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.

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

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• Regarding SEEL SEEL, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 408 day(s) on January 20, 2023. Parties traded 500 contract(s) at a $2.50 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 9 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $50.0K, with a price of $100.0 per contract. There were 4835 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2502 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding NVAX NVAX, we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 2 day(s) on December 10, 2021. Parties traded 100 contract(s) at a $180.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $105.0K, with a price of $1050.0 per contract. There were 616 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 630 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For ASRT ASRT, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 100 day(s) on March 18, 2022. This event was a transfer of 584 contract(s) at a $1.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 17 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $43.8K, with a price of $75.0 per contract. There were 431 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 584 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MRK MRK, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 30 day(s) on January 7, 2022. This event was a transfer of 226 contract(s) at a $73.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 17 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $33.4K, with a price of $148.0 per contract. There were 51 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 303 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding INSP INSP, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 163 day(s) on May 20, 2022. Parties traded 11 contract(s) at a $195.00 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 $60.5K, with a price of $5500.0 per contract. There were 3 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 220 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding LLY LLY, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 219 day(s) on July 15, 2022. Parties traded 77 contract(s) at a $260.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 11 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $129.1K, with a price of $1660.0 per contract. There were 43 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 92 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For NTLA NTLA, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 408 day(s) on January 20, 2023. This event was a transfer of 46 contract(s) at a $85.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 10 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $223.1K, with a price of $4850.0 per contract. There were 165 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 51 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding ICPT ICPT, we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 44 day(s) on January 21, 2022. Parties traded 40 contract(s) at a $22.50 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 10 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $27.2K, with a price of $680.0 per contract. There were 216 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 40 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MDGL MDGL, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 44 day(s) on January 21, 2022. This event was a transfer of 25 contract(s) at a $80.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 8 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $28.7K, with a price of $1139.0 per contract. There were 366 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 30 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding SRPT SRPT, we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 72 day(s) on February 18, 2022. Parties traded 14 contract(s) at a $70.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $30.6K, with a price of $2192.0 per contract. There were 66 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 14 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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