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.

Below are some instances of options activity happening in the Health Care sector:

Symbol	PUT/CALL	Trade Type	Sentiment	Exp. Date	Strike Price	Total Trade Price	Open Interest	Volume
CRDF	CALL	SWEEP	BULLISH	01/17/25	$5.00	$56.3K	1.0K	1.1K
UNH	CALL	SWEEP	NEUTRAL	01/17/25	$500.00	$51.9K	2.4K	687
HIMS	PUT	SWEEP	BULLISH	12/20/24	$32.00	$34.4K	2.0K	648
VKTX	PUT	SWEEP	BULLISH	01/17/25	$37.00	$47.5K	1.8K	321
PEN	CALL	TRADE	BULLISH	07/18/25	$280.00	$52.2K	0	223
NMRA	CALL	TRADE	NEUTRAL	01/17/25	$15.00	$36.0K	13.7K	104
MRK	PUT	TRADE	BULLISH	01/16/26	$90.00	$25.0K	3.6K	50
NVO	CALL	TRADE	BEARISH	12/20/24	$97.00	$25.8K	28	46
CI	CALL	SWEEP	NEUTRAL	04/17/25	$290.00	$29.8K	26	42
LLY	PUT	SWEEP	NEUTRAL	06/20/25	$780.00	$127.8K	238	27

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• Regarding CRDF (NASDAQ:CRDF), we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 30 day(s) on January 17, 2025. Parties traded 663 contract(s) at a $5.00 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 $56.3K, with a price of $88.0 per contract. There were 1040 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1104 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For UNH (NYSE:UNH), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be neutral, expiring in 30 day(s) on January 17, 2025. This event was a transfer of 21 contract(s) at a $500.00 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 $51.9K, with a price of $2480.0 per contract. There were 2415 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 687 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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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.

Below are some instances of options activity happening in the Health Care sector:

Symbol	PUT/CALL	Trade Type	Sentiment	Exp. Date	Strike Price	Total Trade Price	Open Interest	Volume
CRDF	CALL	SWEEP	BULLISH	01/17/25	$5.00	$56.3K	1.0K	1.1K
UNH	CALL	SWEEP	NEUTRAL	01/17/25	$500.00	$51.9K	2.4K	687
HIMS	PUT	SWEEP	BULLISH	12/20/24	$32.00	$34.4K	2.0K	648
VKTX	PUT	SWEEP	BULLISH	01/17/25	$37.00	$47.5K	1.8K	321
PEN	CALL	TRADE	BULLISH	07/18/25	$280.00	$52.2K	0	223
NMRA	CALL	TRADE	NEUTRAL	01/17/25	$15.00	$36.0K	13.7K	104
MRK	PUT	TRADE	BULLISH	01/16/26	$90.00	$25.0K	3.6K	50
NVO	CALL	TRADE	BEARISH	12/20/24	$97.00	$25.8K	28	46
CI	CALL	SWEEP	NEUTRAL	04/17/25	$290.00	$29.8K	26	42
LLY	PUT	SWEEP	NEUTRAL	06/20/25	$780.00	$127.8K	238	27

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• For HIMS (NYSE:HIMS), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 2 day(s) on December 20, 2024. This event was a transfer of 128 contract(s) at a $32.00 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 $279.0 per contract. There were 2000 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 648 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding VKTX (NASDAQ:VKTX), we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 30 day(s) on January 17, 2025. Parties traded 250 contract(s) at a $37.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 41 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $47.5K, with a price of $190.0 per contract. There were 1897 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 321 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For PEN (NYSE:PEN), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 212 day(s) on July 18, 2025. This event was a transfer of 25 contract(s) at a $280.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $52.2K, with a price of $2090.0 per contract. There were 0 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 223 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding NMRA (NASDAQ:NMRA), we observe a call option trade with neutral sentiment. It expires in 30 day(s) on January 17, 2025. Parties traded 100 contract(s) at a $15.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $36.0K, with a price of $360.0 per contract. There were 13769 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 104 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MRK (NYSE:MRK), we observe a put option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 394 day(s) on January 16, 2026. Parties traded 50 contract(s) at a $90.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $25.0K, with a price of $500.0 per contract. There were 3611 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 50 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding NVO (NYSE:NVO), we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 2 day(s) on December 20, 2024. Parties traded 22 contract(s) at a $97.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $25.8K, with a price of $1175.0 per contract. There were 28 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 46 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For CI (NYSE:CI), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be neutral, expiring in 120 day(s) on April 17, 2025. This event was a transfer of 15 contract(s) at a $290.00 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 $29.8K, with a price of $1990.0 per contract. There were 26 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 42 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For LLY (NYSE:LLY), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be neutral, expiring in 184 day(s) on June 20, 2025. This event was a transfer of 18 contract(s) at a $780.00 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 $127.8K, with a price of $7105.0 per contract. There were 238 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 27 contract(s) were bought and sold.