10 Information Technology Stocks Showing Unusual Options Activity In Today's Session

This unusual options alert can help traders track potentially big trading opportunities. Traders often look for circumstances when the market estimation of an option diverges away from its normal worth. Unusual trading activity could push option prices to hyperbolic or underperforming levels.

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

Symbol	PUT/CALL	Trade Type	Sentiment	Exp. Date	Strike Price	Total Trade Price	Open Interest	Volume
AAPL	CALL	SWEEP	NEUTRAL	08/13/21	$147.00	$81.5K	30.4K	69.0K
AMD	PUT	SWEEP	BULLISH	08/13/21	$107.00	$80.5K	10.3K	19.6K
MU	CALL	SWEEP	BEARISH	09/17/21	$70.00	$58.6K	1.7K	6.7K
INTC	PUT	SWEEP	BEARISH	08/20/21	$54.00	$56.6K	8.9K	2.0K
SNOW	CALL	SWEEP	BULLISH	08/13/21	$287.50	$45.0K	563	1.8K
NVDA	CALL	SWEEP	BULLISH	08/20/21	$210.00	$49.8K	13.6K	1.8K
ASAN	PUT	SWEEP	BULLISH	08/20/21	$70.00	$50.3K	1.6K	1.1K
OUST	PUT	SWEEP	BEARISH	09/17/21	$10.00	$39.3K	82	554
PLAB	CALL	SWEEP	BEARISH	12/17/21	$12.50	$102.8K	5.4K	540
V	PUT	TRADE	BULLISH	01/20/23	$200.00	$353.7K	2.2K	299

Explanation

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

• For AAPL (NASDAQ:AAPL), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be neutral, expiring in 1 day(s) on August 13, 2021. This event was a transfer of 503 contract(s) at a $147.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 18 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $81.5K, with a price of $162.0 per contract. There were 30436 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 69003 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AMD (NASDAQ:AMD), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 1 day(s) on August 13, 2021. This event was a transfer of 500 contract(s) at a $107.00 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 $80.5K, with a price of $161.0 per contract. There were 10373 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 19671 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MU (NASDAQ:MU), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 36 day(s) on September 17, 2021. This event was a transfer of 210 contract(s) at a $70.00 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 $58.6K, with a price of $279.0 per contract. There were 1743 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 6760 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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Here's the list of some unusual options activity happening in today's session:

Symbol	PUT/CALL	Trade Type	Sentiment	Exp. Date	Strike Price	Total Trade Price	Open Interest	Volume
AAPL	CALL	SWEEP	NEUTRAL	08/13/21	$147.00	$81.5K	30.4K	69.0K
AMD	PUT	SWEEP	BULLISH	08/13/21	$107.00	$80.5K	10.3K	19.6K
MU	CALL	SWEEP	BEARISH	09/17/21	$70.00	$58.6K	1.7K	6.7K
INTC	PUT	SWEEP	BEARISH	08/20/21	$54.00	$56.6K	8.9K	2.0K
SNOW	CALL	SWEEP	BULLISH	08/13/21	$287.50	$45.0K	563	1.8K
NVDA	CALL	SWEEP	BULLISH	08/20/21	$210.00	$49.8K	13.6K	1.8K
ASAN	PUT	SWEEP	BULLISH	08/20/21	$70.00	$50.3K	1.6K	1.1K
OUST	PUT	SWEEP	BEARISH	09/17/21	$10.00	$39.3K	82	554
PLAB	CALL	SWEEP	BEARISH	12/17/21	$12.50	$102.8K	5.4K	540
V	PUT	TRADE	BULLISH	01/20/23	$200.00	$353.7K	2.2K	299

Explanation

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

• Regarding INTC (NASDAQ:INTC), we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 8 day(s) on August 20, 2021. Parties traded 622 contract(s) at a $54.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 27 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $56.6K, with a price of $91.0 per contract. There were 8957 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2011 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For SNOW (NYSE:SNOW), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 1 day(s) on August 13, 2021. This event was a transfer of 200 contract(s) at a $287.50 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 $225.0 per contract. There were 563 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1873 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For NVDA (NASDAQ:NVDA), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 8 day(s) on August 20, 2021. This event was a transfer of 207 contract(s) at a $210.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 13 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $49.8K, with a price of $241.0 per contract. There were 13663 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1850 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For ASAN (NYSE:ASAN), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 8 day(s) on August 20, 2021. This event was a transfer of 1000 contract(s) at a $70.00 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 $50.3K, with a price of $50.0 per contract. There were 1628 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1153 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For OUST (NYSE:OUST), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 36 day(s) on September 17, 2021. This event was a transfer of 525 contract(s) at a $10.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 18 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $39.3K, with a price of $75.0 per contract. There were 82 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 554 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For PLAB (NASDAQ:PLAB), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 127 day(s) on December 17, 2021. This event was a transfer of 514 contract(s) at a $12.50 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 $102.8K, with a price of $200.0 per contract. There were 5487 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 540 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For V (NYSE:V), we notice a put option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 526 day(s) on January 20, 2023. This event was a transfer of 250 contract(s) at a $200.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $353.7K, with a price of $1415.0 per contract. There were 2292 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 299 contract(s) were bought and sold.