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.

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 7 day(s) on August 2, 2024. Parties traded 122 contract(s) at a $115.00 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 $36.1K, with a price of $296.0 per contract. There were 16712 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 44632 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For SNOW SNOW, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 210 day(s) on February 21, 2025. This event was a transfer of 65 contract(s) at a $175.00 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 $49.4K, with a price of $760.0 per contract. There were 26 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2381 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For IREN IREN, we notice a put option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 7 day(s) on August 2, 2024. This event was a transfer of 250 contract(s) at a $11.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $38.7K, with a price of $155.0 per contract. There were 1760 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1431 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MARA MARA, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 14 day(s) on August 9, 2024. This event was a transfer of 104 contract(s) at a $22.50 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 11 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $25.3K, with a price of $244.0 per contract. There were 3271 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1407 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MU MU, we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 329 day(s) on June 20, 2025. Parties traded 249 contract(s) at a $100.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 22 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $282.6K, with a price of $1135.0 per contract. There were 5937 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 479 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For PATH PATH, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 175 day(s) on January 17, 2025. This event was a transfer of 376 contract(s) at a $16.00 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 $37.9K, with a price of $101.0 per contract. There were 4732 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 438 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For CRWD CRWD, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be neutral, is expiring today. Parties traded 33 contract(s) at a $280.00 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 $75.4K, with a price of $2287.0 per contract. There were 1305 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 438 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding ANET ANET, we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 7 day(s) on August 2, 2024. Parties traded 300 contract(s) at a $270.00 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 $29.6K, with a price of $98.0 per contract. There were 74 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 395 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For ADBE ADBE, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 21 day(s) on August 16, 2024. This event was a transfer of 28 contract(s) at a $550.00 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 $31.0K, with a price of $1110.0 per contract. There were 870 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 244 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For NOW NOW, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 56 day(s) on September 20, 2024. This event was a transfer of 200 contract(s) at a $680.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $3.3 million, with a price of $16600.0 per contract. There were 487 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 200 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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