10 Consumer Discretionary 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.

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

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• For TSLA TSLA, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 2 day(s) on January 19, 2024. This event was a transfer of 517 contract(s) at a $215.00 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 $154.9K, with a price of $300.0 per contract. There were 6010 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 78384 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For TSCO TSCO, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 2 day(s) on January 19, 2024. This event was a transfer of 551 contract(s) at a $230.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 39 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $54.8K, with a price of $100.0 per contract. There were 391 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3524 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For WW WW, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 30 day(s) on February 16, 2024. This event was a transfer of 3089 contract(s) at a $5.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 52 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $123.5K, with a price of $40.0 per contract. There were 6023 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3344 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For VFC VFC, we notice a put option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 156 day(s) on June 21, 2024. This event was a transfer of 151 contract(s) at a $15.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $30.6K, with a price of $203.0 per contract. There were 2383 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1428 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AMZN AMZN, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 9 day(s) on January 26, 2024. This event was a transfer of 1303 contract(s) at a $130.00 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 $2.7 million, with a price of $2145.0 per contract. There were 1181 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1310 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For JD JD, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 156 day(s) on June 21, 2024. This event was a transfer of 736 contract(s) at a $32.50 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 24 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $36.8K, with a price of $50.0 per contract. There were 8961 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 744 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For ETSY ETSY, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 30 day(s) on February 16, 2024. This event was a transfer of 134 contract(s) at a $70.00 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 $31.6K, with a price of $236.0 per contract. There were 893 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 554 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For HD HD, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 9 day(s) on January 26, 2024. This event was a transfer of 217 contract(s) at a $362.50 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 21 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $38.4K, with a price of $177.0 per contract. There were 117 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 501 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding ROST ROST, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 366 day(s) on January 17, 2025. Parties traded 103 contract(s) at a $170.00 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 $43.1K, with a price of $417.0 per contract. There were 79 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 301 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding LEA LEA, we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 30 day(s) on February 16, 2024. Parties traded 266 contract(s) at a $130.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 48 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $101.0K, with a price of $380.0 per contract. There were 14 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 267 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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