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

• Regarding NVDA NVDA, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 4 day(s) on January 10, 2025. Parties traded 100 contract(s) at a $150.00 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 $42.0K, with a price of $420.0 per contract. There were 70786 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 174633 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For TSM TSM, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 46 day(s) on February 21, 2025. This event was a transfer of 10 contract(s) at a $200.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $25.7K, with a price of $2575.0 per contract. There were 13249 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 9586 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MSFT MSFT, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 4 day(s) on January 10, 2025. This event was a transfer of 75 contract(s) at a $430.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $28.8K, with a price of $385.0 per contract. There were 6150 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 8777 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For LRCX LRCX, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 4 day(s) on January 10, 2025. This event was a transfer of 303 contract(s) at a $79.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 30 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $36.3K, with a price of $120.0 per contract. There were 11 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 7731 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MARA MARA, we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 11 day(s) on January 17, 2025. Parties traded 175 contract(s) at a $20.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $26.2K, with a price of $150.0 per contract. There were 23528 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 6275 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For RGTI RGTI, we notice a put option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 4 day(s) on January 10, 2025. This event was a transfer of 110 contract(s) at a $20.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $25.5K, with a price of $232.0 per contract. There were 655 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 6135 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MU MU, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 46 day(s) on February 21, 2025. This event was a transfer of 100 contract(s) at a $100.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $68.0K, with a price of $680.0 per contract. There were 8228 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 5878 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MSTR MSTR, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 11 day(s) on January 17, 2025. This event was a transfer of 59 contract(s) at a $420.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 17 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $51.3K, with a price of $870.0 per contract. There were 2896 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1948 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For INTC INTC, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 101 day(s) on April 17, 2025. This event was a transfer of 924 contract(s) at a $20.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 7 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $235.7K, with a price of $255.0 per contract. There were 5652 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1116 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding PLTR PLTR, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 165 day(s) on June 20, 2025. Parties traded 48 contract(s) at a $75.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 29 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $68.8K, with a price of $1425.0 per contract. There were 2994 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 592 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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