10 Information Technology 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 bullet-by-bullet explanations have been constructed using the accompanying table.

• For NVDA NVDA, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, is expiring today. Parties traded 184 contract(s) at a $480.00 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 $26.1K, with a price of $142.0 per contract. There were 2007 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 21947 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AMD AMD, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 70 day(s) on January 19, 2024. This event was a transfer of 50 contract(s) at a $120.00 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 $42.1K, with a price of $841.0 per contract. There were 27078 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 10857 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For U U, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, is expiring today. Parties traded 500 contract(s) at a $26.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 26 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $33.0K, with a price of $67.0 per contract. There were 2316 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2528 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For VNET VNET, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 126 day(s) on March 15, 2024. This event was a transfer of 1500 contract(s) at a $2.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 34 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $52.5K, with a price of $35.0 per contract. There were 70273 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1500 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MSFT MSFT, we notice a call option trade that happens to be neutral, expiring in 35 day(s) on December 15, 2023. This event was a transfer of 40 contract(s) at a $375.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $26.0K, with a price of $650.0 per contract. There were 7858 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1177 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For INTC INTC, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 161 day(s) on April 19, 2024. This event was a transfer of 178 contract(s) at a $35.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 7 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $28.8K, with a price of $162.0 per contract. There were 4604 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1056 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For PANW PANW, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 7 day(s) on November 17, 2023. This event was a transfer of 23 contract(s) at a $250.00 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 $27.4K, with a price of $1195.0 per contract. There were 3902 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 709 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding DDOG DDOG, we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 434 day(s) on January 17, 2025. Parties traded 17 contract(s) at a $120.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $28.8K, with a price of $1695.0 per contract. There were 802 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 495 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MARA MARA, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 70 day(s) on January 19, 2024. Parties traded 310 contract(s) at a $10.00 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 $47.9K, with a price of $155.0 per contract. There were 34969 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 467 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AAPL AAPL, we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 126 day(s) on March 15, 2024. Parties traded 33 contract(s) at a $190.00 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 $33.3K, with a price of $1010.0 per contract. There were 19078 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 463 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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