10 Financials 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.

Here's the list of options activity happening in today's session:

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• For PYPL PYPL, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be neutral, expiring in 52 day(s) on January 19, 2024. This event was a transfer of 211 contract(s) at a $55.00 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 $27.7K, with a price of $132.0 per contract. There were 23817 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 12714 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For COIN COIN, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 3 day(s) on December 1, 2023. This event was a transfer of 499 contract(s) at a $130.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $174.6K, with a price of $350.0 per contract. There were 3948 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 12594 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For SQ SQ, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 17 day(s) on December 15, 2023. This event was a transfer of 2103 contract(s) at a $60.00 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 $940.4K, with a price of $448.0 per contract. There were 15559 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 8091 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For UPST UPST, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 3 day(s) on December 1, 2023. This event was a transfer of 300 contract(s) at a $25.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 23 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $31.1K, with a price of $96.0 per contract. There were 3298 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 5887 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding HOOD HOOD, we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 206 day(s) on June 21, 2024. Parties traded 250 contract(s) at a $9.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $29.7K, with a price of $119.0 per contract. There were 2038 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 4808 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding JPM JPM, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 108 day(s) on March 15, 2024. Parties traded 100 contract(s) at a $155.00 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 $61.5K, with a price of $615.0 per contract. There were 2673 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1011 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding NLY NLY, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 416 day(s) on January 17, 2025. Parties traded 350 contract(s) at a $18.00 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 $40.9K, with a price of $117.0 per contract. There were 3260 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 350 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MET MET, we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 108 day(s) on March 15, 2024. Parties traded 314 contract(s) at a $55.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 11 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $25.1K, with a price of $80.0 per contract. There were 534 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 314 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding UNM UNM, we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 108 day(s) on March 15, 2024. Parties traded 250 contract(s) at a $40.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 9 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $27.5K, with a price of $110.0 per contract. There were 196 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 250 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For TFC TFC, we notice a put option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 52 day(s) on January 19, 2024. This event was a transfer of 102 contract(s) at a $52.50 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $213.4K, with a price of $2093.0 per contract. There were 0 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 102 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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