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 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 NVDA NVDA, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 3 day(s) on June 21, 2024. This event was a transfer of 118 contract(s) at a $135.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 16 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $28.2K, with a price of $237.0 per contract. There were 90770 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 227569 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AMD AMD, we observe a put option trade with neutral sentiment. It expires in 3 day(s) on June 21, 2024. Parties traded 1000 contract(s) at a $150.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $71.0K, with a price of $71.0 per contract. There were 20851 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 24364 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding DELL DELL, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 31 day(s) on July 19, 2024. Parties traded 50 contract(s) at a $160.00 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 $31.5K, with a price of $630.0 per contract. There were 10488 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 9846 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For TSM TSM, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 59 day(s) on August 16, 2024. This event was a transfer of 259 contract(s) at a $160.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 9 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $116.6K, with a price of $450.0 per contract. There were 3161 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 4181 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For SMCI SMCI, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 3 day(s) on June 21, 2024. This event was a transfer of 23 contract(s) at a $925.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $63.7K, with a price of $2771.0 per contract. There were 579 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3473 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AVGO AVGO, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 3 day(s) on June 21, 2024. This event was a transfer of 10 contract(s) at a $1820.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $36.3K, with a price of $3633.0 per contract. There were 331 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2320 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MSFT MSFT, we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 3 day(s) on June 21, 2024. Parties traded 5 contract(s) at a $380.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $34.0K, with a price of $6810.0 per contract. There were 4412 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2263 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For QCOM QCOM, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 3 day(s) on June 21, 2024. This event was a transfer of 219 contract(s) at a $227.50 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 13 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $42.4K, with a price of $193.0 per contract. There were 96 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1609 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AAPL AAPL, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 150 day(s) on November 15, 2024. This event was a transfer of 100 contract(s) at a $225.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 9 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $98.4K, with a price of $984.0 per contract. There were 5891 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1512 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding HPE HPE, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 3 day(s) on June 21, 2024. Parties traded 118 contract(s) at a $19.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 97 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $37.7K, with a price of $320.0 per contract. There were 2563 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 923 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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