10 Financials Stocks Whale Activity 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 PYPL PYPL, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 30 day(s) on February 16, 2024. This event was a transfer of 1010 contract(s) at a $60.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 29 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $264.3K, with a price of $261.0 per contract. There were 17915 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 5063 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For BAC BAC, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 366 day(s) on January 17, 2025. This event was a transfer of 167 contract(s) at a $28.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 31 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $27.0K, with a price of $162.0 per contract. There were 70585 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3096 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For TFC TFC, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 2 day(s) on January 19, 2024. This event was a transfer of 610 contract(s) at a $36.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $29.8K, with a price of $49.0 per contract. There were 194 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1411 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding COIN COIN, we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 9 day(s) on January 26, 2024. Parties traded 149 contract(s) at a $145.00 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 $33.6K, with a price of $226.0 per contract. There were 383 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 860 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For DFS DFS, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 2 day(s) on January 19, 2024. This event was a transfer of 642 contract(s) at a $98.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 15 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $25.6K, with a price of $39.0 per contract. There were 503 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 705 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding C C, we observe a call option trade with neutral sentiment. It expires in 366 day(s) on January 17, 2025. Parties traded 107 contract(s) at a $57.50 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $33.7K, with a price of $315.0 per contract. There were 11912 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 701 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MQ MQ, we notice a put option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 58 day(s) on March 15, 2024. This event was a transfer of 300 contract(s) at a $7.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $40.5K, with a price of $135.0 per contract. There were 11980 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 600 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For USB USB, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be neutral, expiring in 156 day(s) on June 21, 2024. This event was a transfer of 176 contract(s) at a $45.00 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 $28.5K, with a price of $162.0 per contract. There were 5067 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 297 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For SQ SQ, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 730 day(s) on January 16, 2026. This event was a transfer of 40 contract(s) at a $65.00 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 $73.8K, with a price of $1846.0 per contract. There were 516 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 240 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding RILY RILY, we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 30 day(s) on February 16, 2024. Parties traded 250 contract(s) at a $22.50 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $56.7K, with a price of $227.0 per contract. There were 801 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 58 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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