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.

• Regarding AMD AMD, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 3 day(s) on January 19, 2024. Parties traded 200 contract(s) at a $160.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 14 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $37.0K, with a price of $185.0 per contract. There were 14102 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 79025 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding NVDA NVDA, we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 31 day(s) on February 16, 2024. Parties traded 60 contract(s) at a $600.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $62.2K, with a price of $1038.0 per contract. There were 9629 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 9994 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding JNPR JNPR, we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 94 day(s) on April 19, 2024. Parties traded 2092 contract(s) at a $40.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $29.2K, with a price of $14.0 per contract. There were 6707 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3292 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For RIOT RIOT, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 3 day(s) on January 19, 2024. This event was a transfer of 210 contract(s) at a $15.00 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 $75.5K, with a price of $359.0 per contract. There were 10285 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1061 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AAPL AAPL, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 59 day(s) on March 15, 2024. Parties traded 35 contract(s) at a $180.00 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 $29.9K, with a price of $855.0 per contract. There were 15654 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1000 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding INTC INTC, we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 157 day(s) on June 21, 2024. Parties traded 84 contract(s) at a $45.00 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 $28.1K, with a price of $335.0 per contract. There were 28659 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 982 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For SMCI SMCI, we notice a put option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 10 day(s) on January 26, 2024. This event was a transfer of 20 contract(s) at a $345.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $39.4K, with a price of $1971.0 per contract. There were 73 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 356 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For WDAY WDAY, we notice a put option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 31 day(s) on February 16, 2024. This event was a transfer of 200 contract(s) at a $280.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $161.0K, with a price of $805.0 per contract. There were 191 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 230 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding FSLR FSLR, we observe a put option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 367 day(s) on January 17, 2025. Parties traded 24 contract(s) at a $145.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $52.8K, with a price of $2200.0 per contract. There were 4552 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 215 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding CRM CRM, we observe a put option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 59 day(s) on March 15, 2024. Parties traded 44 contract(s) at a $270.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $49.0K, with a price of $1115.0 per contract. There were 431 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 200 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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