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 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.

• For INTC INTC, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 114 day(s) on July 21, 2023. This event was a transfer of 250 contract(s) at a $35.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $32.7K, with a price of $131.0 per contract. There were 8915 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 10794 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For U U, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 51 day(s) on May 19, 2023. This event was a transfer of 2000 contract(s) at a $40.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $148.0K, with a price of $74.0 per contract. There were 6177 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 4755 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding NVDA NVDA, we observe a put option sweep with neutral sentiment. It expires in 16 day(s) on April 14, 2023. Parties traded 50 contract(s) at a $270.00 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 $48.7K, with a price of $975.0 per contract. There were 979 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1579 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AAPL AAPL, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 30 day(s) on April 28, 2023. This event was a transfer of 51 contract(s) at a $160.00 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 $25.7K, with a price of $507.0 per contract. There were 2447 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1540 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding CSCO CSCO, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 450 day(s) on June 21, 2024. Parties traded 1000 contract(s) at a $57.50 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 $310.1K, with a price of $310.0 per contract. There were 571 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1000 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MSFT MSFT, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 51 day(s) on May 19, 2023. Parties traded 85 contract(s) at a $290.00 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 $66.9K, with a price of $788.0 per contract. There were 10930 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 507 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For CRM CRM, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 51 day(s) on May 19, 2023. This event was a transfer of 73 contract(s) at a $190.00 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 $44.5K, with a price of $610.0 per contract. There were 1199 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 364 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding STM STM, we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 23 day(s) on April 21, 2023. Parties traded 40 contract(s) at a $40.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $47.2K, with a price of $1180.0 per contract. There were 1036 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 304 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding TWLO TWLO, we observe a call option sweep with neutral sentiment. It expires in 23 day(s) on April 21, 2023. Parties traded 160 contract(s) at a $65.00 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 $39.3K, with a price of $246.0 per contract. There were 2822 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 229 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For ACLS ACLS, we notice a call option trade that happens to be neutral, expiring in 23 day(s) on April 21, 2023. This event was a transfer of 30 contract(s) at a $125.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $29.0K, with a price of $967.0 per contract. There were 171 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 177 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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