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 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.

Below are some instances of options activity happening in the Information Technology sector:

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, expiring in 4 day(s) on August 25, 2023. This event was a transfer of 126 contract(s) at a $175.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 8 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $25.1K, with a price of $200.0 per contract. There were 11942 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 42969 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AMD AMD, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 4 day(s) on August 25, 2023. This event was a transfer of 500 contract(s) at a $110.00 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 $82.5K, with a price of $165.0 per contract. There were 10293 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 18606 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding NVDA NVDA, we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 4 day(s) on August 25, 2023. Parties traded 15 contract(s) at a $480.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $26.4K, with a price of $1762.0 per contract. There were 10951 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 11243 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MU MU, we notice a put option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 25 day(s) on September 15, 2023. This event was a transfer of 50 contract(s) at a $80.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $81.6K, with a price of $1632.0 per contract. There were 8008 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 6189 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AAOI AAOI, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 116 day(s) on December 15, 2023. This event was a transfer of 58 contract(s) at a $5.00 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 $60.3K, with a price of $1040.0 per contract. There were 932 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 4001 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding PANW PANW, we observe a put option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 4 day(s) on August 25, 2023. Parties traded 39 contract(s) at a $245.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $25.8K, with a price of $662.0 per contract. There were 341 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1784 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MRVL MRVL, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 4 day(s) on August 25, 2023. This event was a transfer of 100 contract(s) at a $60.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 10 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $29.4K, with a price of $294.0 per contract. There were 2887 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1189 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MSFT MSFT, we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 88 day(s) on November 17, 2023. Parties traded 50 contract(s) at a $320.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $101.7K, with a price of $2035.0 per contract. There were 7388 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1126 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding ENPH ENPH, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 25 day(s) on September 15, 2023. Parties traded 341 contract(s) at a $150.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 22 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $34.4K, with a price of $101.0 per contract. There were 1564 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1060 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For INTC INTC, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 305 day(s) on June 21, 2024. This event was a transfer of 100 contract(s) at a $37.00 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 $29.7K, with a price of $297.0 per contract. There were 4114 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 928 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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