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.

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 bearish sentiment. It expires in 2 day(s) on January 10, 2025. Parties traded 973 contract(s) at a $145.00 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 $26.7K, with a price of $27.0 per contract. There were 58940 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 139712 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AAPL AAPL, we notice a put option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 2 day(s) on January 10, 2025. This event was a transfer of 150 contract(s) at a $242.50 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $25.5K, with a price of $170.0 per contract. There were 10047 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 17846 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MSTR MSTR, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 2 day(s) on January 10, 2025. This event was a transfer of 75 contract(s) at a $300.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 5 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $25.2K, with a price of $338.0 per contract. There were 7331 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 8046 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For RGTI RGTI, we notice a put option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 44 day(s) on February 21, 2025. This event was a transfer of 497 contract(s) at a $7.50 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $64.6K, with a price of $130.0 per contract. There were 3017 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3756 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For QBTS QBTS, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 44 day(s) on February 21, 2025. This event was a transfer of 46 contract(s) at a $11.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 6 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $27.1K, with a price of $591.0 per contract. There were 3005 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1577 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding CSCO CSCO, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 37 day(s) on February 14, 2025. Parties traded 683 contract(s) at a $62.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 5 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $48.4K, with a price of $71.0 per contract. There were 66 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1553 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MARA MARA, we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 9 day(s) on January 17, 2025. Parties traded 950 contract(s) at a $17.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 27 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $54.2K, with a price of $57.0 per contract. There were 1722 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1424 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AMD AMD, we observe a put option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 254 day(s) on September 19, 2025. Parties traded 1400 contract(s) at a $100.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $959.0K, with a price of $685.0 per contract. There were 7520 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1403 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For PLTR PLTR, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be neutral, expiring in 163 day(s) on June 20, 2025. This event was a transfer of 70 contract(s) at a $60.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 5 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $52.1K, with a price of $745.0 per contract. There were 4182 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1112 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For APP APP, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 16 day(s) on January 24, 2025. This event was a transfer of 594 contract(s) at a $275.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 38 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $219.7K, with a price of $370.0 per contract. There were 92 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 607 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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