10 Information Technology 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 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 sweep that happens to be bullish, is expiring today. Parties traded 142 contract(s) at a $180.00 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 $28.4K, with a price of $200.0 per contract. There were 12651 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 48456 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AAPL AAPL, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 21 day(s) on August 19, 2022. Parties traded 203 contract(s) at a $167.50 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 9 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $33.3K, with a price of $164.0 per contract. There were 5989 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 7688 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For INTC INTC, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 49 day(s) on September 16, 2022. This event was a transfer of 318 contract(s) at a $35.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 35 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $37.8K, with a price of $119.0 per contract. There were 25748 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 4262 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding FSLR FSLR, we observe a call option sweep with neutral sentiment. It expires in 7 day(s) on August 5, 2022. Parties traded 250 contract(s) at a $95.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 43 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $176.2K, with a price of $705.0 per contract. There were 116 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3917 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AMD AMD, we observe a put option trade with neutral sentiment. It expires in 7 day(s) on August 5, 2022. Parties traded 100 contract(s) at a $92.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $29.7K, with a price of $297.0 per contract. There were 367 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2927 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MARA MARA, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 175 day(s) on January 20, 2023. This event was a transfer of 200 contract(s) at a $30.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 11 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $28.4K, with a price of $141.0 per contract. There were 7294 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2593 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MRVL MRVL, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 7 day(s) on August 5, 2022. This event was a transfer of 800 contract(s) at a $58.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 43 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $30.8K, with a price of $40.0 per contract. There were 99 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2269 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AFRM AFRM, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 49 day(s) on September 16, 2022. This event was a transfer of 275 contract(s) at a $17.50 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 22 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $31.3K, with a price of $113.0 per contract. There were 5775 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1046 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AVGO AVGO, we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 84 day(s) on October 21, 2022. Parties traded 1000 contract(s) at a $560.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $1.8 million, with a price of $1890.0 per contract. There were 196 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1001 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MSFT MSFT, we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 112 day(s) on November 18, 2022. Parties traded 18 contract(s) at a $280.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $31.6K, with a price of $1760.0 per contract. There were 2411 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 901 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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