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 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:

Explanation

These bullet-by-bullet explanations have been constructed using the accompanying table.

• For AAPL AAPL, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 3 day(s) on July 21, 2023. This event was a transfer of 1000 contract(s) at a $195.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 33 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $63.4K, with a price of $63.0 per contract. There were 55102 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 63443 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MSFT MSFT, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 3 day(s) on July 21, 2023. This event was a transfer of 84 contract(s) at a $365.00 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 $39.4K, with a price of $470.0 per contract. There were 10466 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 46411 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For NVDA NVDA, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 3 day(s) on July 21, 2023. This event was a transfer of 254 contract(s) at a $480.00 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 $173.5K, with a price of $685.0 per contract. There were 14018 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 33969 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AMD AMD, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 31 day(s) on August 18, 2023. Parties traded 325 contract(s) at a $120.00 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 $195.0K, with a price of $600.0 per contract. There were 18306 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 7618 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For IBM IBM, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 31 day(s) on August 18, 2023. This event was a transfer of 200 contract(s) at a $135.00 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 $61.0K, with a price of $305.0 per contract. There were 6005 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1964 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding TWLO TWLO, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 31 day(s) on August 18, 2023. Parties traded 250 contract(s) at a $70.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 19 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $87.5K, with a price of $350.0 per contract. There were 4741 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1396 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AVGO AVGO, we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 31 day(s) on August 18, 2023. Parties traded 50 contract(s) at a $900.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $165.0K, with a price of $3300.0 per contract. There were 1315 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 539 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding FROG FROG, we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 150 day(s) on December 15, 2023. Parties traded 100 contract(s) at a $30.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $41.5K, with a price of $415.0 per contract. There were 203 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 516 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For RIOT RIOT, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 185 day(s) on January 19, 2024. This event was a transfer of 50 contract(s) at a $10.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $45.7K, with a price of $915.0 per contract. There were 15518 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 305 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For PANW PANW, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 31 day(s) on August 18, 2023. This event was a transfer of 18 contract(s) at a $240.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 8 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $25.3K, with a price of $1410.0 per contract. There were 2359 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 181 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 news on unusual options activity.

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