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 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.

• For HRTX HRTX, we notice a call option trade that happens to be neutral, expiring in 120 day(s) on December 15, 2023. This event was a transfer of 1952 contract(s) at a $2.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $29.2K, with a price of $15.0 per contract. There were 1796 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 10357 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding CVS CVS, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 36 day(s) on September 22, 2023. Parties traded 250 contract(s) at a $66.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 9 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $63.7K, with a price of $255.0 per contract. There were 0 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 658 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For RVPH RVPH, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 155 day(s) on January 19, 2024. This event was a transfer of 510 contract(s) at a $2.50 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 24 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $33.2K, with a price of $65.0 per contract. There were 171 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 510 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding TLRY TLRY, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 519 day(s) on January 17, 2025. Parties traded 287 contract(s) at a $1.00 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 $51.6K, with a price of $180.0 per contract. There were 4582 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 340 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For APLS APLS, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be neutral, expiring in 29 day(s) on September 15, 2023. This event was a transfer of 82 contract(s) at a $30.00 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 $27.8K, with a price of $340.0 per contract. There were 1556 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 245 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding ALKS ALKS, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 29 day(s) on September 15, 2023. Parties traded 236 contract(s) at a $29.00 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 $25.9K, with a price of $109.0 per contract. There were 202 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 238 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For LLY LLY, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 92 day(s) on November 17, 2023. This event was a transfer of 75 contract(s) at a $550.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $202.5K, with a price of $2700.0 per contract. There were 486 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 85 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding DHR DHR, we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 64 day(s) on October 20, 2023. Parties traded 50 contract(s) at a $260.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 25 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $65.0K, with a price of $1300.0 per contract. There were 522 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 82 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding GILD GILD, we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 309 day(s) on June 21, 2024. Parties traded 50 contract(s) at a $77.50 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 3 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $31.5K, with a price of $630.0 per contract. There were 1004 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 69 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding NVO NVO, we observe a call option sweep with neutral sentiment. It expires in 519 day(s) on January 17, 2025. Parties traded 51 contract(s) at a $200.00 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 $121.8K, with a price of $2390.0 per contract. There were 475 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 51 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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