10 Consumer Discretionary 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.

• Regarding TSLA TSLA, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 4 day(s) on December 27, 2024. Parties traded 30 contract(s) at a $430.00 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 $33.4K, with a price of $1115.0 per contract. There were 6960 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 44923 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For PENN PENN, we notice a put option trade that happens to be neutral, expiring in 4 day(s) on December 27, 2024. This event was a transfer of 4982 contract(s) at a $18.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $114.5K, with a price of $23.0 per contract. There were 7265 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 5068 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For CPRI CPRI, we notice a put option trade that happens to be neutral, expiring in 25 day(s) on January 17, 2025. This event was a transfer of 1600 contract(s) at a $30.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $1.4 million, with a price of $880.0 per contract. There were 36834 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1602 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For NIO NIO, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 389 day(s) on January 16, 2026. This event was a transfer of 1000 contract(s) at a $20.00 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 $35.1K, with a price of $35.0 per contract. There were 102646 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1577 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MLCO MLCO, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 389 day(s) on January 16, 2026. This event was a transfer of 1647 contract(s) at a $5.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 52 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $115.2K, with a price of $70.0 per contract. There were 168 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1324 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding GME GME, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 25 day(s) on January 17, 2025. Parties traded 50 contract(s) at a $25.00 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 $633.0 per contract. There were 25279 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1000 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding JD JD, we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 60 day(s) on February 21, 2025. Parties traded 625 contract(s) at a $36.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $168.1K, with a price of $269.0 per contract. There were 3187 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 628 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MBLY MBLY, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 389 day(s) on January 16, 2026. This event was a transfer of 174 contract(s) at a $13.00 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 $40.8K, with a price of $235.0 per contract. There were 1530 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 415 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding LEA LEA, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 179 day(s) on June 20, 2025. Parties traded 77 contract(s) at a $105.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 35 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $39.2K, with a price of $510.0 per contract. There were 64 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 182 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding PDD PDD, we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 179 day(s) on June 20, 2025. Parties traded 41 contract(s) at a $115.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $37.3K, with a price of $910.0 per contract. There were 2285 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 102 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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