10 Health Care Stocks Whale Activity In Today's Session - Align Technology (NASDAQ:ALGN), Avantor (NYSE:AVTR)

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:

Symbol	PUT/CALL	Trade Type	Sentiment	Exp. Date	Strike Price	Total Trade Price	Open Interest	Volume
MRNA	PUT	TRADE	BEARISH	02/23/24	$80.00	$47.8K	479	447
ALGN	CALL	SWEEP	BEARISH	02/23/24	$295.00	$46.8K	352	361
AVTR	CALL	SWEEP	BEARISH	05/17/24	$25.00	$26.2K	713	328
GRFS	CALL	SWEEP	BULLISH	12/20/24	$10.00	$29.0K	620	227
EYPT	PUT	TRADE	BULLISH	03/15/24	$30.00	$29.5K	4	100
PCRX	PUT	SWEEP	BEARISH	06/21/24	$30.00	$25.7K	8	86
UNH	CALL	SWEEP	BULLISH	01/17/25	$570.00	$28.4K	751	63
NVO	CALL	SWEEP	BEARISH	03/15/24	$105.00	$63.5K	4.8K	50
REGN	CALL	TRADE	BEARISH	03/15/24	$940.00	$72.0K	41	48
LLY	CALL	SWEEP	NEUTRAL	03/28/24	$735.00	$26.9K	13	30

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• Regarding MRNA (NASDAQ:MRNA), we observe a put option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 11 day(s) on February 23, 2024. Parties traded 285 contract(s) at a $80.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $47.8K, with a price of $168.0 per contract. There were 479 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 447 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding ALGN (NASDAQ:ALGN), we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 11 day(s) on February 23, 2024. Parties traded 40 contract(s) at a $295.00 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 $46.8K, with a price of $1170.0 per contract. There were 352 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 361 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
MRNA	PUT	TRADE	BEARISH	02/23/24	$80.00	$47.8K	479	447
ALGN	CALL	SWEEP	BEARISH	02/23/24	$295.00	$46.8K	352	361
AVTR	CALL	SWEEP	BEARISH	05/17/24	$25.00	$26.2K	713	328
GRFS	CALL	SWEEP	BULLISH	12/20/24	$10.00	$29.0K	620	227
EYPT	PUT	TRADE	BULLISH	03/15/24	$30.00	$29.5K	4	100
PCRX	PUT	SWEEP	BEARISH	06/21/24	$30.00	$25.7K	8	86
UNH	CALL	SWEEP	BULLISH	01/17/25	$570.00	$28.4K	751	63
NVO	CALL	SWEEP	BEARISH	03/15/24	$105.00	$63.5K	4.8K	50
REGN	CALL	TRADE	BEARISH	03/15/24	$940.00	$72.0K	41	48
LLY	CALL	SWEEP	NEUTRAL	03/28/24	$735.00	$26.9K	13	30

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• For AVTR (NYSE:AVTR), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 95 day(s) on May 17, 2024. This event was a transfer of 328 contract(s) at a $25.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 20 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $26.2K, with a price of $80.0 per contract. There were 713 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 328 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding GRFS (NASDAQ:GRFS), we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 312 day(s) on December 20, 2024. Parties traded 185 contract(s) at a $10.00 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 $29.0K, with a price of $158.0 per contract. There were 620 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 227 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For EYPT (NASDAQ:EYPT), we notice a put option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 32 day(s) on March 15, 2024. This event was a transfer of 100 contract(s) at a $30.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $29.5K, with a price of $295.0 per contract. There were 4 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 100 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding PCRX (NASDAQ:PCRX), we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 130 day(s) on June 21, 2024. Parties traded 83 contract(s) at a $30.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 12 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $25.7K, with a price of $310.0 per contract. There were 8 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 86 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding UNH (NYSE:UNH), we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 340 day(s) on January 17, 2025. Parties traded 11 contract(s) at a $570.00 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 $28.4K, with a price of $2585.0 per contract. There were 751 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 63 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding NVO (NYSE:NVO), we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 32 day(s) on March 15, 2024. Parties traded 40 contract(s) at a $105.00 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 $63.5K, with a price of $1589.0 per contract. There were 4824 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 50 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For REGN (NASDAQ:REGN), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 32 day(s) on March 15, 2024. This event was a transfer of 25 contract(s) at a $940.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $72.0K, with a price of $2880.0 per contract. There were 41 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 48 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For LLY (NYSE:LLY), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be neutral, expiring in 45 day(s) on March 28, 2024. This event was a transfer of 10 contract(s) at a $735.00 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 $26.9K, with a price of $2705.0 per contract. There were 13 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 30 contract(s) were bought and sold.