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

• For GDOT GDOT, we notice a call option trade that happens to be neutral, expiring in 3 day(s) on November 18, 2022. This event was a transfer of 7000 contract(s) at a $7.50 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $8.5 million, with a price of $1220.0 per contract. There were 0 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 7000 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding SI SI, we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 3 day(s) on November 18, 2022. Parties traded 250 contract(s) at a $30.00 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 $34.8K, with a price of $136.0 per contract. There were 4983 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2679 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding C C, we observe a put option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 31 day(s) on December 16, 2022. Parties traded 169 contract(s) at a $50.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $32.7K, with a price of $194.0 per contract. There were 25361 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1744 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For JPM JPM, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 3 day(s) on November 18, 2022. This event was a transfer of 658 contract(s) at a $133.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $102.6K, with a price of $156.0 per contract. There were 1208 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1478 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding WFC WFC, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 430 day(s) on January 19, 2024. Parties traded 151 contract(s) at a $47.50 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 $104.9K, with a price of $695.0 per contract. There were 18693 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1445 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For LNC LNC, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 66 day(s) on January 20, 2023. This event was a transfer of 366 contract(s) at a $35.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 24 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $86.0K, with a price of $235.0 per contract. There were 411 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 494 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding SIVB SIVB, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 3 day(s) on November 18, 2022. Parties traded 18 contract(s) at a $230.00 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 $25.5K, with a price of $1420.0 per contract. There were 280 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 127 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MTB MTB, we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 3 day(s) on November 18, 2022. Parties traded 100 contract(s) at a $175.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 100 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $64.5K, with a price of $632.0 per contract. There were 288 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 100 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MET MET, we notice a put option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 213 day(s) on June 16, 2023. This event was a transfer of 55 contract(s) at a $75.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $34.1K, with a price of $620.0 per contract. There were 364 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 81 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding COIN COIN, we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 430 day(s) on January 19, 2024. Parties traded 20 contract(s) at a $80.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $30.4K, with a price of $1520.0 per contract. There were 831 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 25 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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