10 Information Technology Stocks With Whale Alerts 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 bullet-by-bullet explanations have been constructed using the accompanying table.

• Regarding AAPL AAPL, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 4 day(s) on March 25, 2022. Parties traded 271 contract(s) at a $165.00 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 $43.0K, with a price of $159.0 per contract. There were 37414 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 102910 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding NVDA NVDA, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 4 day(s) on March 25, 2022. Parties traded 150 contract(s) at a $270.00 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 $75.7K, with a price of $505.0 per contract. There were 8497 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 42155 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AMD AMD, we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 4 day(s) on March 25, 2022. Parties traded 220 contract(s) at a $110.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 6 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $36.3K, with a price of $165.0 per contract. There were 5432 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 23096 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding STNE STNE, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 24 day(s) on April 14, 2022. Parties traded 500 contract(s) at a $10.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 22 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $185.0K, with a price of $370.0 per contract. There were 2760 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2167 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MSFT MSFT, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 4 day(s) on March 25, 2022. This event was a transfer of 101 contract(s) at a $297.50 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 $47.4K, with a price of $470.0 per contract. There were 1006 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2085 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MU MU, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 24 day(s) on April 14, 2022. This event was a transfer of 118 contract(s) at a $80.00 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 $34.8K, with a price of $295.0 per contract. There were 7485 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1628 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding DDOG DDOG, we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 24 day(s) on April 14, 2022. Parties traded 40 contract(s) at a $140.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $30.8K, with a price of $770.0 per contract. There were 1485 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 603 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For CSCO CSCO, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 305 day(s) on January 20, 2023. This event was a transfer of 116 contract(s) at a $55.00 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 $60.9K, with a price of $525.0 per contract. There were 10942 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 352 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding TSM TSM, we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 214 day(s) on October 21, 2022. Parties traded 27 contract(s) at a $105.00 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 $27.3K, with a price of $1010.0 per contract. There were 2982 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 285 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding SQ SQ, we observe a call option trade with neutral sentiment. It expires in 4 day(s) on March 25, 2022. Parties traded 20 contract(s) at a $110.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $48.2K, with a price of $2410.0 per contract. There were 825 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 225 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.

For more information, visit our Guide to Understanding Options Alerts or read more about unusual options activity.

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