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 NVDA NVDA, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 2 day(s) on March 28, 2024. Parties traded 52 contract(s) at a $950.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 18 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $67.5K, with a price of $1280.0 per contract. There were 17158 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 40129 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AAPL AAPL, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 2 day(s) on March 28, 2024. Parties traded 250 contract(s) at a $170.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 18 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $41.5K, with a price of $166.0 per contract. There were 8902 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 26943 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For ARM ARM, we notice a call option trade that happens to be neutral, expiring in 661 day(s) on January 16, 2026. This event was a transfer of 1000 contract(s) at a $70.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $7.4 million, with a price of $7458.0 per contract. There were 28536 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 9951 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MU MU, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 2 day(s) on March 28, 2024. This event was a transfer of 392 contract(s) at a $118.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $114.0K, with a price of $291.0 per contract. There were 3476 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 6079 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For RPD RPD, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be neutral, expiring in 52 day(s) on May 17, 2024. This event was a transfer of 227 contract(s) at a $55.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 28 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $40.3K, with a price of $181.0 per contract. There were 507 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2686 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For SMCI SMCI, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 2 day(s) on March 28, 2024. This event was a transfer of 6 contract(s) at a $1100.00 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 $30.6K, with a price of $5110.0 per contract. There were 190 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1868 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AMD AMD, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 17 day(s) on April 12, 2024. Parties traded 50 contract(s) at a $180.00 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 $37.5K, with a price of $750.0 per contract. There were 1288 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1646 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding INTC INTC, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 52 day(s) on May 17, 2024. Parties traded 140 contract(s) at a $42.00 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 $39.3K, with a price of $281.0 per contract. There were 3795 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 479 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding DELL DELL, we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 87 day(s) on June 21, 2024. Parties traded 72 contract(s) at a $110.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $94.3K, with a price of $1310.0 per contract. There were 2437 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 476 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For LRCX LRCX, we notice a call option trade that happens to be neutral, expiring in 52 day(s) on May 17, 2024. This event was a transfer of 4 contract(s) at a $970.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $25.6K, with a price of $6400.0 per contract. There were 93 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 325 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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