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.

Here's the list of options activity happening in today's session:

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• For AMD AMD, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 4 day(s) on January 26, 2024. This event was a transfer of 100 contract(s) at a $170.00 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 $30.0K, with a price of $300.0 per contract. There were 23191 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 77214 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding NVDA NVDA, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 4 day(s) on January 26, 2024. Parties traded 51 contract(s) at a $600.00 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 $51.0K, with a price of $1000.0 per contract. There were 19639 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 67003 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AAPL AAPL, we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 4 day(s) on January 26, 2024. Parties traded 620 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 $72.5K, with a price of $117.0 per contract. There were 3548 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 38667 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding WDC WDC, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 88 day(s) on April 19, 2024. Parties traded 70 contract(s) at a $57.50 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 $32.5K, with a price of $465.0 per contract. There were 772 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 24133 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MSFT MSFT, we notice a put option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 4 day(s) on January 26, 2024. This event was a transfer of 142 contract(s) at a $395.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $36.7K, with a price of $259.0 per contract. There were 2004 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 9756 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding ARM ARM, we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 4 day(s) on January 26, 2024. Parties traded 400 contract(s) at a $80.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $53.2K, with a price of $133.0 per contract. There were 1537 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3131 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding SMCI SMCI, we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 4 day(s) on January 26, 2024. Parties traded 50 contract(s) at a $470.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $40.0K, with a price of $800.0 per contract. There were 758 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3036 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding TSM TSM, we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 88 day(s) on April 19, 2024. Parties traded 50 contract(s) at a $115.00 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 $31.0K, with a price of $620.0 per contract. There were 520 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2588 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding INTC INTC, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 4 day(s) on January 26, 2024. Parties traded 400 contract(s) at a $49.50 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 $47.2K, with a price of $118.0 per contract. There were 1687 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2543 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MARA MARA, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 88 day(s) on April 19, 2024. Parties traded 100 contract(s) at a $20.00 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 $26.1K, with a price of $261.0 per contract. There were 7118 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1759 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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