10 Information Technology Stocks Whale Activity In Today's Session - Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), Affirm Holdings (NASDAQ:AFRM), Salesforce (NYSE:CRM), Entegris (NASDAQ:ENTG)

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:

Symbol	PUT/CALL	Trade Type	Sentiment	Exp. Date	Strike Price	Total Trade Price	Open Interest	Volume
AAPL	CALL	SWEEP	BULLISH	01/06/23	$126.00	$38.4K	1.3K	17.8K
NVDA	PUT	TRADE	BEARISH	01/06/23	$140.00	$62.3K	9.6K	13.5K
AFRM	CALL	SWEEP	BULLISH	02/17/23	$12.50	$55.1K	2.9K	3.0K
YOU	PUT	TRADE	BULLISH	08/18/23	$22.50	$28.5K	8	2.2K
SQ	CALL	SWEEP	BEARISH	01/13/23	$75.00	$53.7K	237	1.9K
CRM	PUT	TRADE	NEUTRAL	06/16/23	$135.00	$49.8K	2.5K	1.1K
MSFT	PUT	SWEEP	BEARISH	01/20/23	$235.00	$27.2K	14.5K	630
FSLR	PUT	SWEEP	NEUTRAL	06/16/23	$120.00	$40.5K	2.1K	598
GLW	PUT	SWEEP	BULLISH	02/17/23	$32.00	$65.0K	197	501
ENTG	PUT	SWEEP	BULLISH	01/20/23	$60.00	$29.2K	828	250

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• Regarding AAPL (NASDAQ:AAPL), we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 3 day(s) on January 6, 2023. Parties traded 200 contract(s) at a $126.00 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 $38.4K, with a price of $192.0 per contract. There were 1357 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 17868 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding NVDA (NASDAQ:NVDA), we observe a put option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 3 day(s) on January 6, 2023. Parties traded 215 contract(s) at a $140.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $62.3K, with a price of $290.0 per contract. There were 9652 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 13508 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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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.

Here's the list of 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	BULLISH	01/06/23	$126.00	$38.4K	1.3K	17.8K
NVDA	PUT	TRADE	BEARISH	01/06/23	$140.00	$62.3K	9.6K	13.5K
AFRM	CALL	SWEEP	BULLISH	02/17/23	$12.50	$55.1K	2.9K	3.0K
YOU	PUT	TRADE	BULLISH	08/18/23	$22.50	$28.5K	8	2.2K
SQ	CALL	SWEEP	BEARISH	01/13/23	$75.00	$53.7K	237	1.9K
CRM	PUT	TRADE	NEUTRAL	06/16/23	$135.00	$49.8K	2.5K	1.1K
MSFT	PUT	SWEEP	BEARISH	01/20/23	$235.00	$27.2K	14.5K	630
FSLR	PUT	SWEEP	NEUTRAL	06/16/23	$120.00	$40.5K	2.1K	598
GLW	PUT	SWEEP	BULLISH	02/17/23	$32.00	$65.0K	197	501
ENTG	PUT	SWEEP	BULLISH	01/20/23	$60.00	$29.2K	828	250

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• For AFRM (NASDAQ:AFRM), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 45 day(s) on February 17, 2023. This event was a transfer of 1000 contract(s) at a $12.50 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 $55.1K, with a price of $55.0 per contract. There were 2902 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3076 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For YOU (NYSE:YOU), we notice a put option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 227 day(s) on August 18, 2023. This event was a transfer of 102 contract(s) at a $22.50 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $28.5K, with a price of $280.0 per contract. There were 8 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2209 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding SQ (NYSE:SQ), we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 10 day(s) on January 13, 2023. Parties traded 1691 contract(s) at a $75.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 19 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $53.7K, with a price of $31.0 per contract. There were 237 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1947 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding CRM (NYSE:CRM), we observe a put option trade with neutral sentiment. It expires in 164 day(s) on June 16, 2023. Parties traded 35 contract(s) at a $135.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $49.8K, with a price of $1425.0 per contract. There were 2500 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1174 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MSFT (NASDAQ:MSFT), we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 17 day(s) on January 20, 2023. Parties traded 50 contract(s) at a $235.00 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 $27.2K, with a price of $544.0 per contract. There were 14583 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 630 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For FSLR (NASDAQ:FSLR), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be neutral, expiring in 164 day(s) on June 16, 2023. This event was a transfer of 50 contract(s) at a $120.00 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 $40.5K, with a price of $810.0 per contract. There were 2110 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 598 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For GLW (NYSE:GLW), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 45 day(s) on February 17, 2023. This event was a transfer of 500 contract(s) at a $32.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 24 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $65.0K, with a price of $130.0 per contract. There were 197 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 501 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For ENTG (NASDAQ:ENTG), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 17 day(s) on January 20, 2023. This event was a transfer of 250 contract(s) at a $60.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 20 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $29.2K, with a price of $115.0 per contract. There were 828 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 250 contract(s) were bought and sold.