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 put option trade that happens to be neutral, expiring in 7 day(s) on January 17, 2025. This event was a transfer of 100 contract(s) at a $135.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $28.6K, with a price of $286.0 per contract. There were 38952 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 27880 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For IONQ IONQ, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, is expiring today. Parties traded 300 contract(s) at a $32.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $46.5K, with a price of $155.0 per contract. There were 819 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 5537 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MSFT MSFT, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 7 day(s) on January 17, 2025. This event was a transfer of 70 contract(s) at a $420.00 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 $31.5K, with a price of $451.0 per contract. There were 10538 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 4834 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MU MU, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, is expiring today. Parties traded 370 contract(s) at a $99.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 82 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $31.9K, with a price of $86.0 per contract. There were 2634 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 4757 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For PLTR PLTR, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, is expiring today. Parties traded 150 contract(s) at a $70.00 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 $50.2K, with a price of $335.0 per contract. There were 13165 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 4686 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AAPL AAPL, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 14 day(s) on January 24, 2025. Parties traded 200 contract(s) at a $235.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 5 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $90.0K, with a price of $450.0 per contract. There were 1822 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3073 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MCHP MCHP, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 42 day(s) on February 21, 2025. Parties traded 262 contract(s) at a $57.50 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 $62.9K, with a price of $240.0 per contract. There were 351 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1833 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MSTR MSTR, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, is expiring today. Parties traded 50 contract(s) at a $335.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 9 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $33.0K, with a price of $660.0 per contract. There were 1881 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1637 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MARA MARA, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 21 day(s) on January 31, 2025. This event was a transfer of 1000 contract(s) at a $20.00 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 $79.0K, with a price of $79.0 per contract. There were 3114 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1300 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AVGO AVGO, we notice a put option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 42 day(s) on February 21, 2025. This event was a transfer of 125 contract(s) at a $220.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $130.0K, with a price of $1040.0 per contract. There were 4570 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 853 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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