10 Information Technology Stocks Whale Activity In Today's Session - Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD), First Solar (NASDAQ:FSLR), Intel (NASDAQ:INTC)

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:

Symbol	PUT/CALL	Trade Type	Sentiment	Exp. Date	Strike Price	Total Trade Price	Open Interest	Volume
NVDA	PUT	TRADE	BULLISH	04/14/23	$265.00	$46.5K	12.4K	64.9K
AAPL	CALL	SWEEP	BEARISH	04/21/23	$165.00	$87.3K	49.3K	28.4K
TXN	PUT	SWEEP	BEARISH	04/14/23	$180.00	$28.9K	2.6K	1.6K
MSFT	CALL	SWEEP	BEARISH	08/18/23	$305.00	$107.0K	2.7K	1.3K
AMD	PUT	SWEEP	BULLISH	05/19/23	$90.00	$47.5K	7.0K	1.0K
MARA	CALL	SWEEP	BEARISH	01/17/25	$30.00	$61.9K	10.9K	886
QCOM	CALL	TRADE	NEUTRAL	05/26/23	$129.00	$151.5K	4	645
FSLR	PUT	SWEEP	BEARISH	04/28/23	$200.00	$295.0K	43	503
NOW	CALL	TRADE	BEARISH	04/21/23	$457.50	$67.8K	28	231
INTC	PUT	SWEEP	BEARISH	06/16/23	$35.00	$79.0K	3.7K	200

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• For NVDA (NASDAQ:NVDA), we notice a put option trade that happens to be bullish, is expiring today. Parties traded 190 contract(s) at a $265.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $46.5K, with a price of $245.0 per contract. There were 12427 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 64915 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AAPL (NASDAQ:AAPL), we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 7 day(s) on April 21, 2023. Parties traded 546 contract(s) at a $165.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 7 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $87.3K, with a price of $160.0 per contract. There were 49394 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 28484 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
NVDA	PUT	TRADE	BULLISH	04/14/23	$265.00	$46.5K	12.4K	64.9K
AAPL	CALL	SWEEP	BEARISH	04/21/23	$165.00	$87.3K	49.3K	28.4K
TXN	PUT	SWEEP	BEARISH	04/14/23	$180.00	$28.9K	2.6K	1.6K
MSFT	CALL	SWEEP	BEARISH	08/18/23	$305.00	$107.0K	2.7K	1.3K
AMD	PUT	SWEEP	BULLISH	05/19/23	$90.00	$47.5K	7.0K	1.0K
MARA	CALL	SWEEP	BEARISH	01/17/25	$30.00	$61.9K	10.9K	886
QCOM	CALL	TRADE	NEUTRAL	05/26/23	$129.00	$151.5K	4	645
FSLR	PUT	SWEEP	BEARISH	04/28/23	$200.00	$295.0K	43	503
NOW	CALL	TRADE	BEARISH	04/21/23	$457.50	$67.8K	28	231
INTC	PUT	SWEEP	BEARISH	06/16/23	$35.00	$79.0K	3.7K	200

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• For TXN (NASDAQ:TXN), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, is expiring today. Parties traded 128 contract(s) at a $180.00 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 $28.9K, with a price of $226.0 per contract. There were 2617 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1656 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MSFT (NASDAQ:MSFT), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 126 day(s) on August 18, 2023. This event was a transfer of 100 contract(s) at a $305.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 10 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $107.0K, with a price of $1070.0 per contract. There were 2799 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1318 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AMD (NASDAQ:AMD), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 35 day(s) on May 19, 2023. This event was a transfer of 98 contract(s) at a $90.00 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 $47.5K, with a price of $485.0 per contract. There were 7088 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1026 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MARA (NASDAQ:MARA), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 644 day(s) on January 17, 2025. This event was a transfer of 172 contract(s) at a $30.00 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 $61.9K, with a price of $360.0 per contract. There were 10905 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 886 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding QCOM (NASDAQ:QCOM), we observe a call option trade with neutral sentiment. It expires in 42 day(s) on May 26, 2023. Parties traded 645 contract(s) at a $129.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $151.5K, with a price of $235.0 per contract. There were 4 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 645 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding FSLR (NASDAQ:FSLR), we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 14 day(s) on April 28, 2023. Parties traded 476 contract(s) at a $200.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 50 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $295.0K, with a price of $620.0 per contract. There were 43 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 503 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding NOW (NYSE:NOW), we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 7 day(s) on April 21, 2023. Parties traded 90 contract(s) at a $457.50 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $67.8K, with a price of $754.0 per contract. There were 28 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 231 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For INTC (NASDAQ:INTC), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 63 day(s) on June 16, 2023. This event was a transfer of 200 contract(s) at a $35.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 13 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $79.0K, with a price of $395.0 per contract. There were 3777 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 200 contract(s) were bought and sold.