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 itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• Regarding NVDA NVDA, we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 1 day(s) on February 2, 2024. Parties traded 36 contract(s) at a $620.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $28.7K, with a price of $798.0 per contract. There were 7563 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 32235 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding SMCI SMCI, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 1 day(s) on February 2, 2024. Parties traded 150 contract(s) at a $600.00 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 $36.0K, with a price of $240.0 per contract. There were 7788 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 14308 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding INTC INTC, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 22 day(s) on February 23, 2024. Parties traded 414 contract(s) at a $45.00 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 $30.6K, with a price of $74.0 per contract. There were 2576 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2766 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding CSCO CSCO, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 78 day(s) on April 19, 2024. Parties traded 678 contract(s) at a $52.50 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 30 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $69.1K, with a price of $102.0 per contract. There were 8902 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1934 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For WOLF WOLF, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 141 day(s) on June 21, 2024. This event was a transfer of 494 contract(s) at a $40.00 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 $121.0K, with a price of $245.0 per contract. There were 1634 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1007 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MARA MARA, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 78 day(s) on April 19, 2024. This event was a transfer of 170 contract(s) at a $30.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 6 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $27.0K, with a price of $159.0 per contract. There were 8442 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 617 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MSFT MSFT, we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 78 day(s) on April 19, 2024. Parties traded 19 contract(s) at a $405.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $31.0K, with a price of $1633.0 per contract. There were 2336 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 463 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding STX STX, we observe a put option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 8 day(s) on February 9, 2024. Parties traded 430 contract(s) at a $85.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $36.5K, with a price of $85.0 per contract. There were 821 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 430 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AMD AMD, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 43 day(s) on March 15, 2024. This event was a transfer of 45 contract(s) at a $165.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 8 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $33.5K, with a price of $745.0 per contract. There were 5104 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 383 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding ENTG ENTG, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 15 day(s) on February 16, 2024. Parties traded 89 contract(s) at a $120.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 22 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $35.6K, with a price of $400.0 per contract. There were 128 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 189 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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