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.

• For NVDA NVDA, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be neutral, expiring in 2 day(s) on November 18, 2022. This event was a transfer of 96 contract(s) at a $170.00 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 $27.8K, with a price of $290.0 per contract. There were 12365 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 12724 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For SQ SQ, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 2 day(s) on November 18, 2022. This event was a transfer of 200 contract(s) at a $70.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 13 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $47.0K, with a price of $237.0 per contract. There were 3323 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3254 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For DLO DLO, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 65 day(s) on January 20, 2023. This event was a transfer of 394 contract(s) at a $15.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 26 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $47.2K, with a price of $120.0 per contract. There were 185 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2968 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For DOCU DOCU, we notice a put option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 65 day(s) on January 20, 2023. This event was a transfer of 51 contract(s) at a $50.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $33.1K, with a price of $650.0 per contract. There were 3204 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1178 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding FIS FIS, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 30 day(s) on December 16, 2022. Parties traded 217 contract(s) at a $65.00 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 $31.4K, with a price of $145.0 per contract. There were 359 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1027 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For PANW PANW, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 2 day(s) on November 18, 2022. This event was a transfer of 57 contract(s) at a $160.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $30.2K, with a price of $530.0 per contract. There were 17173 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 989 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding INTC INTC, we observe a put option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 429 day(s) on January 19, 2024. Parties traded 810 contract(s) at a $30.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $364.5K, with a price of $450.0 per contract. There were 14753 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 817 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MSFT MSFT, we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 93 day(s) on February 17, 2023. Parties traded 23 contract(s) at a $240.00 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 $31.5K, with a price of $1370.0 per contract. There were 2121 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 770 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AFRM AFRM, we observe a put option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 16 day(s) on December 2, 2022. Parties traded 100 contract(s) at a $18.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $32.0K, with a price of $320.0 per contract. There were 1311 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 592 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For S S, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 30 day(s) on December 16, 2022. This event was a transfer of 500 contract(s) at a $16.00 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 $52.5K, with a price of $105.0 per contract. There were 2652 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 513 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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