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 itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• Regarding AAPL AAPL, we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 3 day(s) on March 17, 2023. Parties traded 200 contract(s) at a $152.50 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $29.8K, with a price of $149.0 per contract. There were 36267 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 40595 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AMD AMD, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 3 day(s) on March 17, 2023. Parties traded 355 contract(s) at a $90.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 12 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $33.3K, with a price of $94.0 per contract. There were 31797 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 34349 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MSFT MSFT, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 3 day(s) on March 17, 2023. Parties traded 165 contract(s) at a $260.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 5 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $52.8K, with a price of $320.0 per contract. There were 21120 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 17774 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For NVDA NVDA, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 38 day(s) on April 21, 2023. This event was a transfer of 56 contract(s) at a $220.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 7 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $40.8K, with a price of $730.0 per contract. There were 9068 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3594 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AFRM AFRM, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 10 day(s) on March 24, 2023. This event was a transfer of 561 contract(s) at a $9.50 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 $59.0 per contract. There were 1651 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3010 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AKAM AKAM, we observe a put option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 3 day(s) on March 17, 2023. Parties traded 200 contract(s) at a $77.50 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $120.0K, with a price of $600.0 per contract. There were 844 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 295 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For COHR COHR, we notice a put option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 311 day(s) on January 19, 2024. This event was a transfer of 50 contract(s) at a $35.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $25.0K, with a price of $500.0 per contract. There were 2612 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 209 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For QCOM QCOM, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be neutral, expiring in 311 day(s) on January 19, 2024. This event was a transfer of 36 contract(s) at a $115.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 9 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $50.7K, with a price of $1410.0 per contract. There were 9201 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 187 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AI AI, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 17 day(s) on March 31, 2023. Parties traded 136 contract(s) at a $21.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 10 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $25.8K, with a price of $190.0 per contract. There were 413 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 153 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding ON ON, we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 129 day(s) on July 21, 2023. Parties traded 60 contract(s) at a $80.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $61.8K, with a price of $1030.0 per contract. There were 92 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 151 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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