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 call option sweep that happens to be bullish, is expiring today. Parties traded 1764 contract(s) at a $150.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 42 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $50.8K, with a price of $29.0 per contract. There were 30129 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 112857 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For NVDA NVDA, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 7 day(s) on March 10, 2023. This event was a transfer of 107 contract(s) at a $230.00 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 $42.2K, with a price of $395.0 per contract. There were 3203 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 10288 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MU MU, we notice a put option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 49 day(s) on April 21, 2023. This event was a transfer of 60 contract(s) at a $67.50 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $69.0K, with a price of $1150.0 per contract. There were 798 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 6801 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For PANW PANW, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 49 day(s) on April 21, 2023. This event was a transfer of 60 contract(s) at a $195.00 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 $45.6K, with a price of $760.0 per contract. There were 426 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2182 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For SQ SQ, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 14 day(s) on March 17, 2023. This event was a transfer of 285 contract(s) at a $82.00 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 $71.2K, with a price of $250.0 per contract. There were 905 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1774 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding FSLR FSLR, we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 322 day(s) on January 19, 2024. Parties traded 9 contract(s) at a $200.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $39.9K, with a price of $4435.0 per contract. There were 2994 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1065 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AI AI, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 140 day(s) on July 21, 2023. This event was a transfer of 58 contract(s) at a $30.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $27.8K, with a price of $480.0 per contract. There were 1870 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 954 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MQ MQ, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 77 day(s) on May 19, 2023. This event was a transfer of 1497 contract(s) at a $6.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 30 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $37.4K, with a price of $25.0 per contract. There were 23 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 932 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MSFT MSFT, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 28 day(s) on March 31, 2023. This event was a transfer of 100 contract(s) at a $250.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 11 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $53.5K, with a price of $535.0 per contract. There were 1096 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 724 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding SNOW SNOW, we observe a put option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 49 day(s) on April 21, 2023. Parties traded 67 contract(s) at a $130.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $37.8K, with a price of $565.0 per contract. There were 756 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 657 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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