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 AAPL AAPL, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 3 day(s) on February 18, 2022. This event was a transfer of 235 contract(s) at a $170.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 11 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $34.0K, with a price of $145.0 per contract. There were 34498 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 25735 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AMD AMD, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 3 day(s) on February 18, 2022. This event was a transfer of 72 contract(s) at a $117.00 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 $29.1K, with a price of $405.0 per contract. There were 5238 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 22874 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding SABR SABR, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 58 day(s) on April 14, 2022. Parties traded 3013 contract(s) at a $15.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 36 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $40.3K, with a price of $13.0 per contract. There were 9197 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 5035 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MSFT MSFT, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 58 day(s) on April 14, 2022. This event was a transfer of 128 contract(s) at a $330.00 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 $35.5K, with a price of $278.0 per contract. There were 6307 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3905 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MARA MARA, we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 31 day(s) on March 18, 2022. Parties traded 200 contract(s) at a $30.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $55.2K, with a price of $276.0 per contract. There were 9706 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3120 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For NVDA NVDA, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 10 day(s) on February 25, 2022. This event was a transfer of 29 contract(s) at a $260.00 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 $38.8K, with a price of $1340.0 per contract. There were 3676 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2680 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding SNOW SNOW, we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 31 day(s) on March 18, 2022. Parties traded 20 contract(s) at a $295.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $51.0K, with a price of $2550.0 per contract. There were 2566 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1662 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding INTC INTC, we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 703 day(s) on January 19, 2024. Parties traded 1500 contract(s) at a $50.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $1.1 million, with a price of $765.0 per contract. There were 31664 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1591 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MU MU, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 10 day(s) on February 25, 2022. This event was a transfer of 100 contract(s) at a $93.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $37.6K, with a price of $376.0 per contract. There were 578 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1045 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For HEAR HEAR, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 58 day(s) on April 14, 2022. This event was a transfer of 500 contract(s) at a $30.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $55.0K, with a price of $110.0 per contract. There were 86 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 500 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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