10 Financials 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.

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

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• Regarding MS MS, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 3 day(s) on January 20, 2023. Parties traded 180 contract(s) at a $95.00 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 $62.1K, with a price of $345.0 per contract. There were 20363 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2100 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For BAC BAC, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 150 day(s) on June 16, 2023. This event was a transfer of 1876 contract(s) at a $35.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 25 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $455.8K, with a price of $243.0 per contract. There were 33035 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2042 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding CS CS, we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 59 day(s) on March 17, 2023. Parties traded 1090 contract(s) at a $1.90 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $179.8K, with a price of $165.0 per contract. There were 3079 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1090 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding SYF SYF, we observe a put option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 59 day(s) on March 17, 2023. Parties traded 417 contract(s) at a $30.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $39.6K, with a price of $95.0 per contract. There were 7670 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 835 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding JXN JXN, we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 367 day(s) on January 19, 2024. Parties traded 500 contract(s) at a $40.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $245.0K, with a price of $490.0 per contract. There were 377 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 685 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For BGCP BGCP, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 3 day(s) on January 20, 2023. This event was a transfer of 466 contract(s) at a $3.00 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 $48.9K, with a price of $105.0 per contract. There were 2053 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 534 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For WFC WFC, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 17 day(s) on February 3, 2023. This event was a transfer of 100 contract(s) at a $40.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $41.1K, with a price of $411.0 per contract. There were 106 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 104 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For GS GS, we notice a put option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 94 day(s) on April 21, 2023. This event was a transfer of 26 contract(s) at a $345.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $47.1K, with a price of $1815.0 per contract. There were 121 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 102 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For CACC CACC, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 332 day(s) on December 15, 2023. This event was a transfer of 5 contract(s) at a $390.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $40.5K, with a price of $8100.0 per contract. There were 30 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 10 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding PNC PNC, we observe a put option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 24 day(s) on February 10, 2023. Parties traded 43 contract(s) at a $165.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $26.2K, with a price of $610.0 per contract. There were 25 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 0 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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