10 Information Technology Stocks Whale Activity 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.

Below are some instances of options activity happening in the Information Technology sector:

Explanation

These bullet-by-bullet explanations have been constructed using the accompanying table.

• For NVDA NVDA, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 2 day(s) on March 24, 2023. This event was a transfer of 59 contract(s) at a $270.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 7 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $32.4K, with a price of $550.0 per contract. There were 14960 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 50125 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AMD AMD, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 2 day(s) on March 24, 2023. Parties traded 750 contract(s) at a $100.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 25 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $144.7K, with a price of $193.0 per contract. There were 8679 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 22692 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For TSM TSM, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 9 day(s) on March 31, 2023. This event was a transfer of 600 contract(s) at a $92.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 118 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $205.1K, with a price of $341.0 per contract. There were 4193 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2562 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding RIOT RIOT, we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 30 day(s) on April 21, 2023. Parties traded 1738 contract(s) at a $9.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $196.3K, with a price of $113.0 per contract. There were 1620 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2444 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For SMCI SMCI, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 30 day(s) on April 21, 2023. This event was a transfer of 100 contract(s) at a $120.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 7 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $62.0K, with a price of $620.0 per contract. There were 1577 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 994 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MSFT MSFT, we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 121 day(s) on July 21, 2023. Parties traded 29 contract(s) at a $280.00 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 $51.1K, with a price of $1762.0 per contract. There were 400 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 649 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AAPL AAPL, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 15 day(s) on April 6, 2023. Parties traded 100 contract(s) at a $157.50 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 17 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $51.5K, with a price of $515.0 per contract. There were 1891 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 583 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MSTR MSTR, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 2 day(s) on March 24, 2023. Parties traded 50 contract(s) at a $277.50 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 3 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $31.5K, with a price of $630.0 per contract. There were 599 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 250 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For INTU INTU, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 30 day(s) on April 21, 2023. This event was a transfer of 136 contract(s) at a $475.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 3 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $26.5K, with a price of $195.0 per contract. There were 15 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 148 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MDB MDB, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 86 day(s) on June 16, 2023. This event was a transfer of 45 contract(s) at a $220.00 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 $135.2K, with a price of $3005.0 per contract. There were 216 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 76 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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