10 Materials 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.

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

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• Regarding UAMY (AMEX:UAMY), we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 49 day(s) on March 20, 2026. Parties traded 400 contract(s) at a $10.00 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 $28.0K, with a price of $70.0 per contract. There were 3036 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1610 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.

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

Symbol	PUT/CALL	Trade Type	Sentiment	Exp. Date	Strike Price	Total Trade Price	Open Interest	Volume
UAMY	CALL	SWEEP	BEARISH	03/20/26	$10.00	$28.0K	3.0K	1.6K
USAS	PUT	TRADE	BEARISH	05/15/26	$6.00	$84.0K	1.0K	1.0K
TMC	CALL	TRADE	BEARISH	05/15/26	$8.00	$28.0K	10.8K	421
AGI	CALL	TRADE	BULLISH	03/20/26	$34.00	$133.6K	966	262
NEM	PUT	TRADE	BULLISH	06/18/26	$120.00	$350.0K	886	254
SCCO	CALL	TRADE	BEARISH	03/20/26	$160.00	$140.0K	1.2K	240
HL	CALL	TRADE	BEARISH	06/18/26	$27.00	$31.5K	1.6K	190
FCX	CALL	TRADE	BEARISH	09/18/26	$60.00	$28.3K	1.8K	92
SBSW	CALL	TRADE	BEARISH	04/17/26	$10.00	$30.1K	2.2K	90
RGLD	CALL	TRADE	BEARISH	06/18/26	$270.00	$58.4K	61	42

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• Regarding USAS (AMEX:USAS), we observe a put option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 105 day(s) on May 15, 2026. Parties traded 1000 contract(s) at a $6.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $84.0K, with a price of $84.0 per contract. There were 1028 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1000 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For TMC (NASDAQ:TMC), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 105 day(s) on May 15, 2026. This event was a transfer of 200 contract(s) at a $8.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $28.0K, with a price of $140.0 per contract. There were 10829 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 421 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AGI (NYSE:AGI), we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 49 day(s) on March 20, 2026. Parties traded 257 contract(s) at a $34.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $133.6K, with a price of $520.0 per contract. There were 966 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 262 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For NEM (NYSE:NEM), we notice a put option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 139 day(s) on June 18, 2026. This event was a transfer of 200 contract(s) at a $120.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $350.0K, with a price of $1750.0 per contract. There were 886 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 254 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For SCCO (NYSE:SCCO), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 49 day(s) on March 20, 2026. This event was a transfer of 40 contract(s) at a $160.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $140.0K, with a price of $3500.0 per contract. There were 1251 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 240 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For HL (NYSE:HL), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 139 day(s) on June 18, 2026. This event was a transfer of 75 contract(s) at a $27.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $31.5K, with a price of $420.0 per contract. There were 1698 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 190 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding FCX (NYSE:FCX), we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 231 day(s) on September 18, 2026. Parties traded 30 contract(s) at a $60.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $28.3K, with a price of $945.0 per contract. There were 1863 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 92 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding SBSW (NYSE:SBSW), we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 77 day(s) on April 17, 2026. Parties traded 40 contract(s) at a $10.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $30.1K, with a price of $753.0 per contract. There were 2288 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 90 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For RGLD (NASDAQ:RGLD), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 139 day(s) on June 18, 2026. This event was a transfer of 20 contract(s) at a $270.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $58.4K, with a price of $2920.0 per contract. There were 61 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 42 contract(s) were bought and sold.