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 itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• For AAPL AAPL, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 2 day(s) on December 15, 2023. This event was a transfer of 405 contract(s) at a $195.00 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 $34.1K, with a price of $84.0 per contract. There were 28918 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 41260 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MSFT MSFT, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 2 day(s) on December 15, 2023. This event was a transfer of 150 contract(s) at a $375.00 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 $38.2K, with a price of $255.0 per contract. There were 15368 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 13777 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AI AI, we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 93 day(s) on March 15, 2024. Parties traded 44 contract(s) at a $30.00 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 $26.6K, with a price of $607.0 per contract. There were 4013 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 5903 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AVGO AVGO, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 2 day(s) on December 15, 2023. Parties traded 25 contract(s) at a $1090.00 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 $37.0K, with a price of $1480.0 per contract. There were 996 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3166 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For TSM TSM, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 93 day(s) on March 15, 2024. This event was a transfer of 113 contract(s) at a $100.00 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 $50.8K, with a price of $450.0 per contract. There were 5395 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2989 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AMD AMD, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 65 day(s) on February 16, 2024. This event was a transfer of 100 contract(s) at a $140.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $91.0K, with a price of $910.0 per contract. There were 17133 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1297 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding CLSK CLSK, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 37 day(s) on January 19, 2024. Parties traded 100 contract(s) at a $7.50 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 $25.4K, with a price of $255.0 per contract. There were 14333 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 591 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MU MU, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 9 day(s) on December 22, 2023. This event was a transfer of 220 contract(s) at a $79.00 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 $49.4K, with a price of $225.0 per contract. There were 553 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 484 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding PANW PANW, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 2 day(s) on December 15, 2023. Parties traded 26 contract(s) at a $300.00 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 $31.2K, with a price of $1200.0 per contract. There were 2969 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 297 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding ORCL ORCL, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 30 day(s) on January 12, 2024. Parties traded 273 contract(s) at a $107.00 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 $25.3K, with a price of $93.0 per contract. There were 252 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 297 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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