10 Health Care Stocks With Whale Alerts In Today's Session - Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT), Apellis Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:APLS), Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE:BMY), Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX)

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
BSX	CALL	SWEEP	BEARISH	08/18/23	$52.50	$56.2K	2.8K	1.7K
RXRX	CALL	TRADE	BEARISH	08/18/23	$10.00	$25.0K	4.1K	439
APLS	CALL	SWEEP	BEARISH	08/18/23	$30.00	$48.0K	475	420
MDT	PUT	SWEEP	BULLISH	08/18/23	$90.00	$30.9K	677	381
BMY	PUT	TRADE	BEARISH	09/15/23	$70.00	$37.3K	480	262
DHR	CALL	SWEEP	BULLISH	08/11/23	$265.00	$38.7K	29	253
ZTS	PUT	TRADE	BULLISH	08/18/23	$185.00	$60.0K	825	203
ABT	PUT	SWEEP	BEARISH	08/18/23	$115.00	$55.6K	675	200
MCK	PUT	SWEEP	BULLISH	08/18/23	$390.00	$27.1K	527	181
JNJ	CALL	SWEEP	BEARISH	08/18/23	$165.00	$74.6K	6.6K	140

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• Regarding BSX (NYSE:BSX), we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 21 day(s) on August 18, 2023. Parties traded 1250 contract(s) at a $52.50 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 29 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $56.2K, with a price of $45.0 per contract. There were 2896 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1731 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding RXRX (NASDAQ:RXRX), we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 21 day(s) on August 18, 2023. Parties traded 80 contract(s) at a $10.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $25.0K, with a price of $313.0 per contract. There were 4140 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 439 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
BSX	CALL	SWEEP	BEARISH	08/18/23	$52.50	$56.2K	2.8K	1.7K
RXRX	CALL	TRADE	BEARISH	08/18/23	$10.00	$25.0K	4.1K	439
APLS	CALL	SWEEP	BEARISH	08/18/23	$30.00	$48.0K	475	420
MDT	PUT	SWEEP	BULLISH	08/18/23	$90.00	$30.9K	677	381
BMY	PUT	TRADE	BEARISH	09/15/23	$70.00	$37.3K	480	262
DHR	CALL	SWEEP	BULLISH	08/11/23	$265.00	$38.7K	29	253
ZTS	PUT	TRADE	BULLISH	08/18/23	$185.00	$60.0K	825	203
ABT	PUT	SWEEP	BEARISH	08/18/23	$115.00	$55.6K	675	200
MCK	PUT	SWEEP	BULLISH	08/18/23	$390.00	$27.1K	527	181
JNJ	CALL	SWEEP	BEARISH	08/18/23	$165.00	$74.6K	6.6K	140

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• Regarding APLS (NASDAQ:APLS), we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 21 day(s) on August 18, 2023. Parties traded 75 contract(s) at a $30.00 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 $48.0K, with a price of $640.0 per contract. There were 475 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 420 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MDT (NYSE:MDT), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 21 day(s) on August 18, 2023. This event was a transfer of 150 contract(s) at a $90.00 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 $30.9K, with a price of $206.0 per contract. There were 677 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 381 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For BMY (NYSE:BMY), we notice a put option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 49 day(s) on September 15, 2023. This event was a transfer of 42 contract(s) at a $70.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $37.3K, with a price of $890.0 per contract. There were 480 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 262 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For DHR (NYSE:DHR), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 14 day(s) on August 11, 2023. This event was a transfer of 250 contract(s) at a $265.00 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 $38.7K, with a price of $155.0 per contract. There were 29 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 253 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For ZTS (NYSE:ZTS), we notice a put option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 21 day(s) on August 18, 2023. This event was a transfer of 200 contract(s) at a $185.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $60.0K, with a price of $300.0 per contract. There were 825 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 203 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For ABT (NYSE:ABT), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 21 day(s) on August 18, 2023. This event was a transfer of 200 contract(s) at a $115.00 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 $55.6K, with a price of $278.0 per contract. There were 675 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 200 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MCK (NYSE:MCK), we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 21 day(s) on August 18, 2023. Parties traded 46 contract(s) at a $390.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 5 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $27.1K, with a price of $590.0 per contract. There were 527 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 181 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For JNJ (NYSE:JNJ), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 21 day(s) on August 18, 2023. This event was a transfer of 69 contract(s) at a $165.00 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 $74.6K, with a price of $1081.0 per contract. There were 6642 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 140 contract(s) were bought and sold.