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 itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• Regarding NVDA NVDA, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 2 day(s) on December 29, 2023. Parties traded 168 contract(s) at a $500.00 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 $38.5K, with a price of $229.0 per contract. There were 26471 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 37528 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MARA MARA, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 2 day(s) on December 29, 2023. This event was a transfer of 745 contract(s) at a $30.00 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 $122.9K, with a price of $165.0 per contract. There were 7114 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 32084 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AAPL AAPL, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 2 day(s) on December 29, 2023. This event was a transfer of 279 contract(s) at a $192.50 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 $25.6K, with a price of $92.0 per contract. There were 21040 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 23228 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For CLSK CLSK, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 23 day(s) on January 19, 2024. This event was a transfer of 800 contract(s) at a $12.50 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 17 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $184.2K, with a price of $230.0 per contract. There were 25192 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 7591 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AMD AMD, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 9 day(s) on January 5, 2024. This event was a transfer of 200 contract(s) at a $146.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $55.6K, with a price of $278.0 per contract. There were 1385 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2683 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For IOT IOT, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 9 day(s) on January 5, 2024. This event was a transfer of 500 contract(s) at a $35.50 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $28.5K, with a price of $57.0 per contract. There were 457 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1426 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For ANSS ANSS, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 23 day(s) on January 19, 2024. This event was a transfer of 182 contract(s) at a $340.00 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 $533.2K, with a price of $2930.0 per contract. There were 59 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 801 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AMAT AMAT, we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 387 day(s) on January 17, 2025. Parties traded 38 contract(s) at a $125.00 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 $26.2K, with a price of $690.0 per contract. There were 2641 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 640 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MSFT MSFT, we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 177 day(s) on June 21, 2024. Parties traded 250 contract(s) at a $440.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $162.5K, with a price of $650.0 per contract. There were 3301 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 255 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MDB MDB, we observe a put option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 9 day(s) on January 5, 2024. Parties traded 200 contract(s) at a $400.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $58.6K, with a price of $293.0 per contract. There were 652 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 213 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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