10 Information Technology 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 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 Information Technology sector:

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• Regarding AAPL AAPL, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 304 day(s) on February 18, 2022. Parties traded 270 contract(s) at a $170.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 43 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $49.0K, with a price of $181.0 per contract. There were 48719 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 51092 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AMD AMD, we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 304 day(s) on February 18, 2022. Parties traded 115 contract(s) at a $118.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $46.0K, with a price of $400.0 per contract. There were 1557 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 25308 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MSFT MSFT, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 304 day(s) on February 18, 2022. This event was a transfer of 288 contract(s) at a $290.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 6 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $83.3K, with a price of $294.0 per contract. There were 9436 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 9738 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding PLTR PLTR, we observe a put option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 276 day(s) on March 18, 2022. Parties traded 400 contract(s) at a $13.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $40.4K, with a price of $101.0 per contract. There were 13620 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1518 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding PYPL PYPL, we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 297 day(s) on February 25, 2022. Parties traded 298 contract(s) at a $105.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 16 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $29.5K, with a price of $99.0 per contract. There were 930 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1353 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For NVDA NVDA, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 276 day(s) on March 18, 2022. This event was a transfer of 14 contract(s) at a $250.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $25.9K, with a price of $1851.0 per contract. There were 20521 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1123 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For PANW PANW, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 304 day(s) on February 18, 2022. This event was a transfer of 100 contract(s) at a $500.00 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 $296.3K, with a price of $3000.0 per contract. There were 207 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 600 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For ORCL ORCL, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 276 day(s) on March 18, 2022. This event was a transfer of 141 contract(s) at a $82.50 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 $31.1K, with a price of $221.0 per contract. There were 10106 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 476 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MU MU, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 269 day(s) on March 25, 2022. This event was a transfer of 252 contract(s) at a $75.00 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 $29.0K, with a price of $115.0 per contract. There were 99 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 468 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding CSCO CSCO, we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 32 day(s) on January 20, 2023. Parties traded 124 contract(s) at a $60.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $35.0K, with a price of $283.0 per contract. There were 10098 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 373 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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