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 bullet-by-bullet explanations have been constructed using the accompanying table.

• For VKTX (NASDAQ:VKTX), we notice a put option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 430 day(s) on December 17, 2027. This event was a transfer of 1000 contract(s) at a $15.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $275.0K, with a price of $275.0 per contract. There were 94 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3018 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding TMO (NYSE:TMO), we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 38 day(s) on November 20, 2026. Parties traded 31 contract(s) at a $730.00 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 $31.6K, with a price of $1020.0 per contract. There were 100 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1078 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For BMY (NYSE:BMY), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 465 day(s) on January 21, 2028. This event was a transfer of 114 contract(s) at a $45.00 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 $29.4K, with a price of $258.0 per contract. There were 3436 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 125 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For SYK (NYSE:SYK), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 66 day(s) on December 18, 2026. This event was a transfer of 74 contract(s) at a $300.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 23 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $78.4K, with a price of $1050.0 per contract. There were 328 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 74 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding JNJ (NYSE:JNJ), we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 247 day(s) on June 17, 2027. Parties traded 15 contract(s) at a $220.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $58.8K, with a price of $3920.0 per contract. There were 250 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 61 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MRNA (NASDAQ:MRNA), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 66 day(s) on December 18, 2026. This event was a transfer of 8 contract(s) at a $220.00 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 $25.6K, with a price of $3200.0 per contract. There were 2936 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 60 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding HTFL (NASDAQ:HTFL), we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 3 day(s) on October 16, 2026. Parties traded 50 contract(s) at a $45.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 6 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $27.0K, with a price of $541.0 per contract. There were 245 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 53 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For ISRG (NASDAQ:ISRG), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 129 day(s) on February 19, 2027. This event was a transfer of 43 contract(s) at a $420.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 16 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $186.9K, with a price of $4340.0 per contract. There were 38 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 52 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For CAH (NYSE:CAH), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 94 day(s) on January 15, 2027. This event was a transfer of 38 contract(s) at a $250.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 13 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $72.5K, with a price of $1910.0 per contract. There were 8 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 38 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding ABVX (NASDAQ:ABVX), we observe a call option trade with neutral sentiment. It expires in 94 day(s) on January 15, 2027. Parties traded 25 contract(s) at a $80.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $35.6K, with a price of $1425.0 per contract. There were 301 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 35 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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