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 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 4 day(s) on April 14, 2023. This event was a transfer of 73 contract(s) at a $275.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 13 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $40.1K, with a price of $550.0 per contract. There were 4299 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 21270 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MSFT MSFT, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 4 day(s) on April 14, 2023. This event was a transfer of 100 contract(s) at a $290.00 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 $27.8K, with a price of $278.0 per contract. There were 3958 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 19977 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For PLTR PLTR, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 11 day(s) on April 21, 2023. This event was a transfer of 2340 contract(s) at a $9.00 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 $30.4K, with a price of $13.0 per contract. There were 13014 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 8754 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AAPL AAPL, we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 39 day(s) on May 19, 2023. Parties traded 257 contract(s) at a $150.00 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 $59.8K, with a price of $233.0 per contract. There were 37104 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 6137 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding QCOM QCOM, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 11 day(s) on April 21, 2023. Parties traded 443 contract(s) at a $125.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 14 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $101.9K, with a price of $230.0 per contract. There were 6072 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 4666 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AMD AMD, we notice a put option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 284 day(s) on January 19, 2024. This event was a transfer of 33 contract(s) at a $80.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $25.7K, with a price of $780.0 per contract. There were 23273 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3969 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MARA MARA, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 4 day(s) on April 14, 2023. This event was a transfer of 500 contract(s) at a $8.50 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 $27.0K, with a price of $54.0 per contract. There were 1917 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3761 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AI AI, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 39 day(s) on May 19, 2023. This event was a transfer of 200 contract(s) at a $30.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 18 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $26.9K, with a price of $130.0 per contract. There were 12423 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2637 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding INTC INTC, we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 4 day(s) on April 14, 2023. Parties traded 380 contract(s) at a $33.50 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 $41.0K, with a price of $108.0 per contract. There were 1274 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1281 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding ZS ZS, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 102 day(s) on July 21, 2023. Parties traded 80 contract(s) at a $125.00 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 $51.2K, with a price of $640.0 per contract. There were 11604 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 962 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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