10 Information Technology 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 NVDA NVDA, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be neutral, is expiring today. Parties traded 178 contract(s) at a $470.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 7 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $149.5K, with a price of $840.0 per contract. There were 125 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 97460 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AAPL AAPL, we notice a put option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 7 day(s) on July 21, 2023. This event was a transfer of 450 contract(s) at a $190.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $72.9K, with a price of $162.0 per contract. There were 39181 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 24696 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AMD AMD, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, is expiring today. Parties traded 411 contract(s) at a $117.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 23 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $27.7K, with a price of $67.0 per contract. There were 825 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 22986 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MSFT MSFT, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 7 day(s) on July 21, 2023. Parties traded 100 contract(s) at a $345.00 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 $55.1K, with a price of $551.0 per contract. There were 25249 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 8270 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MARA MARA, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 189 day(s) on January 19, 2024. This event was a transfer of 107 contract(s) at a $30.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $30.2K, with a price of $283.0 per contract. There were 5446 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 7135 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding PLTR PLTR, we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 189 day(s) on January 19, 2024. Parties traded 5200 contract(s) at a $19.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $1.1 million, with a price of $227.0 per contract. There were 10000 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 5210 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For TSM TSM, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 63 day(s) on September 15, 2023. This event was a transfer of 283 contract(s) at a $105.00 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 $171.2K, with a price of $605.0 per contract. There were 9223 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3402 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MSTR MSTR, we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 7 day(s) on July 21, 2023. Parties traded 75 contract(s) at a $500.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $53.6K, with a price of $715.0 per contract. There were 1031 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1208 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For SOUN SOUN, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 189 day(s) on January 19, 2024. This event was a transfer of 948 contract(s) at a $5.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 18 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $80.5K, with a price of $85.0 per contract. There were 3570 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 980 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For SMCI SMCI, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 35 day(s) on August 18, 2023. This event was a transfer of 10 contract(s) at a $300.00 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 $27.5K, with a price of $2750.0 per contract. There were 2828 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 630 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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