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 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 TSLA TSLA, we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 1 day(s) on January 6, 2023. Parties traded 600 contract(s) at a $108.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 43 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $88.1K, with a price of $146.0 per contract. There were 9651 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 63766 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AMZN AMZN, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 1 day(s) on January 6, 2023. This event was a transfer of 225 contract(s) at a $84.00 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 $26.7K, with a price of $119.0 per contract. There were 7537 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 14147 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding GM GM, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 71 day(s) on March 17, 2023. Parties traded 690 contract(s) at a $41.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 27 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $46.8K, with a price of $68.0 per contract. There were 1483 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 5326 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding BABA BABA, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 379 day(s) on January 19, 2024. Parties traded 50 contract(s) at a $180.00 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 $29.7K, with a price of $595.0 per contract. There were 7974 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3170 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For DADA DADA, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 43 day(s) on February 17, 2023. This event was a transfer of 1300 contract(s) at a $12.50 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $247.0K, with a price of $190.0 per contract. There were 153 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3055 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For BBBY BBBY, we notice a call option trade that happens to be neutral, expiring in 15 day(s) on January 20, 2023. This event was a transfer of 880 contract(s) at a $1.50 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $41.3K, with a price of $47.0 per contract. There were 87 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2324 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding PDD PDD, we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 1 day(s) on January 6, 2023. Parties traded 200 contract(s) at a $96.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $34.4K, with a price of $172.0 per contract. There were 1181 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2123 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding PTLO PTLO, we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 15 day(s) on January 20, 2023. Parties traded 949 contract(s) at a $17.50 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 $123.4K, with a price of $130.0 per contract. There were 741 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 974 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For VSCO VSCO, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 379 day(s) on January 19, 2024. This event was a transfer of 21 contract(s) at a $40.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 3 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $26.0K, with a price of $1240.0 per contract. There were 84 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 679 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For RIVN RIVN, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 43 day(s) on February 17, 2023. This event was a transfer of 261 contract(s) at a $15.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 22 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $31.6K, with a price of $121.0 per contract. There were 44353 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 399 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 news on unusual options activity.

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