10 Consumer Discretionary 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 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.

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.

• Regarding TSLA TSLA, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 2 day(s) on May 5, 2023. Parties traded 102 contract(s) at a $165.00 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 $29.5K, with a price of $290.0 per contract. There were 27598 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 101641 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For VRM VRM, we notice a put option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 261 day(s) on January 19, 2024. This event was a transfer of 19825 contract(s) at a $2.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $2.6 million, with a price of $135.0 per contract. There were 23995 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 22497 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For PTON PTON, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 2 day(s) on May 5, 2023. This event was a transfer of 1000 contract(s) at a $10.50 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 39 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $25.0K, with a price of $25.0 per contract. There were 1290 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3253 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For SBUX SBUX, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 44 day(s) on June 16, 2023. This event was a transfer of 500 contract(s) at a $110.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 8 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $48.5K, with a price of $97.0 per contract. There were 9379 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2306 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding LEVI LEVI, we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 16 day(s) on May 19, 2023. Parties traded 244 contract(s) at a $16.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 11 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $43.9K, with a price of $180.0 per contract. There were 4100 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1756 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For FTCH FTCH, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 44 day(s) on June 16, 2023. This event was a transfer of 1747 contract(s) at a $4.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 27 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $76.8K, with a price of $44.0 per contract. There were 651 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1747 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For RIVN RIVN, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 135 day(s) on September 15, 2023. This event was a transfer of 482 contract(s) at a $15.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $85.3K, with a price of $177.0 per contract. There were 6076 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1085 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For RCL RCL, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 44 day(s) on June 16, 2023. This event was a transfer of 500 contract(s) at a $77.50 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $75.0K, with a price of $150.0 per contract. There were 682 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 620 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding DASH DASH, we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 2 day(s) on May 5, 2023. Parties traded 200 contract(s) at a $60.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 31 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $38.4K, with a price of $191.0 per contract. There were 1353 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 222 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding WING WING, we observe a put option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 16 day(s) on May 19, 2023. Parties traded 55 contract(s) at a $220.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $46.2K, with a price of $840.0 per contract. There were 10 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 176 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 news on unusual options activity.

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