10 Information Technology Stocks Whale Activity In Today's Session - Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD)

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:

Symbol	PUT/CALL	Trade Type	Sentiment	Exp. Date	Strike Price	Total Trade Price	Open Interest	Volume
AMD	CALL	SWEEP	BULLISH	02/16/24	$180.00	$27.1K	19.3K	50.3K
NVDA	CALL	TRADE	BEARISH	02/16/24	$740.00	$25.0K	3.9K	39.0K
ARM	CALL	SWEEP	BULLISH	02/16/24	$185.00	$60.0K	1.9K	38.3K
PLTR	PUT	SWEEP	BEARISH	05/17/24	$22.00	$347.3K	3.1K	10.2K
MARA	CALL	TRADE	BULLISH	02/23/24	$25.00	$158.5K	9.4K	8.3K
SMCI	CALL	SWEEP	BULLISH	02/16/24	$850.00	$73.3K	921	4.0K
CLSK	CALL	TRADE	BULLISH	03/15/24	$15.00	$70.0K	7.3K	3.2K
AAPL	CALL	TRADE	NEUTRAL	02/16/24	$180.00	$41.2K	14.5K	2.4K
WULF	CALL	SWEEP	BULLISH	01/17/25	$7.00	$45.0K	6.2K	1.9K
IOT	CALL	TRADE	BULLISH	06/21/24	$50.00	$28.2K	85	1.6K

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 4 day(s) on February 16, 2024. This event was a transfer of 102 contract(s) at a $180.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 9 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $27.1K, with a price of $265.0 per contract. There were 19334 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 50346 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For NVDA (NASDAQ:NVDA), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 4 day(s) on February 16, 2024. This event was a transfer of 18 contract(s) at a $740.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $25.0K, with a price of $1390.0 per contract. There were 3970 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 39065 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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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.

Here's the list of options activity happening in today's session:

Symbol	PUT/CALL	Trade Type	Sentiment	Exp. Date	Strike Price	Total Trade Price	Open Interest	Volume
AMD	CALL	SWEEP	BULLISH	02/16/24	$180.00	$27.1K	19.3K	50.3K
NVDA	CALL	TRADE	BEARISH	02/16/24	$740.00	$25.0K	3.9K	39.0K
ARM	CALL	SWEEP	BULLISH	02/16/24	$185.00	$60.0K	1.9K	38.3K
PLTR	PUT	SWEEP	BEARISH	05/17/24	$22.00	$347.3K	3.1K	10.2K
MARA	CALL	TRADE	BULLISH	02/23/24	$25.00	$158.5K	9.4K	8.3K
SMCI	CALL	SWEEP	BULLISH	02/16/24	$850.00	$73.3K	921	4.0K
CLSK	CALL	TRADE	BULLISH	03/15/24	$15.00	$70.0K	7.3K	3.2K
AAPL	CALL	TRADE	NEUTRAL	02/16/24	$180.00	$41.2K	14.5K	2.4K
WULF	CALL	SWEEP	BULLISH	01/17/25	$7.00	$45.0K	6.2K	1.9K
IOT	CALL	TRADE	BULLISH	06/21/24	$50.00	$28.2K	85	1.6K

Explanation

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

• Regarding ARM (NASDAQ:ARM), we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 4 day(s) on February 16, 2024. Parties traded 150 contract(s) at a $185.00 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 $60.0K, with a price of $400.0 per contract. There were 1938 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 38352 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For PLTR (NYSE:PLTR), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 95 day(s) on May 17, 2024. This event was a transfer of 2171 contract(s) at a $22.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 13 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $347.3K, with a price of $160.0 per contract. There were 3129 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 10256 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MARA (NASDAQ:MARA), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 11 day(s) on February 23, 2024. This event was a transfer of 453 contract(s) at a $25.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $158.5K, with a price of $350.0 per contract. There were 9443 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 8300 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding SMCI (NASDAQ:SMCI), we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 4 day(s) on February 16, 2024. Parties traded 45 contract(s) at a $850.00 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 $73.3K, with a price of $1630.0 per contract. There were 921 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 4013 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For CLSK (NASDAQ:CLSK), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 32 day(s) on March 15, 2024. This event was a transfer of 200 contract(s) at a $15.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $70.0K, with a price of $350.0 per contract. There were 7347 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3294 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AAPL (NASDAQ:AAPL), we observe a call option trade with neutral sentiment. It expires in 4 day(s) on February 16, 2024. Parties traded 50 contract(s) at a $180.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $41.2K, with a price of $825.0 per contract. There were 14568 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2461 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For WULF (NASDAQ:WULF), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 340 day(s) on January 17, 2025. This event was a transfer of 500 contract(s) at a $7.00 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 $90.0 per contract. There were 6245 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1915 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding IOT (NYSE:IOT), we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 130 day(s) on June 21, 2024. Parties traded 140 contract(s) at a $50.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $28.2K, with a price of $202.0 per contract. There were 85 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1683 contract(s) were bought and sold.