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.

Below are some instances of options activity happening in the Information Technology sector:

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• Regarding NVDA NVDA, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 3 day(s) on March 7, 2025. Parties traded 1429 contract(s) at a $120.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 51 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $273.6K, with a price of $190.0 per contract. There were 44772 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 117825 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MSFT MSFT, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 3 day(s) on March 7, 2025. This event was a transfer of 412 contract(s) at a $400.00 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 $25.5K, with a price of $62.0 per contract. There were 5159 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 8130 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding TSM TSM, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 3 day(s) on March 7, 2025. Parties traded 74 contract(s) at a $180.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 16 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $28.8K, with a price of $390.0 per contract. There were 8156 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 6257 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AMD AMD, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 17 day(s) on March 21, 2025. This event was a transfer of 100 contract(s) at a $95.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $69.0K, with a price of $690.0 per contract. There were 910 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 5212 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MSTR MSTR, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 3 day(s) on March 7, 2025. This event was a transfer of 67 contract(s) at a $265.00 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 $50.5K, with a price of $755.0 per contract. There were 16470 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 5055 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AVGO AVGO, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 44 day(s) on April 17, 2025. This event was a transfer of 154 contract(s) at a $220.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 9 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $59.4K, with a price of $385.0 per contract. There were 7415 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 4715 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For VIAV VIAV, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 17 day(s) on March 21, 2025. This event was a transfer of 3004 contract(s) at a $11.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 59 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $135.1K, with a price of $45.0 per contract. There were 214 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3004 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For CRDO CRDO, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 17 day(s) on March 21, 2025. This event was a transfer of 100 contract(s) at a $50.00 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 $51.0K, with a price of $510.0 per contract. There were 990 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2106 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding IREN IREN, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 318 day(s) on January 16, 2026. Parties traded 125 contract(s) at a $7.50 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 11 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $32.3K, with a price of $259.0 per contract. There were 7353 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1769 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For PLTR PLTR, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 108 day(s) on June 20, 2025. This event was a transfer of 33 contract(s) at a $80.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 10 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $35.9K, with a price of $1090.0 per contract. There were 6808 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1694 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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