10 Health Care 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.

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

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• For OPCH OPCH, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be neutral, expiring in 42 day(s) on June 16, 2023. This event was a transfer of 400 contract(s) at a $30.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 57 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $54.0K, with a price of $135.0 per contract. There were 346 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 6463 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For NVAX NVAX, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 7 day(s) on May 12, 2023. This event was a transfer of 467 contract(s) at a $7.00 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 $25.6K, with a price of $55.0 per contract. There were 406 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2113 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding PFE PFE, we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 133 day(s) on September 15, 2023. Parties traded 606 contract(s) at a $40.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $73.3K, with a price of $121.0 per contract. There were 19159 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1758 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding BSX BSX, we observe a put option trade with neutral sentiment. It expires in 196 day(s) on November 17, 2023. Parties traded 366 contract(s) at a $45.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $43.9K, with a price of $120.0 per contract. There were 22 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1615 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For STAA STAA, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 42 day(s) on June 16, 2023. This event was a transfer of 500 contract(s) at a $75.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $65.0K, with a price of $130.0 per contract. There were 567 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1018 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For UNH UNH, we notice a call option trade that happens to be neutral, expiring in 14 day(s) on May 19, 2023. This event was a transfer of 82 contract(s) at a $495.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $57.5K, with a price of $702.0 per contract. There were 569 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 974 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For IBRX IBRX, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 224 day(s) on December 15, 2023. This event was a transfer of 100 contract(s) at a $2.50 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $30.0K, with a price of $300.0 per contract. There were 4211 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 944 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding ZTS ZTS, we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 77 day(s) on July 21, 2023. Parties traded 764 contract(s) at a $160.00 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 $118.4K, with a price of $155.0 per contract. There were 860 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 827 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding ALGN ALGN, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 14 day(s) on May 19, 2023. Parties traded 116 contract(s) at a $330.00 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 $39.4K, with a price of $340.0 per contract. There were 1101 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 415 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding CI CI, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 14 day(s) on May 19, 2023. Parties traded 200 contract(s) at a $245.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 12 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $335.1K, with a price of $1680.0 per contract. There were 366 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 315 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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