10 Health Care 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 itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• Regarding TEVA TEVA, we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 354 day(s) on January 16, 2026. Parties traded 163 contract(s) at a $25.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $35.5K, with a price of $218.0 per contract. There were 6058 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2167 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For JNJ JNJ, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 25 day(s) on February 21, 2025. This event was a transfer of 200 contract(s) at a $150.00 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 $66.4K, with a price of $336.0 per contract. There were 7225 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1758 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding CVS CVS, we observe a put option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 25 day(s) on February 21, 2025. Parties traded 200 contract(s) at a $55.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $42.0K, with a price of $210.0 per contract. There were 3069 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1262 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For PFE PFE, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 354 day(s) on January 16, 2026. This event was a transfer of 522 contract(s) at a $27.50 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 14 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $109.6K, with a price of $210.0 per contract. There were 31825 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1191 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For INMB INMB, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 235 day(s) on September 19, 2025. This event was a transfer of 75 contract(s) at a $10.00 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 $25.5K, with a price of $340.0 per contract. There were 2116 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 486 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding ISRG ISRG, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 4 day(s) on January 31, 2025. Parties traded 200 contract(s) at a $590.00 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 $45.0K, with a price of $225.0 per contract. There were 291 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 275 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For VKTX VKTX, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 25 day(s) on February 21, 2025. This event was a transfer of 252 contract(s) at a $30.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 4 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $34.0K, with a price of $135.0 per contract. There were 567 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 261 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For SWTX SWTX, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 25 day(s) on February 21, 2025. This event was a transfer of 50 contract(s) at a $35.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $25.4K, with a price of $510.0 per contract. There were 511 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 220 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For BMY BMY, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 53 day(s) on March 21, 2025. This event was a transfer of 156 contract(s) at a $62.50 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 14 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $44.9K, with a price of $288.0 per contract. There were 137 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 189 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For BAX BAX, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 718 day(s) on January 15, 2027. This event was a transfer of 80 contract(s) at a $35.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $36.8K, with a price of $460.0 per contract. There were 68 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 160 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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