10 Health Care 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.

• For PFE PFE, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be neutral, expiring in 561 day(s) on January 17, 2025. This event was a transfer of 647 contract(s) at a $40.00 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 $165.0K, with a price of $255.0 per contract. There were 8983 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1040 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For NVCR NVCR, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 197 day(s) on January 19, 2024. This event was a transfer of 86 contract(s) at a $35.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 21 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $36.1K, with a price of $420.0 per contract. There were 153 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1001 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding TLRY TLRY, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 561 day(s) on January 17, 2025. Parties traded 912 contract(s) at a $2.00 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 $54.7K, with a price of $60.0 per contract. There were 19119 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 998 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For TDOC TDOC, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 106 day(s) on October 20, 2023. This event was a transfer of 153 contract(s) at a $25.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 23 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $30.7K, with a price of $201.0 per contract. There were 2517 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 621 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding ALGN ALGN, we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 197 day(s) on January 19, 2024. Parties traded 50 contract(s) at a $220.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 21 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $32.0K, with a price of $640.0 per contract. There were 56 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 227 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For UNH UNH, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 8 day(s) on July 14, 2023. This event was a transfer of 232 contract(s) at a $470.00 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 $227.3K, with a price of $980.0 per contract. There were 396 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 215 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For LLY LLY, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 8 day(s) on July 14, 2023. This event was a transfer of 82 contract(s) at a $465.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 6 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $57.4K, with a price of $700.0 per contract. There were 477 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 171 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For KRTX KRTX, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 43 day(s) on August 18, 2023. This event was a transfer of 63 contract(s) at a $230.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 12 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $34.6K, with a price of $550.0 per contract. There were 50 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 111 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding ABT ABT, we observe a put option sweep with neutral sentiment. It expires in 134 day(s) on November 17, 2023. Parties traded 88 contract(s) at a $110.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 4 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $52.7K, with a price of $600.0 per contract. There were 1584 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 97 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding QDEL QDEL, we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 197 day(s) on January 19, 2024. Parties traded 86 contract(s) at a $75.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 15 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $36.9K, with a price of $430.0 per contract. There were 168 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 86 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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