10 Health Care 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.

• Regarding BLUE BLUE, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 15 day(s) on May 19, 2023. Parties traded 1342 contract(s) at a $5.00 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 $26.8K, with a price of $20.0 per contract. There were 5524 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1466 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For BNTX BNTX, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 624 day(s) on January 17, 2025. This event was a transfer of 42 contract(s) at a $90.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 10 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $45.3K, with a price of $1080.0 per contract. There were 2 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 125 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For IGMS IGMS, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 15 day(s) on May 19, 2023. This event was a transfer of 100 contract(s) at a $10.00 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 $35.0K, with a price of $350.0 per contract. There were 23 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 120 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding LLY LLY, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 43 day(s) on June 16, 2023. Parties traded 21 contract(s) at a $420.00 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 $39.7K, with a price of $1895.0 per contract. There were 1380 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 114 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For PRTA PRTA, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 43 day(s) on June 16, 2023. This event was a transfer of 50 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 $41.5K, with a price of $830.0 per contract. There were 295 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 50 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding IMGN IMGN, we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 78 day(s) on July 21, 2023. Parties traded 45 contract(s) at a $5.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $39.6K, with a price of $880.0 per contract. There were 2495 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 45 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MASI MASI, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 134 day(s) on September 15, 2023. This event was a transfer of 29 contract(s) at a $200.00 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 $30.2K, with a price of $1039.0 per contract. There were 9 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 42 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For CI CI, we notice a call option trade that happens to be neutral, expiring in 260 day(s) on January 19, 2024. This event was a transfer of 26 contract(s) at a $250.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $59.5K, with a price of $2290.0 per contract. There were 593 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 30 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For ABBV ABBV, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 22 day(s) on May 26, 2023. This event was a transfer of 88 contract(s) at a $155.00 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 $69.2K, with a price of $793.0 per contract. There were 188 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 30 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding SWAV SWAV, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 225 day(s) on December 15, 2023. Parties traded 21 contract(s) at a $200.00 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 $208.5K, with a price of $9930.0 per contract. There were 905 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 21 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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