10 Consumer Discretionary 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 TSLA TSLA, we notice a put option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 1 day(s) on August 18, 2023. This event was a transfer of 200 contract(s) at a $225.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $62.2K, with a price of $311.0 per contract. There were 20301 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 50048 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding SBUX SBUX, we observe a put option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 1 day(s) on August 18, 2023. Parties traded 135 contract(s) at a $100.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $28.3K, with a price of $210.0 per contract. There were 10222 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2734 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding NKE NKE, we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 64 day(s) on October 20, 2023. Parties traded 153 contract(s) at a $100.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 32 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $42.0K, with a price of $274.0 per contract. There were 5254 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 473 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For CVNA CVNA, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 183 day(s) on February 16, 2024. This event was a transfer of 100 contract(s) at a $55.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 3 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $62.5K, with a price of $625.0 per contract. There were 104 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 201 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For NIO NIO, we notice a put option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 92 day(s) on November 17, 2023. This event was a transfer of 96 contract(s) at a $14.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $30.3K, with a price of $316.0 per contract. There were 1245 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 115 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding WHR WHR, we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 155 day(s) on January 19, 2024. Parties traded 93 contract(s) at a $115.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 23 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $34.4K, with a price of $370.0 per contract. There were 935 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 93 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding DHI DHI, we observe a put option trade with neutral sentiment. It expires in 155 day(s) on January 19, 2024. Parties traded 25 contract(s) at a $145.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $66.9K, with a price of $2677.0 per contract. There were 77 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 75 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For TJX TJX, we notice a call option trade that happens to be neutral, expiring in 519 day(s) on January 17, 2025. This event was a transfer of 52 contract(s) at a $105.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $28.8K, with a price of $555.0 per contract. There were 1094 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 72 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For BKNG BKNG, we notice a put option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 8 day(s) on August 25, 2023. This event was a transfer of 15 contract(s) at a $3100.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $45.7K, with a price of $3050.0 per contract. There were 34 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 52 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding LOW LOW, we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 519 day(s) on January 17, 2025. Parties traded 27 contract(s) at a $180.00 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 $27.2K, with a price of $1010.0 per contract. There were 500 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 27 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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