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.

• For NVDA NVDA, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be neutral, expiring in 7 day(s) on September 15, 2023. This event was a transfer of 45 contract(s) at a $460.00 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 $36.9K, with a price of $822.0 per contract. There were 7509 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 14108 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AAPL AAPL, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 70 day(s) on November 17, 2023. This event was a transfer of 136 contract(s) at a $175.00 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 $65.2K, with a price of $480.0 per contract. There were 26424 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 4926 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MSFT MSFT, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 14 day(s) on September 22, 2023. This event was a transfer of 100 contract(s) at a $340.00 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 $33.1K, with a price of $331.0 per contract. There were 3239 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 4834 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AMD AMD, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, is expiring today. Parties traded 300 contract(s) at a $106.00 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 $26.7K, with a price of $89.0 per contract. There were 2658 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3610 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For IONQ IONQ, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, is expiring today. Parties traded 1289 contract(s) at a $19.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 11 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $38.6K, with a price of $30.0 per contract. There were 982 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3558 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding PANW PANW, we observe a call option trade with neutral sentiment. It expires in 7 day(s) on September 15, 2023. Parties traded 1500 contract(s) at a $230.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $2.7 million, with a price of $1847.0 per contract. There were 6286 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1585 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For CRWD CRWD, we notice a call option trade that happens to be neutral, expiring in 7 day(s) on September 15, 2023. This event was a transfer of 150 contract(s) at a $170.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $33.1K, with a price of $221.0 per contract. There were 2760 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1012 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding INTC INTC, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 133 day(s) on January 19, 2024. Parties traded 200 contract(s) at a $42.50 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 10 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $35.0K, with a price of $175.0 per contract. There were 31391 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 976 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For SMAR SMAR, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 70 day(s) on November 17, 2023. This event was a transfer of 485 contract(s) at a $50.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 22 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $46.1K, with a price of $95.0 per contract. There were 126 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 913 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For TXN TXN, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 42 day(s) on October 20, 2023. This event was a transfer of 300 contract(s) at a $170.00 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 $88.2K, with a price of $294.0 per contract. There were 1388 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 585 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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