10 Consumer Discretionary 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 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.

Below are some instances of options activity happening in the Consumer Discretionary sector:

Explanation

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

• Regarding TSLA TSLA, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 2 day(s) on November 24, 2023. Parties traded 540 contract(s) at a $235.00 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 $73.4K, with a price of $136.0 per contract. There were 13101 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 114598 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For HD HD, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 422 day(s) on January 17, 2025. This event was a transfer of 146 contract(s) at a $300.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 25 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $559.1K, with a price of $3830.0 per contract. There were 3970 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1192 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding DKS DKS, we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 58 day(s) on January 19, 2024. Parties traded 52 contract(s) at a $120.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $34.0K, with a price of $655.0 per contract. There were 586 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 129 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding HLT HLT, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 58 day(s) on January 19, 2024. Parties traded 111 contract(s) at a $175.00 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 $43.2K, with a price of $390.0 per contract. There were 612 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 125 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding ANF ANF, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 86 day(s) on February 16, 2024. Parties traded 37 contract(s) at a $70.00 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 $25.9K, with a price of $700.0 per contract. There were 775 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 89 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding LULU LULU, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 9 day(s) on December 1, 2023. Parties traded 100 contract(s) at a $430.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 30 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $65.9K, with a price of $660.0 per contract. There were 218 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 79 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For PDD PDD, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 86 day(s) on February 16, 2024. This event was a transfer of 67 contract(s) at a $125.00 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 $55.2K, with a price of $825.0 per contract. There were 594 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 69 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For CPRI CPRI, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 786 day(s) on January 16, 2026. This event was a transfer of 85 contract(s) at a $50.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 5 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $59.5K, with a price of $700.0 per contract. There were 21 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 64 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For NIO NIO, we notice a put option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 86 day(s) on February 16, 2024. This event was a transfer of 2000 contract(s) at a $7.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $124.0K, with a price of $62.0 per contract. There were 23202 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 59 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For LOW LOW, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 149 day(s) on April 19, 2024. This event was a transfer of 29 contract(s) at a $195.00 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 $25.5K, with a price of $880.0 per contract. There were 285 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 58 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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