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:

Symbol	PUT/CALL	Trade Type	Sentiment	Exp. Date	Strike Price	Total Trade Price	Open Interest	Volume
AAPL	CALL	SWEEP	BULLISH	08/11/23	$190.00	$53.2K	6.2K	51.4K
AMD	CALL	SWEEP	BULLISH	08/04/23	$117.00	$29.4K	11.7K	49.1K
ORCL	CALL	SWEEP	BULLISH	10/20/23	$120.00	$168.3K	5.8K	5.4K
PLTR	CALL	SWEEP	BULLISH	08/11/23	$22.00	$92.4K	6.4K	3.7K
PANW	CALL	SWEEP	BULLISH	08/11/23	$220.00	$75.1K	36	2.4K
SMCI	PUT	SWEEP	BEARISH	08/11/23	$300.00	$38.2K	159	1.1K
ENPH	CALL	TRADE	NEUTRAL	09/15/23	$155.00	$40.9K	1.3K	821
AYX	CALL	SWEEP	BEARISH	01/19/24	$45.00	$50.4K	267	680
NVDA	CALL	SWEEP	BULLISH	08/04/23	$435.00	$28.1K	2.8K	606
SNOW	PUT	SWEEP	BEARISH	08/18/23	$170.00	$49.2K	1.8K	538

Explanation

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

• Regarding AAPL (NASDAQ:AAPL), we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 7 day(s) on August 11, 2023. Parties traded 888 contract(s) at a $190.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 23 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $53.2K, with a price of $60.0 per contract. There were 6225 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 51435 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AMD (NASDAQ:AMD), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, is expiring today. Parties traded 393 contract(s) at a $117.00 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 $29.4K, with a price of $75.0 per contract. There were 11784 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 49158 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 about unusual options activity.

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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
AAPL	CALL	SWEEP	BULLISH	08/11/23	$190.00	$53.2K	6.2K	51.4K
AMD	CALL	SWEEP	BULLISH	08/04/23	$117.00	$29.4K	11.7K	49.1K
ORCL	CALL	SWEEP	BULLISH	10/20/23	$120.00	$168.3K	5.8K	5.4K
PLTR	CALL	SWEEP	BULLISH	08/11/23	$22.00	$92.4K	6.4K	3.7K
PANW	CALL	SWEEP	BULLISH	08/11/23	$220.00	$75.1K	36	2.4K
SMCI	PUT	SWEEP	BEARISH	08/11/23	$300.00	$38.2K	159	1.1K
ENPH	CALL	TRADE	NEUTRAL	09/15/23	$155.00	$40.9K	1.3K	821
AYX	CALL	SWEEP	BEARISH	01/19/24	$45.00	$50.4K	267	680
NVDA	CALL	SWEEP	BULLISH	08/04/23	$435.00	$28.1K	2.8K	606
SNOW	PUT	SWEEP	BEARISH	08/18/23	$170.00	$49.2K	1.8K	538

Explanation

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

• For ORCL (NYSE:ORCL), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 77 day(s) on October 20, 2023. This event was a transfer of 362 contract(s) at a $120.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 25 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $168.3K, with a price of $465.0 per contract. There were 5879 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 5419 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For PLTR (NYSE:PLTR), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 7 day(s) on August 11, 2023. This event was a transfer of 2000 contract(s) at a $22.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 32 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $92.4K, with a price of $47.0 per contract. There were 6422 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3754 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding PANW (NASDAQ:PANW), we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 7 day(s) on August 11, 2023. Parties traded 201 contract(s) at a $220.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 15 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $75.1K, with a price of $375.0 per contract. There were 36 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2404 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For SMCI (NASDAQ:SMCI), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 7 day(s) on August 11, 2023. This event was a transfer of 75 contract(s) at a $300.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 16 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $38.2K, with a price of $510.0 per contract. There were 159 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1175 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For ENPH (NASDAQ:ENPH), we notice a call option trade that happens to be neutral, expiring in 42 day(s) on September 15, 2023. This event was a transfer of 100 contract(s) at a $155.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $40.9K, with a price of $410.0 per contract. There were 1389 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 821 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AYX (NYSE:AYX), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 168 day(s) on January 19, 2024. This event was a transfer of 120 contract(s) at a $45.00 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 $50.4K, with a price of $420.0 per contract. There were 267 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 680 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For NVDA (NASDAQ:NVDA), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, is expiring today. Parties traded 16 contract(s) at a $435.00 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 $28.1K, with a price of $1760.0 per contract. There were 2815 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 606 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding SNOW (NYSE:SNOW), we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 14 day(s) on August 18, 2023. Parties traded 74 contract(s) at a $170.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 4 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $49.2K, with a price of $665.0 per contract. There were 1896 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 538 contract(s) were bought and sold.