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 itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• Regarding AVYA AVYA, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 37 day(s) on January 20, 2023. Parties traded 2691 contract(s) at a $1.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 73 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $26.9K, with a price of $10.0 per contract. There were 3682 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 15387 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MSFT MSFT, we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 2 day(s) on December 16, 2022. Parties traded 200 contract(s) at a $260.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 19 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $67.9K, with a price of $340.0 per contract. There were 4853 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 6623 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MU MU, we notice a put option trade that happens to be neutral, expiring in 93 day(s) on March 17, 2023. This event was a transfer of 2000 contract(s) at a $42.50 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $192.0K, with a price of $96.0 per contract. There were 1764 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2010 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding CRM CRM, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 9 day(s) on December 23, 2022. Parties traded 320 contract(s) at a $145.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 32 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $28.4K, with a price of $89.0 per contract. There were 848 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1652 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding XRX XRX, we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 37 day(s) on January 20, 2023. Parties traded 1350 contract(s) at a $18.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $33.7K, with a price of $25.0 per contract. There were 1819 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1350 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For INFN INFN, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 37 day(s) on January 20, 2023. This event was a transfer of 200 contract(s) at a $3.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $81.9K, with a price of $410.0 per contract. There were 866 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 574 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding SQ SQ, we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 2 day(s) on December 16, 2022. Parties traded 500 contract(s) at a $65.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $355.0K, with a price of $710.0 per contract. There were 7739 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 555 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AMD AMD, we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 93 day(s) on March 17, 2023. Parties traded 350 contract(s) at a $50.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 16 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $40.6K, with a price of $116.0 per contract. There were 6871 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 378 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding TSM TSM, we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 65 day(s) on February 17, 2023. Parties traded 75 contract(s) at a $80.00 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 $30.7K, with a price of $410.0 per contract. There were 2643 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 182 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding NVDA NVDA, we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 275 day(s) on September 15, 2023. Parties traded 11 contract(s) at a $200.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $28.5K, with a price of $2595.0 per contract. There were 1481 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 146 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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