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 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.

• For AAPL AAPL, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 123 day(s) on August 26, 2022. This event was a transfer of 100 contract(s) at a $165.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 8 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $31.4K, with a price of $314.0 per contract. There were 14262 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 16234 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For NVDA NVDA, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 102 day(s) on September 16, 2022. This event was a transfer of 239 contract(s) at a $140.00 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 $27.4K, with a price of $115.0 per contract. There were 10337 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 6878 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding ZM ZM, we observe a put option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 123 day(s) on August 26, 2022. Parties traded 200 contract(s) at a $85.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $53.0K, with a price of $265.0 per contract. There were 3433 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2711 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AMD AMD, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 116 day(s) on September 2, 2022. Parties traded 100 contract(s) at a $93.00 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 $26.4K, with a price of $264.0 per contract. There were 780 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2260 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding PANW PANW, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 67 day(s) on October 21, 2022. Parties traded 200 contract(s) at a $680.00 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 $64.0K, with a price of $320.0 per contract. There were 2901 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1025 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For FSLR FSLR, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 11 day(s) on December 16, 2022. This event was a transfer of 500 contract(s) at a $120.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $602.5K, with a price of $1205.0 per contract. There were 3057 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1017 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding SQ SQ, we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 11 day(s) on December 16, 2022. Parties traded 100 contract(s) at a $70.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 12 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $98.5K, with a price of $985.0 per contract. There were 871 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 908 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding INTU INTU, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 123 day(s) on August 26, 2022. Parties traded 54 contract(s) at a $470.00 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 $32.4K, with a price of $600.0 per contract. There were 208 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 711 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MU MU, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be neutral, expiring in 123 day(s) on August 26, 2022. This event was a transfer of 306 contract(s) at a $59.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 70 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $45.1K, with a price of $147.0 per contract. There were 655 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 428 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For CRM CRM, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 171 day(s) on June 16, 2023. This event was a transfer of 26 contract(s) at a $175.00 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 $54.8K, with a price of $2110.0 per contract. There were 2543 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 299 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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