10 Consumer Discretionary 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 Consumer Discretionary sector:

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• For TSLA TSLA, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, is expiring today. Parties traded 281 contract(s) at a $182.50 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 $28.0K, with a price of $100.0 per contract. There were 10064 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 123827 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For LI LI, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 189 day(s) on June 16, 2023. This event was a transfer of 5000 contract(s) at a $28.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $1.4 million, with a price of $294.0 per contract. There were 121 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 5002 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For BABA BABA, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 42 day(s) on January 20, 2023. This event was a transfer of 1500 contract(s) at a $75.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 59 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $213.1K, with a price of $142.0 per contract. There were 32271 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 4280 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding DHI DHI, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 42 day(s) on January 20, 2023. Parties traded 60 contract(s) at a $80.00 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 $51.0K, with a price of $850.0 per contract. There were 1008 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2365 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding TGT TGT, we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 70 day(s) on February 17, 2023. Parties traded 53 contract(s) at a $160.00 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 $60.4K, with a price of $1140.0 per contract. There were 2963 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 822 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For PTON PTON, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 42 day(s) on January 20, 2023. This event was a transfer of 663 contract(s) at a $10.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 15 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $41.8K, with a price of $63.0 per contract. There were 8347 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 736 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AMZN AMZN, we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 42 day(s) on January 20, 2023. Parties traded 400 contract(s) at a $75.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 7 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $36.8K, with a price of $92.0 per contract. There were 33807 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 509 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding PDD PDD, we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 42 day(s) on January 20, 2023. Parties traded 33 contract(s) at a $90.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $26.6K, with a price of $809.0 per contract. There were 8703 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 378 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding JD JD, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 189 day(s) on June 16, 2023. Parties traded 112 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 $45.3K, with a price of $405.0 per contract. There were 1222 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 355 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding LULU LULU, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 35 day(s) on January 13, 2023. Parties traded 54 contract(s) at a $340.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 14 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $62.7K, with a price of $1162.0 per contract. There were 1 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 224 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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