10 Health Care 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:

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• For IMGN IMGN, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 21 day(s) on November 17, 2023. This event was a transfer of 5000 contract(s) at a $16.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $500.0K, with a price of $100.0 per contract. There were 2576 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 5080 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For JNJ JNJ, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 140 day(s) on March 15, 2024. This event was a transfer of 43 contract(s) at a $150.00 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 $25.3K, with a price of $590.0 per contract. There were 222 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1569 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MRNA MRNA, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 140 day(s) on March 15, 2024. This event was a transfer of 29 contract(s) at a $95.00 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 $71.7K, with a price of $2475.0 per contract. There were 1251 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 318 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding DHR DHR, we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 448 day(s) on January 17, 2025. Parties traded 91 contract(s) at a $200.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 18 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $231.0K, with a price of $2540.0 per contract. There were 67 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 91 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding DXCM DXCM, we observe a put option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 203 day(s) on May 17, 2024. Parties traded 65 contract(s) at a $75.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $39.6K, with a price of $610.0 per contract. There were 282 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 65 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For CVS CVS, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 7 day(s) on November 3, 2023. This event was a transfer of 200 contract(s) at a $68.00 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 $28.6K, with a price of $143.0 per contract. There were 64 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 54 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For VERV VERV, we notice a put option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 21 day(s) on November 17, 2023. This event was a transfer of 200 contract(s) at a $7.50 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $27.0K, with a price of $135.0 per contract. There were 421 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 20 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For LLY LLY, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 84 day(s) on January 19, 2024. This event was a transfer of 20 contract(s) at a $560.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 5 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $67.2K, with a price of $3365.0 per contract. There were 660 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 17 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For ILMN ILMN, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 84 day(s) on January 19, 2024. This event was a transfer of 25 contract(s) at a $115.00 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 $25.7K, with a price of $1030.0 per contract. There were 17 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 16 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For SRPT SRPT, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 812 day(s) on January 16, 2026. This event was a transfer of 10 contract(s) at a $155.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $28.0K, with a price of $2800.0 per contract. There were 0 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 10 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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