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 NVDA NVDA, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 2 day(s) on April 6, 2023. This event was a transfer of 100 contract(s) at a $277.50 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $30.5K, with a price of $305.0 per contract. There were 4744 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 18806 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AAPL AAPL, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 17 day(s) on April 21, 2023. Parties traded 200 contract(s) at a $165.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 4 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $81.0K, with a price of $405.0 per contract. There were 48775 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3712 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding INTC INTC, we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 73 day(s) on June 16, 2023. Parties traded 399 contract(s) at a $30.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $171.5K, with a price of $430.0 per contract. There were 45759 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2336 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MARA MARA, we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 31 day(s) on May 5, 2023. Parties traded 350 contract(s) at a $8.50 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 $44.4K, with a price of $127.0 per contract. There were 1795 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1792 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 April 21, 2023. Parties traded 708 contract(s) at a $20.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 16 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $410.9K, with a price of $580.0 per contract. There were 4081 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1782 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding ORCL ORCL, we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 45 day(s) on May 19, 2023. Parties traded 1300 contract(s) at a $97.50 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $161.2K, with a price of $124.0 per contract. There were 3470 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1505 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding SNOW SNOW, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 2 day(s) on April 6, 2023. Parties traded 148 contract(s) at a $152.50 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 9 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $74.8K, with a price of $505.0 per contract. There were 1106 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1421 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MSFT MSFT, we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 17 day(s) on April 21, 2023. Parties traded 50 contract(s) at a $285.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $41.5K, with a price of $830.0 per contract. There were 13978 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1260 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AMD AMD, we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 17 day(s) on April 21, 2023. Parties traded 75 contract(s) at a $98.00 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 $33.1K, with a price of $442.0 per contract. There were 1147 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 392 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For TSM TSM, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 17 day(s) on April 21, 2023. This event was a transfer of 50 contract(s) at a $82.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $54.7K, with a price of $1095.0 per contract. There were 543 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 250 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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