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.

Here's the list of options activity happening in today's session:

Explanation

These bullet-by-bullet explanations have been constructed using the accompanying table.

• For NVDA NVDA, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 3 day(s) on January 24, 2025. This event was a transfer of 201 contract(s) at a $140.00 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 $33.5K, with a price of $167.0 per contract. There were 119491 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 105754 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AAPL AAPL, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 3 day(s) on January 24, 2025. Parties traded 100 contract(s) at a $220.00 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 $29.9K, with a price of $299.0 per contract. There were 601 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 28845 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MSTR MSTR, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 3 day(s) on January 24, 2025. This event was a transfer of 19 contract(s) at a $400.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 8 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $27.3K, with a price of $1440.0 per contract. There were 8598 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 13989 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MSFT MSFT, we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 3 day(s) on January 24, 2025. Parties traded 100 contract(s) at a $430.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $28.4K, with a price of $284.0 per contract. There were 3809 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 7293 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding RGTI RGTI, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 360 day(s) on January 16, 2026. Parties traded 50 contract(s) at a $15.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 6 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $31.0K, with a price of $620.0 per contract. There were 5779 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 6449 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AVGO AVGO, we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 3 day(s) on January 24, 2025. Parties traded 200 contract(s) at a $235.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 18 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $32.6K, with a price of $164.0 per contract. There were 1139 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1964 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MU MU, we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 59 day(s) on March 21, 2025. Parties traded 530 contract(s) at a $90.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 18 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $69.7K, with a price of $131.0 per contract. There were 13867 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1452 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MARA MARA, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 59 day(s) on March 21, 2025. This event was a transfer of 144 contract(s) at a $19.00 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 $50.4K, with a price of $350.0 per contract. There were 4183 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1168 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding CLSK CLSK, we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 59 day(s) on March 21, 2025. Parties traded 529 contract(s) at a $19.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $31.7K, with a price of $60.0 per contract. There were 2156 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1086 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding LAES LAES, we observe a call option trade with neutral sentiment. It expires in 59 day(s) on March 21, 2025. Parties traded 410 contract(s) at a $4.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $69.7K, with a price of $170.0 per contract. There were 0 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 839 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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