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 often look for circumstances when the market estimation of an option diverges away from its normal worth. Abnormal amounts of trading activity could push option prices to hyperbolic or underperforming 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.

• Regarding NVDA NVDA, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 4 day(s) on October 13, 2023. Parties traded 100 contract(s) at a $450.00 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 $79.5K, with a price of $795.0 per contract. There were 7103 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 28177 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AAPL AAPL, we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 11 day(s) on October 20, 2023. Parties traded 300 contract(s) at a $177.50 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 17 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $73.2K, with a price of $244.0 per contract. There were 9628 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 4940 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding SNOW SNOW, we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 4 day(s) on October 13, 2023. Parties traded 200 contract(s) at a $160.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 16 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $47.8K, with a price of $239.0 per contract. There were 1383 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 4874 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding CRWD CRWD, we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 158 day(s) on March 15, 2024. Parties traded 29 contract(s) at a $195.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $50.4K, with a price of $1740.0 per contract. There were 643 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3406 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For ARM ARM, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 39 day(s) on November 17, 2023. This event was a transfer of 200 contract(s) at a $60.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $31.4K, with a price of $157.0 per contract. There were 1157 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1063 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MSFT MSFT, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 67 day(s) on December 15, 2023. This event was a transfer of 50 contract(s) at a $325.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 16 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $93.4K, with a price of $1870.0 per contract. There were 4154 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 937 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding CSCO CSCO, we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 158 day(s) on March 15, 2024. Parties traded 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 $54.4K, with a price of $68.0 per contract. There were 5 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 800 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For ZM ZM, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 39 day(s) on November 17, 2023. This event was a transfer of 509 contract(s) at a $55.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 36 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $26.9K, with a price of $53.0 per contract. There were 2749 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 521 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For ORCL ORCL, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 67 day(s) on December 15, 2023. This event was a transfer of 451 contract(s) at a $100.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 17 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $90.6K, with a price of $201.0 per contract. There were 4044 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 401 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding INFY INFY, we observe a put option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 466 day(s) on January 17, 2025. Parties traded 300 contract(s) at a $17.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $45.0K, with a price of $150.0 per contract. There were 40 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 300 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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