10 Consumer Discretionary 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 often look for circumstances when the market estimation of an option diverges away from its normal worth. Abnormal amounts of trading activity could push option prices to hyperbolic or underperforming 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 TSLA TSLA, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 1 day(s) on December 16, 2022. Parties traded 201 contract(s) at a $160.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 16 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $44.0K, with a price of $220.0 per contract. There were 25296 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 151197 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding BABA BABA, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 1 day(s) on December 16, 2022. Parties traded 1000 contract(s) at a $90.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 21 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $35.2K, with a price of $36.0 per contract. There were 24605 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 7833 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For F F, we notice a put option trade that happens to be neutral, expiring in 400 day(s) on January 19, 2024. This event was a transfer of 4500 contract(s) at a $12.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $724.5K, with a price of $161.0 per contract. There were 87895 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 4558 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AMZN AMZN, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 8 day(s) on December 23, 2022. This event was a transfer of 100 contract(s) at a $90.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 8 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $33.0K, with a price of $330.0 per contract. There were 7943 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2320 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For LOW LOW, we notice a put option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 1 day(s) on December 16, 2022. This event was a transfer of 1295 contract(s) at a $205.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $135.9K, with a price of $105.0 per contract. There were 2831 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1702 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding M M, we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 36 day(s) on January 20, 2023. Parties traded 900 contract(s) at a $22.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $91.8K, with a price of $102.0 per contract. There were 7251 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1212 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For VFC VFC, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 36 day(s) on January 20, 2023. This event was a transfer of 750 contract(s) at a $30.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 5 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $198.7K, with a price of $265.0 per contract. There were 2239 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 795 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding NKE NKE, we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 36 day(s) on January 20, 2023. Parties traded 193 contract(s) at a $115.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $58.8K, with a price of $305.0 per contract. There were 8367 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 710 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For SHAK SHAK, we notice a put option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 36 day(s) on January 20, 2023. This event was a transfer of 250 contract(s) at a $47.50 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $75.0K, with a price of $300.0 per contract. There were 430 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 256 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For GM GM, we notice a put option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 92 day(s) on March 17, 2023. This event was a transfer of 200 contract(s) at a $38.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $63.0K, with a price of $315.0 per contract. There were 3697 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 255 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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