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 sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 3 day(s) on April 14, 2023. This event was a transfer of 200 contract(s) at a $280.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 16 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $32.6K, with a price of $163.0 per contract. There were 15782 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 23643 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MRVL MRVL, we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 10 day(s) on April 21, 2023. Parties traded 6000 contract(s) at a $45.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $60.0K, with a price of $10.0 per contract. There were 11081 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 16033 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MSFT MSFT, we observe a put option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 3 day(s) on April 14, 2023. Parties traded 50 contract(s) at a $287.50 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $29.0K, with a price of $580.0 per contract. There were 5249 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3434 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AMD AMD, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 647 day(s) on January 17, 2025. This event was a transfer of 302 contract(s) at a $70.00 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 $273.3K, with a price of $905.0 per contract. There were 13503 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2872 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AAPL AAPL, we notice a put option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 10 day(s) on April 21, 2023. This event was a transfer of 99 contract(s) at a $162.50 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $27.8K, with a price of $281.0 per contract. There were 11578 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2763 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding OKTA OKTA, we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 38 day(s) on May 19, 2023. Parties traded 148 contract(s) at a $75.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 17 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $53.2K, with a price of $360.0 per contract. There were 1250 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1295 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding SIMO SIMO, we observe a put option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 10 day(s) on April 21, 2023. Parties traded 1100 contract(s) at a $60.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $38.5K, with a price of $35.0 per contract. There were 4507 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1105 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MU MU, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 38 day(s) on May 19, 2023. Parties traded 200 contract(s) at a $67.50 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 7 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $31.4K, with a price of $157.0 per contract. There were 1784 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 964 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AMAT AMAT, we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 157 day(s) on September 15, 2023. Parties traded 72 contract(s) at a $125.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 42 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $112.3K, with a price of $1560.0 per contract. There were 643 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 580 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For EBIX EBIX, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 38 day(s) on May 19, 2023. This event was a transfer of 500 contract(s) at a $12.50 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $330.0K, with a price of $660.0 per contract. There were 561 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 500 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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