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 bullet-by-bullet explanations have been constructed using the accompanying table.

• For NVDA NVDA, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, is expiring today. Parties traded 400 contract(s) at a $435.00 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 $50.6K, with a price of $127.0 per contract. There were 2348 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 65422 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MSFT MSFT, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be neutral, expiring in 7 day(s) on October 6, 2023. This event was a transfer of 144 contract(s) at a $320.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 36 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $31.1K, with a price of $216.0 per contract. There were 2857 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 8761 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AMD AMD, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 49 day(s) on November 17, 2023. Parties traded 30 contract(s) at a $100.00 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 $27.6K, with a price of $921.0 per contract. There were 8951 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 4897 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding ORCL ORCL, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 7 day(s) on October 6, 2023. Parties traded 200 contract(s) at a $106.00 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 $25.0K, with a price of $125.0 per contract. There were 2087 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3546 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding SNOW SNOW, we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 7 day(s) on October 6, 2023. Parties traded 100 contract(s) at a $157.50 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 12 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $56.9K, with a price of $570.0 per contract. There were 42 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1801 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AAPL AAPL, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 77 day(s) on December 15, 2023. This event was a transfer of 100 contract(s) at a $185.00 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 $28.5K, with a price of $285.0 per contract. There were 12088 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 474 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For SMCI SMCI, we notice a put option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 7 day(s) on October 6, 2023. This event was a transfer of 125 contract(s) at a $260.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $35.6K, with a price of $285.0 per contract. There were 170 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 377 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding SPT SPT, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 21 day(s) on October 20, 2023. Parties traded 130 contract(s) at a $50.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 13 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $33.8K, with a price of $260.0 per contract. There were 794 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 370 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AVGO AVGO, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 7 day(s) on October 6, 2023. This event was a transfer of 30 contract(s) at a $840.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 6 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $61.5K, with a price of $2061.0 per contract. There were 104 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 254 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding ASML ASML, we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 7 day(s) on October 6, 2023. Parties traded 30 contract(s) at a $595.00 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 $35.8K, with a price of $1191.0 per contract. There were 97 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 147 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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