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.

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

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• Regarding AMD AMD, we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 4 day(s) on March 15, 2024. Parties traded 100 contract(s) at a $195.00 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 $31.4K, with a price of $314.0 per contract. There were 7180 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 26990 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For NVDA NVDA, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 4 day(s) on March 15, 2024. This event was a transfer of 96 contract(s) at a $950.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 13 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $55.1K, with a price of $575.0 per contract. There were 11508 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 22234 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 March 15, 2024. Parties traded 8 contract(s) at a $1100.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $45.6K, with a price of $5700.0 per contract. There were 1509 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3976 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding TSM TSM, we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 39 day(s) on April 19, 2024. Parties traded 22 contract(s) at a $135.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $25.4K, with a price of $1157.0 per contract. There were 7857 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2198 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding NOW NOW, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 4 day(s) on March 15, 2024. Parties traded 60 contract(s) at a $780.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 12 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $41.4K, with a price of $690.0 per contract. There were 457 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1418 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding ZM ZM, we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 11 day(s) on March 22, 2024. Parties traded 1255 contract(s) at a $65.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 32 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $27.6K, with a price of $22.0 per contract. There were 219 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1279 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding TEAM TEAM, we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 67 day(s) on May 17, 2024. Parties traded 158 contract(s) at a $160.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 6 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $38.7K, with a price of $245.0 per contract. There were 8 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1224 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding ARM ARM, we observe a put option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 221 day(s) on October 18, 2024. Parties traded 1000 contract(s) at a $90.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $1.0 million, with a price of $1041.0 per contract. There were 79 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1004 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For SNOW SNOW, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 102 day(s) on June 21, 2024. This event was a transfer of 50 contract(s) at a $185.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $49.0K, with a price of $980.0 per contract. There were 868 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 987 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MARA MARA, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 11 day(s) on March 22, 2024. Parties traded 300 contract(s) at a $23.00 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 $64.4K, with a price of $214.0 per contract. There were 1659 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 827 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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