10 Consumer Discretionary 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.

• Regarding TSLA TSLA, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 2 day(s) on September 22, 2023. Parties traded 111 contract(s) at a $270.00 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 $61.0K, with a price of $550.0 per contract. There were 22742 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 95123 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding NIO NIO, we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 121 day(s) on January 19, 2024. Parties traded 2500 contract(s) at a $7.50 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 22 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $157.7K, with a price of $63.0 per contract. There were 36961 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 5220 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding GT GT, we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 58 day(s) on November 17, 2023. Parties traded 4547 contract(s) at a $11.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $1.0 million, with a price of $230.0 per contract. There were 0 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 5000 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For TCOM TCOM, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 58 day(s) on November 17, 2023. This event was a transfer of 750 contract(s) at a $34.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 56 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $71.3K, with a price of $95.0 per contract. There were 1 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 750 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding CVNA CVNA, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 16 day(s) on October 6, 2023. Parties traded 100 contract(s) at a $44.00 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 $51.7K, with a price of $517.0 per contract. There were 53 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 494 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AEO AEO, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 121 day(s) on January 19, 2024. This event was a transfer of 311 contract(s) at a $15.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 3 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $46.3K, with a price of $149.0 per contract. There were 8061 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 314 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding HAS HAS, we observe a call option trade with neutral sentiment. It expires in 121 day(s) on January 19, 2024. Parties traded 278 contract(s) at a $57.50 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $314.1K, with a price of $1130.0 per contract. There were 380 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 296 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For HD HD, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 177 day(s) on March 15, 2024. This event was a transfer of 75 contract(s) at a $320.00 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 $136.1K, with a price of $1815.0 per contract. There were 101 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 133 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For ABNB ABNB, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 86 day(s) on December 15, 2023. This event was a transfer of 55 contract(s) at a $145.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 11 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $63.5K, with a price of $1155.0 per contract. There were 549 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 63 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding DASH DASH, we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 30 day(s) on October 20, 2023. Parties traded 390 contract(s) at a $75.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 41 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $62.0K, with a price of $158.0 per contract. There were 4335 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 33 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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