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 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 NVDA NVDA, we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 1 day(s) on August 18, 2023. Parties traded 100 contract(s) at a $435.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 7 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $38.6K, with a price of $386.0 per contract. There were 9082 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 27622 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For SIMO SIMO, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 211 day(s) on March 15, 2024. This event was a transfer of 1562 contract(s) at a $60.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $890.3K, with a price of $570.0 per contract. There were 35 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1562 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding CSCO CSCO, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 309 day(s) on June 21, 2024. Parties traded 131 contract(s) at a $57.50 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 $51.7K, with a price of $395.0 per contract. There were 7705 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1528 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding PANW PANW, we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 120 day(s) on December 15, 2023. Parties traded 100 contract(s) at a $185.00 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 $76.5K, with a price of $765.0 per contract. There were 268 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1116 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For ZM ZM, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 64 day(s) on October 20, 2023. This event was a transfer of 800 contract(s) at a $45.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 19 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $27.2K, with a price of $34.0 per contract. There were 579 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1004 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MARA MARA, we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 8 day(s) on August 25, 2023. Parties traded 200 contract(s) at a $13.50 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 5 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $27.2K, with a price of $136.0 per contract. There were 1467 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 862 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding ZS ZS, we observe a put option sweep with neutral sentiment. It expires in 1 day(s) on August 18, 2023. Parties traded 548 contract(s) at a $135.00 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 $49.3K, with a price of $90.0 per contract. There were 581 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 860 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AMD AMD, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 92 day(s) on November 17, 2023. This event was a transfer of 48 contract(s) at a $100.00 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 $63.8K, with a price of $1330.0 per contract. There were 2157 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 812 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AAPL AAPL, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 120 day(s) on December 15, 2023. This event was a transfer of 25 contract(s) at a $180.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 5 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $27.0K, with a price of $1080.0 per contract. There were 21849 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 627 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MSFT MSFT, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 211 day(s) on March 15, 2024. This event was a transfer of 30 contract(s) at a $350.00 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 $51.4K, with a price of $1715.0 per contract. There were 1345 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 233 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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