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.

Below are some instances of options activity happening in the Information Technology sector:

Symbol	PUT/CALL	Trade Type	Sentiment	Exp. Date	Strike Price	Total Trade Price	Open Interest	Volume
AAPL	CALL	SWEEP	BULLISH	09/29/23	$172.50	$159.0K	10.5K	60.9K
NVDA	CALL	SWEEP	BULLISH	09/29/23	$425.00	$53.9K	9.1K	40.7K
AMD	PUT	SWEEP	BEARISH	09/29/23	$97.00	$32.8K	3.6K	14.9K
MSFT	PUT	SWEEP	BEARISH	09/29/23	$310.00	$42.3K	6.5K	6.8K
WDAY	PUT	SWEEP	BULLISH	09/29/23	$230.00	$32.7K	882	2.0K
INTC	PUT	SWEEP	BEARISH	03/15/24	$32.00	$73.5K	11.3K	1.0K
KD	CALL	TRADE	BEARISH	10/20/23	$15.00	$33.0K	1.0K	1.0K
MU	PUT	SWEEP	BULLISH	11/17/23	$65.00	$27.3K	2.2K	928
PLTR	CALL	SWEEP	BEARISH	12/15/23	$15.00	$53.4K	5.0K	871
CRM	CALL	SWEEP	BULLISH	10/20/23	$205.00	$82.1K	826	383

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• For AAPL (NASDAQ:AAPL), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 2 day(s) on September 29, 2023. This event was a transfer of 2946 contract(s) at a $172.50 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 60 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $159.0K, with a price of $54.0 per contract. There were 10565 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 60946 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For NVDA (NASDAQ:NVDA), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 2 day(s) on September 29, 2023. This event was a transfer of 161 contract(s) at a $425.00 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 $53.9K, with a price of $335.0 per contract. There were 9167 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 40728 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.

Below are some instances of options activity happening in the Information Technology sector:

Symbol	PUT/CALL	Trade Type	Sentiment	Exp. Date	Strike Price	Total Trade Price	Open Interest	Volume
AAPL	CALL	SWEEP	BULLISH	09/29/23	$172.50	$159.0K	10.5K	60.9K
NVDA	CALL	SWEEP	BULLISH	09/29/23	$425.00	$53.9K	9.1K	40.7K
AMD	PUT	SWEEP	BEARISH	09/29/23	$97.00	$32.8K	3.6K	14.9K
MSFT	PUT	SWEEP	BEARISH	09/29/23	$310.00	$42.3K	6.5K	6.8K
WDAY	PUT	SWEEP	BULLISH	09/29/23	$230.00	$32.7K	882	2.0K
INTC	PUT	SWEEP	BEARISH	03/15/24	$32.00	$73.5K	11.3K	1.0K
KD	CALL	TRADE	BEARISH	10/20/23	$15.00	$33.0K	1.0K	1.0K
MU	PUT	SWEEP	BULLISH	11/17/23	$65.00	$27.3K	2.2K	928
PLTR	CALL	SWEEP	BEARISH	12/15/23	$15.00	$53.4K	5.0K	871
CRM	CALL	SWEEP	BULLISH	10/20/23	$205.00	$82.1K	826	383

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• Regarding AMD (NASDAQ:AMD), we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 2 day(s) on September 29, 2023. Parties traded 200 contract(s) at a $97.00 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 $32.8K, with a price of $164.0 per contract. There were 3604 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 14902 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MSFT (NASDAQ:MSFT), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 2 day(s) on September 29, 2023. This event was a transfer of 150 contract(s) at a $310.00 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 $42.3K, with a price of $282.0 per contract. There were 6548 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 6800 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding WDAY (NASDAQ:WDAY), we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 2 day(s) on September 29, 2023. Parties traded 84 contract(s) at a $230.00 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 $32.7K, with a price of $390.0 per contract. There were 882 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2002 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding INTC (NASDAQ:INTC), we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 170 day(s) on March 15, 2024. Parties traded 328 contract(s) at a $32.00 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 $73.5K, with a price of $224.0 per contract. There were 11376 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1054 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding KD (NYSE:KD), we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 23 day(s) on October 20, 2023. Parties traded 500 contract(s) at a $15.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $33.0K, with a price of $66.0 per contract. There were 1045 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1005 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MU (NASDAQ:MU), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 51 day(s) on November 17, 2023. This event was a transfer of 100 contract(s) at a $65.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 14 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $27.3K, with a price of $273.0 per contract. There were 2292 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 928 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For PLTR (NYSE:PLTR), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 79 day(s) on December 15, 2023. This event was a transfer of 330 contract(s) at a $15.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 13 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $53.4K, with a price of $162.0 per contract. There were 5019 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 871 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For CRM (NYSE:CRM), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 23 day(s) on October 20, 2023. This event was a transfer of 191 contract(s) at a $205.00 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 $82.1K, with a price of $430.0 per contract. There were 826 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 383 contract(s) were bought and sold.