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 NVDA NVDA, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 7 day(s) on July 29, 2022. This event was a transfer of 200 contract(s) at a $180.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $46.3K, with a price of $232.0 per contract. There were 6325 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 12856 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AAPL AAPL, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, is expiring today. Parties traded 254 contract(s) at a $152.50 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 $35.5K, with a price of $140.0 per contract. There were 16314 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 12574 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AFRM AFRM, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 182 day(s) on January 20, 2023. This event was a transfer of 110 contract(s) at a $25.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 5 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $76.4K, with a price of $693.0 per contract. There were 2013 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3965 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MSFT MSFT, we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 7 day(s) on July 29, 2022. Parties traded 40 contract(s) at a $260.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $25.4K, with a price of $635.0 per contract. There were 4070 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1316 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AMD AMD, we observe a put option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 91 day(s) on October 21, 2022. Parties traded 1000 contract(s) at a $85.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $750.0K, with a price of $750.0 per contract. There were 4434 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1202 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For FOUR FOUR, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 28 day(s) on August 19, 2022. This event was a transfer of 429 contract(s) at a $25.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 27 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $25.7K, with a price of $60.0 per contract. There were 402 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 765 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For U U, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, is expiring today. Parties traded 250 contract(s) at a $40.00 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 $92.6K, with a price of $370.0 per contract. There were 1030 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 528 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For WDAY WDAY, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 28 day(s) on August 19, 2022. This event was a transfer of 49 contract(s) at a $148.00 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 $30.8K, with a price of $630.0 per contract. There were 89 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 269 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For GTLB GTLB, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 56 day(s) on September 16, 2022. This event was a transfer of 250 contract(s) at a $65.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $117.5K, with a price of $470.0 per contract. There were 63 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 252 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding IBM IBM, we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 14 day(s) on August 5, 2022. Parties traded 144 contract(s) at a $128.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $28.5K, with a price of $198.0 per contract. There were 242 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 212 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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