10 Financials 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.

Here's the list of options activity happening in today's session:

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• For PACW PACW, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 8 day(s) on May 12, 2023. This event was a transfer of 1333 contract(s) at a $1.50 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 $66.6K, with a price of $50.0 per contract. There were 717 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 8893 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For HBAN HBAN, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be neutral, expiring in 15 day(s) on May 19, 2023. This event was a transfer of 499 contract(s) at a $9.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 8 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $37.4K, with a price of $75.0 per contract. There were 4317 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3076 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding WAL WAL, we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 15 day(s) on May 19, 2023. Parties traded 84 contract(s) at a $15.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 14 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $26.0K, with a price of $310.0 per contract. There were 2085 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2392 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MCB MCB, we observe a put option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 15 day(s) on May 19, 2023. Parties traded 50 contract(s) at a $25.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $40.0K, with a price of $800.0 per contract. There were 4215 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 665 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For PNC PNC, we notice a put option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 43 day(s) on June 16, 2023. This event was a transfer of 51 contract(s) at a $120.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $50.4K, with a price of $990.0 per contract. There were 1144 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 603 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AIG AIG, we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 1 day(s) on May 5, 2023. Parties traded 260 contract(s) at a $49.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $40.3K, with a price of $155.0 per contract. There were 2 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 268 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding TFC TFC, we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 15 day(s) on May 19, 2023. Parties traded 150 contract(s) at a $26.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $32.2K, with a price of $215.0 per contract. There were 0 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 182 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding BOH BOH, we observe a put option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 78 day(s) on July 21, 2023. Parties traded 57 contract(s) at a $45.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $53.5K, with a price of $940.0 per contract. There were 1154 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 68 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AXP AXP, we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 624 day(s) on January 17, 2025. Parties traded 24 contract(s) at a $145.00 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 $44.0K, with a price of $1835.0 per contract. There were 182 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 51 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding UPST UPST, we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 1 day(s) on May 5, 2023. Parties traded 100 contract(s) at a $15.00 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 $25.8K, with a price of $258.0 per contract. There were 2428 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 46 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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