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.

• Regarding MSFT MSFT, we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 4 day(s) on December 29, 2023. Parties traded 450 contract(s) at a $375.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $146.2K, with a price of $325.0 per contract. There were 8610 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 31963 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MARA MARA, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 3 day(s) on December 22, 2023. This event was a transfer of 413 contract(s) at a $25.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 32 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $71.4K, with a price of $173.0 per contract. There were 10437 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 28356 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For NVDA NVDA, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be neutral, expiring in 4 day(s) on December 29, 2023. This event was a transfer of 45 contract(s) at a $490.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 4 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $29.6K, with a price of $655.0 per contract. There were 5755 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 18368 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AAPL AAPL, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 4 day(s) on December 29, 2023. This event was a transfer of 239 contract(s) at a $195.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 16 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $53.5K, with a price of $224.0 per contract. There were 13873 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 16371 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AMD AMD, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be neutral, expiring in 4 day(s) on December 29, 2023. This event was a transfer of 175 contract(s) at a $140.00 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 $36.8K, with a price of $211.0 per contract. There were 11083 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 14478 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding SNPS SNPS, we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 25 day(s) on January 19, 2024. Parties traded 19 contract(s) at a $530.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 10 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $35.4K, with a price of $1883.0 per contract. There were 475 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2341 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding IREN IREN, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 235 day(s) on August 16, 2024. Parties traded 170 contract(s) at a $10.00 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 $37.6K, with a price of $230.0 per contract. There were 305 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2235 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For ANSS ANSS, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 25 day(s) on January 19, 2024. This event was a transfer of 50 contract(s) at a $310.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 6 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $255.0K, with a price of $5100.0 per contract. There were 2241 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1314 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MU MU, we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 53 day(s) on February 16, 2024. Parties traded 499 contract(s) at a $87.50 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $192.1K, with a price of $385.0 per contract. There were 3174 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1015 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding SMCI SMCI, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 4 day(s) on December 29, 2023. Parties traded 50 contract(s) at a $287.50 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 $47.5K, with a price of $950.0 per contract. There were 116 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 781 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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