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:

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• For AAPL AAPL, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, is expiring today. Parties traded 182 contract(s) at a $175.00 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 $40.4K, with a price of $222.0 per contract. There were 30748 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 73526 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MSFT MSFT, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, is expiring today. Parties traded 200 contract(s) at a $325.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 21 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $36.1K, with a price of $179.0 per contract. There were 9254 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 16664 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For NVDA NVDA, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 7 day(s) on October 13, 2023. This event was a transfer of 41 contract(s) at a $455.00 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 $40.8K, with a price of $996.0 per contract. There were 2797 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 10516 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding PLTR PLTR, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 42 day(s) on November 17, 2023. Parties traded 216 contract(s) at a $16.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 14 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $41.4K, with a price of $192.0 per contract. There were 12075 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1261 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For QCOM QCOM, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 7 day(s) on October 13, 2023. This event was a transfer of 250 contract(s) at a $112.00 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 $28.7K, with a price of $115.0 per contract. There were 1135 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1176 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For U U, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 7 day(s) on October 13, 2023. This event was a transfer of 1000 contract(s) at a $29.50 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 $52.0K, with a price of $52.0 per contract. There were 586 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1072 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding APP APP, we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 14 day(s) on October 20, 2023. Parties traded 700 contract(s) at a $40.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 42 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $66.5K, with a price of $95.0 per contract. There were 3459 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 746 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AMD AMD, we notice a put option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 42 day(s) on November 17, 2023. This event was a transfer of 88 contract(s) at a $105.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $51.9K, with a price of $590.0 per contract. There were 7325 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 635 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding SNOW SNOW, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 469 day(s) on January 17, 2025. Parties traded 182 contract(s) at a $195.00 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 $499.7K, with a price of $2746.0 per contract. There were 878 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 550 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For TSM TSM, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 105 day(s) on January 19, 2024. This event was a transfer of 109 contract(s) at a $90.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 8 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $58.3K, with a price of $535.0 per contract. There were 10986 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 265 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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