10 Health Care 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 CANO CANO, we observe a put option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 4 day(s) on October 21, 2022. Parties traded 2000 contract(s) at a $5.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $106.0K, with a price of $53.0 per contract. There were 1704 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 18626 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding BSX BSX, we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 4 day(s) on October 21, 2022. Parties traded 500 contract(s) at a $40.50 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $42.5K, with a price of $85.0 per contract. There were 43 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2158 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For TLRY TLRY, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 4 day(s) on October 21, 2022. This event was a transfer of 610 contract(s) at a $2.50 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 $59.8K, with a price of $98.0 per contract. There were 951 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1152 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MDGL MDGL, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 32 day(s) on November 18, 2022. Parties traded 17 contract(s) at a $75.00 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 $37.4K, with a price of $2200.0 per contract. There were 79 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 767 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding BIIB BIIB, we observe a put option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 4 day(s) on October 21, 2022. Parties traded 500 contract(s) at a $260.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $100.0K, with a price of $200.0 per contract. There were 613 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 606 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding JNJ JNJ, we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 32 day(s) on November 18, 2022. Parties traded 200 contract(s) at a $160.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $183.0K, with a price of $915.0 per contract. There were 1015 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 473 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For NVAX NVAX, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 151 day(s) on March 17, 2023. This event was a transfer of 441 contract(s) at a $25.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 39 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $407.9K, with a price of $925.0 per contract. There were 230 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 441 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MRNA MRNA, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 95 day(s) on January 20, 2023. This event was a transfer of 47 contract(s) at a $135.00 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 $78.7K, with a price of $1675.0 per contract. There were 3151 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 266 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding LLY LLY, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 4 day(s) on October 21, 2022. Parties traded 120 contract(s) at a $330.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 46 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $78.0K, with a price of $650.0 per contract. There were 4105 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 152 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For ISRG ISRG, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 32 day(s) on November 18, 2022. This event was a transfer of 41 contract(s) at a $190.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $43.8K, with a price of $1070.0 per contract. There were 223 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 93 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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