10 Financials 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.

• For COIN COIN, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, is expiring today. Parties traded 100 contract(s) at a $300.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $31.2K, with a price of $312.0 per contract. There were 5687 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 5153 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AFRM AFRM, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be neutral, expiring in 49 day(s) on March 21, 2025. This event was a transfer of 368 contract(s) at a $80.00 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 $80.8K, with a price of $221.0 per contract. There were 1992 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1053 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding C C, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 105 day(s) on May 16, 2025. Parties traded 206 contract(s) at a $80.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 72 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $116.4K, with a price of $565.0 per contract. There were 31358 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 226 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding OZK OZK, we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 49 day(s) on March 21, 2025. Parties traded 100 contract(s) at a $60.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 3 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $89.0K, with a price of $890.0 per contract. There were 854 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 200 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For HOOD HOOD, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 21 day(s) on February 21, 2025. This event was a transfer of 30 contract(s) at a $40.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $40.2K, with a price of $1340.0 per contract. There were 8339 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 181 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For V V, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 21 day(s) on February 21, 2025. This event was a transfer of 18 contract(s) at a $315.00 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 $56.8K, with a price of $3157.0 per contract. There were 1795 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 112 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For PYPL PYPL, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be neutral, expiring in 35 day(s) on March 7, 2025. This event was a transfer of 100 contract(s) at a $93.00 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 $35.5K, with a price of $355.0 per contract. There were 4 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 100 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For DAVE DAVE, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 76 day(s) on April 17, 2025. This event was a transfer of 50 contract(s) at a $75.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 21 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $170.0K, with a price of $3400.0 per contract. There were 2438 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 64 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MA MA, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 714 day(s) on January 15, 2027. This event was a transfer of 25 contract(s) at a $580.00 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 $140.0K, with a price of $5590.0 per contract. There were 0 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 45 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For COF COF, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be neutral, expiring in 76 day(s) on April 17, 2025. This event was a transfer of 39 contract(s) at a $180.00 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 $116.6K, with a price of $2991.0 per contract. There were 5880 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 39 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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