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 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 bullet-by-bullet explanations have been constructed using the accompanying table.

• For NVDA NVDA, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 3 day(s) on September 27, 2024. This event was a transfer of 206 contract(s) at a $120.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 36 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $61.8K, with a price of $300.0 per contract. There were 117424 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 228149 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AAPL AAPL, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 3 day(s) on September 27, 2024. This event was a transfer of 400 contract(s) at a $227.50 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 $75.6K, with a price of $189.0 per contract. There were 12774 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 26097 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding CSCO CSCO, we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 24 day(s) on October 18, 2024. Parties traded 7000 contract(s) at a $54.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $154.0K, with a price of $22.0 per contract. There were 80 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 8636 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For WULF WULF, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 24 day(s) on October 18, 2024. This event was a transfer of 588 contract(s) at a $5.50 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 $29.3K, with a price of $50.0 per contract. There were 2613 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 7229 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For INTC INTC, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 24 day(s) on October 18, 2024. This event was a transfer of 301 contract(s) at a $23.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 8 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $38.5K, with a price of $128.0 per contract. There were 45768 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 6733 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For ORCL ORCL, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 24 day(s) on October 18, 2024. This event was a transfer of 2000 contract(s) at a $180.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 51 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $54.0K, with a price of $27.0 per contract. There were 5889 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 5272 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MSTR MSTR, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 10 day(s) on October 4, 2024. This event was a transfer of 572 contract(s) at a $150.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 25 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $445.8K, with a price of $780.0 per contract. There were 1552 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3725 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding TSM TSM, we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 87 day(s) on December 20, 2024. Parties traded 26 contract(s) at a $180.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $39.0K, with a price of $1500.0 per contract. There were 2601 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3586 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For U U, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 52 day(s) on November 15, 2024. This event was a transfer of 747 contract(s) at a $17.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 20 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $41.9K, with a price of $56.0 per contract. There were 5481 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3514 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MSFT MSFT, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 52 day(s) on November 15, 2024. This event was a transfer of 29 contract(s) at a $425.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 12 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $35.9K, with a price of $1240.0 per contract. There were 2716 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1721 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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