10 Health Care 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.

• For NVAX NVAX, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 18 day(s) on April 21, 2023. This event was a transfer of 413 contract(s) at a $8.50 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 $76.4K, with a price of $185.0 per contract. There were 23 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 436 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For APLS APLS, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 18 day(s) on April 21, 2023. This event was a transfer of 125 contract(s) at a $55.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 19 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $274.8K, with a price of $2177.0 per contract. There were 842 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 226 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MGNX MGNX, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 18 day(s) on April 21, 2023. This event was a transfer of 92 contract(s) at a $2.50 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 $45.8K, with a price of $500.0 per contract. There were 483 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 159 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding TMO TMO, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 291 day(s) on January 19, 2024. Parties traded 5 contract(s) at a $590.00 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 $26.0K, with a price of $5200.0 per contract. There were 186 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 57 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For LLY LLY, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 291 day(s) on January 19, 2024. This event was a transfer of 32 contract(s) at a $370.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $96.9K, with a price of $3030.0 per contract. There were 599 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 51 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For HUM HUM, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 137 day(s) on August 18, 2023. This event was a transfer of 41 contract(s) at a $485.00 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 $89.7K, with a price of $2190.0 per contract. There were 12 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 46 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding CVS CVS, we observe a put option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 445 day(s) on June 21, 2024. Parties traded 39 contract(s) at a $75.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $28.0K, with a price of $720.0 per contract. There were 971 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 42 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding REGN REGN, we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 445 day(s) on June 21, 2024. Parties traded 22 contract(s) at a $660.00 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 $76.7K, with a price of $3490.0 per contract. There were 4 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 22 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For ISRG ISRG, we notice a put option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 445 day(s) on June 21, 2024. This event was a transfer of 5 contract(s) at a $310.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $32.1K, with a price of $6420.0 per contract. There were 0 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 10 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding UNH UNH, we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 655 day(s) on January 17, 2025. Parties traded 4 contract(s) at a $490.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $31.4K, with a price of $7860.0 per contract. There were 13 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 7 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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