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 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.

• For AMD (NASDAQ:AMD), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 1 day(s) on May 5, 2023. This event was a transfer of 84 contract(s) at a $85.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 12 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $30.6K, with a price of $370.0 per contract. There were 12864 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 41653 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding NVDA (NASDAQ:NVDA), we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 1 day(s) on May 5, 2023. Parties traded 501 contract(s) at a $280.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 16 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $44.1K, with a price of $88.0 per contract. There were 8847 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 35130 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MSFT (NASDAQ:MSFT), we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 8 day(s) on May 12, 2023. Parties traded 109 contract(s) at a $305.00 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 $66.4K, with a price of $610.0 per contract. There were 3430 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3647 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For FIVN (NASDAQ:FIVN), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 43 day(s) on June 16, 2023. This event was a transfer of 85 contract(s) at a $65.00 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 $91.8K, with a price of $1080.0 per contract. There were 72 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1655 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AAPL (NASDAQ:AAPL), we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 29 day(s) on June 2, 2023. Parties traded 70 contract(s) at a $170.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $28.7K, with a price of $410.0 per contract. There were 2718 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 684 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding TXN (NASDAQ:TXN), we observe a put option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 43 day(s) on June 16, 2023. Parties traded 90 contract(s) at a $160.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $43.2K, with a price of $480.0 per contract. There were 4254 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 540 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For QCOM (NASDAQ:QCOM), we notice a put option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 8 day(s) on May 12, 2023. This event was a transfer of 133 contract(s) at a $107.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $27.2K, with a price of $205.0 per contract. There were 118 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 411 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For IBM (NYSE:IBM), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be neutral, expiring in 15 day(s) on May 19, 2023. This event was a transfer of 81 contract(s) at a $125.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 9 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $34.4K, with a price of $425.0 per contract. There were 4642 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 395 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For INTC (NASDAQ:INTC), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 78 day(s) on July 21, 2023. This event was a transfer of 200 contract(s) at a $28.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $91.9K, with a price of $460.0 per contract. There were 34133 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 204 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding SPT (NASDAQ:SPT), we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 15 day(s) on May 19, 2023. Parties traded 20 contract(s) at a $50.00 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 $25.2K, with a price of $1260.0 per contract. There were 1040 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 172 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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