 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 157729 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding APP APP, we observe a put option trade with neutral sentiment. It expires in 10 day(s) on January 17, 2025. Parties traded 100 contract(s) at a $280.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $31.1K, with a price of $311.0 per contract. There were 2064 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 9541 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MSTR MSTR, we notice a put option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 3 day(s) on January 10, 2025. This event was a transfer of 42 contract(s) at a $345.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $46.2K, with a price of $1100.0 per contract. There were 857 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 4752 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding SOUN SOUN, we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 3 day(s) on January 10, 2025. Parties traded 600 contract(s) at a $18.50 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $42.0K, with a price of $70.0 per contract. There were 201 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3273 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AMD AMD, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 24 day(s) on January 31, 2025. Parties traded 50 contract(s) at a $130.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 12 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $31.9K, with a price of $638.0 per contract. There were 5218 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2951 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding INTC INTC, we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 374 day(s) on January 16, 2026. Parties traded 2500 contract(s) at a $45.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $125.0K, with a price of $50.0 per contract. There were 18414 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2504 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For TSM TSM, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 10 day(s) on January 17, 2025. This event was a transfer of 150 contract(s) at a $200.00 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 $42.3K, with a price of $282.0 per contract. There were 12224 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2428 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding CORZ CORZ, we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 164 day(s) on June 20, 2025. Parties traded 298 contract(s) at a $15.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $77.4K, with a price of $260.0 per contract. There were 1634 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1597 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MU MU, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 10 day(s) on January 17, 2025. This event was a transfer of 50 contract(s) at a $110.00 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 $39.6K, with a price of $795.0 per contract. There were 1770 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1077 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For PLTR PLTR, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 73 day(s) on March 21, 2025. This event was a transfer of 30 contract(s) at a $70.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $28.9K, with a price of $966.0 per contract. There were 5689 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1014 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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