10 Information Technology 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.

Below are some instances of options activity happening in the Information Technology sector:

Explanation

These bullet-by-bullet explanations have been constructed using the accompanying table.

• For AAPL AAPL, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 4 day(s) on May 12, 2023. This event was a transfer of 401 contract(s) at a $175.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 15 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $40.1K, with a price of $100.0 per contract. There were 15980 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 58646 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For NVDA NVDA, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 4 day(s) on May 12, 2023. This event was a transfer of 500 contract(s) at a $300.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $57.0K, with a price of $114.0 per contract. There were 12242 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 21682 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AMD AMD, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 4 day(s) on May 12, 2023. This event was a transfer of 50 contract(s) at a $90.00 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 $27.0K, with a price of $540.0 per contract. There were 10556 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 21615 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AI AI, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 74 day(s) on July 21, 2023. This event was a transfer of 500 contract(s) at a $30.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 17 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $40.0K, with a price of $80.0 per contract. There were 16130 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 8585 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For ENPH ENPH, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 4 day(s) on May 12, 2023. This event was a transfer of 206 contract(s) at a $165.00 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 $70.4K, with a price of $345.0 per contract. There were 1149 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1754 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For PANW PANW, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 39 day(s) on June 16, 2023. This event was a transfer of 30 contract(s) at a $190.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $34.2K, with a price of $1140.0 per contract. There were 1539 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 862 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For SWKS SWKS, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 4 day(s) on May 12, 2023. This event was a transfer of 350 contract(s) at a $109.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $53.5K, with a price of $153.0 per contract. There were 17 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 385 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For DDOG DDOG, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 102 day(s) on August 18, 2023. This event was a transfer of 47 contract(s) at a $80.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $40.8K, with a price of $870.0 per contract. There were 1190 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 372 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding SMCI SMCI, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 193 day(s) on November 17, 2023. Parties traded 57 contract(s) at a $175.00 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 $79.2K, with a price of $1390.0 per contract. There were 327 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 305 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding ZM ZM, we observe a put option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 620 day(s) on January 17, 2025. Parties traded 100 contract(s) at a $35.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $34.5K, with a price of $345.0 per contract. There were 2394 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 300 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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