10 Health Care Stocks With Whale Alerts In Today's Session - DexCom (NASDAQ:DXCM), Jazz Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:JAZZ), Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), Eli Lilly and Co (NYSE:LLY)

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
JNJ	PUT	TRADE	BULLISH	09/15/23	$210.00	$34.6K	254.0K	18.9K
DXCM	CALL	TRADE	NEUTRAL	09/15/23	$120.00	$99.0K	2.4K	2.8K
MRNA	PUT	SWEEP	BEARISH	08/11/23	$98.00	$61.6K	461	1.4K
LLY	CALL	SWEEP	BULLISH	01/19/24	$500.00	$58.4K	1.2K	421
VKTX	PUT	TRADE	BEARISH	11/17/23	$16.00	$28.4K	205	97
JAZZ	PUT	SWEEP	BEARISH	12/20/24	$140.00	$49.5K	15	59
NVO	CALL	SWEEP	BEARISH	06/21/24	$185.00	$50.6K	19	54
PFE	PUT	TRADE	BEARISH	01/19/24	$62.50	$32.4K	60	38
VEEV	PUT	TRADE	BEARISH	01/17/25	$210.00	$40.4K	28	17
RETA	CALL	SWEEP	BEARISH	09/15/23	$140.00	$27.9K	112	15

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• Regarding JNJ (NYSE:JNJ), we observe a put option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 38 day(s) on September 15, 2023. Parties traded 9 contract(s) at a $210.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $34.6K, with a price of $3852.0 per contract. There were 254033 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 18906 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For DXCM (NASDAQ:DXCM), we notice a call option trade that happens to be neutral, expiring in 38 day(s) on September 15, 2023. This event was a transfer of 495 contract(s) at a $120.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $99.0K, with a price of $200.0 per contract. There were 2445 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2886 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
JNJ	PUT	TRADE	BULLISH	09/15/23	$210.00	$34.6K	254.0K	18.9K
DXCM	CALL	TRADE	NEUTRAL	09/15/23	$120.00	$99.0K	2.4K	2.8K
MRNA	PUT	SWEEP	BEARISH	08/11/23	$98.00	$61.6K	461	1.4K
LLY	CALL	SWEEP	BULLISH	01/19/24	$500.00	$58.4K	1.2K	421
VKTX	PUT	TRADE	BEARISH	11/17/23	$16.00	$28.4K	205	97
JAZZ	PUT	SWEEP	BEARISH	12/20/24	$140.00	$49.5K	15	59
NVO	CALL	SWEEP	BEARISH	06/21/24	$185.00	$50.6K	19	54
PFE	PUT	TRADE	BEARISH	01/19/24	$62.50	$32.4K	60	38
VEEV	PUT	TRADE	BEARISH	01/17/25	$210.00	$40.4K	28	17
RETA	CALL	SWEEP	BEARISH	09/15/23	$140.00	$27.9K	112	15

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• For MRNA (NASDAQ:MRNA), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 3 day(s) on August 11, 2023. This event was a transfer of 501 contract(s) at a $98.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 10 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $61.6K, with a price of $123.0 per contract. There were 461 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1433 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For LLY (NYSE:LLY), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 164 day(s) on January 19, 2024. This event was a transfer of 12 contract(s) at a $500.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 5 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $58.4K, with a price of $4870.0 per contract. There were 1281 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 421 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For VKTX (NASDAQ:VKTX), we notice a put option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 101 day(s) on November 17, 2023. This event was a transfer of 77 contract(s) at a $16.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $28.4K, with a price of $370.0 per contract. There were 205 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 97 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding JAZZ (NASDAQ:JAZZ), we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 500 day(s) on December 20, 2024. Parties traded 28 contract(s) at a $140.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 10 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $49.5K, with a price of $1770.0 per contract. There were 15 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 59 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For NVO (NYSE:NVO), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 318 day(s) on June 21, 2024. This event was a transfer of 20 contract(s) at a $185.00 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 $50.6K, with a price of $2530.0 per contract. There were 19 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 54 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For PFE (NYSE:PFE), we notice a put option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 164 day(s) on January 19, 2024. This event was a transfer of 12 contract(s) at a $62.50 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $32.4K, with a price of $2706.0 per contract. There were 60 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 38 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding VEEV (NYSE:VEEV), we observe a put option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 528 day(s) on January 17, 2025. Parties traded 12 contract(s) at a $210.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $40.4K, with a price of $3370.0 per contract. There were 28 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 17 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For RETA (NASDAQ:RETA), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 38 day(s) on September 15, 2023. This event was a transfer of 10 contract(s) at a $140.00 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 $27.9K, with a price of $2790.0 per contract. There were 112 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 15 contract(s) were bought and sold.