10 Information Technology Stocks Whale Activity 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 AAPL AAPL, we observe a call option sweep with neutral sentiment. It expires in 4 day(s) on September 15, 2023. Parties traded 152 contract(s) at a $180.00 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 $28.8K, with a price of $190.0 per contract. There were 55225 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 94670 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding NVDA NVDA, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 4 day(s) on September 15, 2023. Parties traded 126 contract(s) at a $460.00 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 $50.6K, with a price of $400.0 per contract. There were 9941 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 39285 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For ORCL ORCL, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 4 day(s) on September 15, 2023. This event was a transfer of 500 contract(s) at a $135.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 14 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $39.5K, with a price of $79.0 per contract. There were 12440 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 5178 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MSFT MSFT, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 39 day(s) on October 20, 2023. This event was a transfer of 90 contract(s) at a $345.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $54.9K, with a price of $611.0 per contract. There were 5583 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1295 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MARA MARA, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 130 day(s) on January 19, 2024. Parties traded 85 contract(s) at a $5.00 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 $46.7K, with a price of $550.0 per contract. There were 3649 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1093 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For PLTR PLTR, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 4 day(s) on September 15, 2023. This event was a transfer of 399 contract(s) at a $17.00 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 $49.4K, with a price of $124.0 per contract. There were 17515 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 960 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AVGO AVGO, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 4 day(s) on September 15, 2023. This event was a transfer of 88 contract(s) at a $850.00 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 $87.0K, with a price of $988.0 per contract. There were 2224 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 837 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AMD AMD, we observe a put option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 494 day(s) on January 17, 2025. Parties traded 16 contract(s) at a $110.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $34.4K, with a price of $2155.0 per contract. There were 5657 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 328 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding QCOM QCOM, we observe a call option trade with neutral sentiment. It expires in 130 day(s) on January 19, 2024. Parties traded 88 contract(s) at a $120.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $43.5K, with a price of $495.0 per contract. There were 5254 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 325 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding CRWD CRWD, we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 95 day(s) on December 15, 2023. Parties traded 100 contract(s) at a $180.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $115.5K, with a price of $1155.0 per contract. There were 1107 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 274 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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