10 Information Technology 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 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
NVDA	CALL	SWEEP	BULLISH	07/14/23	$425.00	$39.5K	7.0K	25.2K
MSFT	CALL	TRADE	BULLISH	07/14/23	$330.00	$26.1K	9.2K	13.8K
BILL	CALL	TRADE	BULLISH	08/18/23	$130.00	$48.8K	741	1.1K
AVGO	CALL	TRADE	BULLISH	08/18/23	$1000.00	$217.5K	3.6K	1.0K
DDOG	CALL	TRADE	BULLISH	08/18/23	$100.00	$123.2K	8.2K	979
ZM	CALL	TRADE	NEUTRAL	01/19/24	$80.00	$35.7K	1.5K	420
AAPL	CALL	SWEEP	BULLISH	08/18/23	$175.00	$26.7K	22.8K	218
VMW	CALL	SWEEP	BEARISH	01/19/24	$140.00	$26.9K	4.1K	100
ADBE	CALL	TRADE	BULLISH	07/28/23	$500.00	$25.2K	344	97
ORCL	PUT	SWEEP	BULLISH	01/19/24	$105.00	$28.8K	1.3K	78

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• Regarding NVDA (NASDAQ:NVDA), we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 3 day(s) on July 14, 2023. Parties traded 79 contract(s) at a $425.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 6 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $39.5K, with a price of $500.0 per contract. There were 7046 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 25233 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MSFT (NASDAQ:MSFT), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 3 day(s) on July 14, 2023. This event was a transfer of 63 contract(s) at a $330.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $26.1K, with a price of $415.0 per contract. There were 9275 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 13848 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	CALL	SWEEP	BULLISH	07/14/23	$425.00	$39.5K	7.0K	25.2K
MSFT	CALL	TRADE	BULLISH	07/14/23	$330.00	$26.1K	9.2K	13.8K
BILL	CALL	TRADE	BULLISH	08/18/23	$130.00	$48.8K	741	1.1K
AVGO	CALL	TRADE	BULLISH	08/18/23	$1000.00	$217.5K	3.6K	1.0K
DDOG	CALL	TRADE	BULLISH	08/18/23	$100.00	$123.2K	8.2K	979
ZM	CALL	TRADE	NEUTRAL	01/19/24	$80.00	$35.7K	1.5K	420
AAPL	CALL	SWEEP	BULLISH	08/18/23	$175.00	$26.7K	22.8K	218
VMW	CALL	SWEEP	BEARISH	01/19/24	$140.00	$26.9K	4.1K	100
ADBE	CALL	TRADE	BULLISH	07/28/23	$500.00	$25.2K	344	97
ORCL	PUT	SWEEP	BULLISH	01/19/24	$105.00	$28.8K	1.3K	78

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• Regarding BILL (NYSE:BILL), we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 38 day(s) on August 18, 2023. Parties traded 76 contract(s) at a $130.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $48.8K, with a price of $643.0 per contract. There were 741 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1114 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AVGO (NASDAQ:AVGO), we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 38 day(s) on August 18, 2023. Parties traded 500 contract(s) at a $1000.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $217.5K, with a price of $435.0 per contract. There were 3617 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1015 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding DDOG (NASDAQ:DDOG), we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 38 day(s) on August 18, 2023. Parties traded 110 contract(s) at a $100.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $123.2K, with a price of $1120.0 per contract. There were 8225 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 979 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding ZM (NASDAQ:ZM), we observe a call option trade with neutral sentiment. It expires in 192 day(s) on January 19, 2024. Parties traded 60 contract(s) at a $80.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $35.7K, with a price of $595.0 per contract. There were 1510 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 420 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AAPL (NASDAQ:AAPL), we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 38 day(s) on August 18, 2023. Parties traded 18 contract(s) at a $175.00 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 $26.7K, with a price of $1485.0 per contract. There were 22816 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 218 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding VMW (NYSE:VMW), we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 192 day(s) on January 19, 2024. Parties traded 11 contract(s) at a $140.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 6 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $26.9K, with a price of $2450.0 per contract. There were 4194 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 100 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding ADBE (NASDAQ:ADBE), we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 17 day(s) on July 28, 2023. Parties traded 18 contract(s) at a $500.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $25.2K, with a price of $1400.0 per contract. There were 344 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 97 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding ORCL (NYSE:ORCL), we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 192 day(s) on January 19, 2024. Parties traded 75 contract(s) at a $105.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 8 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $28.8K, with a price of $385.0 per contract. There were 1309 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 78 contract(s) were bought and sold.