This whale alert helps traders spot the next big trading opportunity.
Whales are entities with large amounts of money, and track their transactions with Benzinga’s Option Activity Scanner.
Traders often look for situations where an option’s market forecast deviates from its normal value. Abnormal amounts of trading activity can push option prices to hyperbolic or underperforming levels.
Below are some examples of optional activities occurring in the information technology sector.
| symbol | put/call | transaction type | emotions | EXP date | strike price | total transaction price | open interest | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAPL | put | sweep | strong | 07/21/23 | $140.00 | $111.7K | 1.9K | 1.8K |
| PYPL | put | sweep | strong | 10/21/22 | $95.00 | $66.3K | 2.8K | 1.8K |
| NVDA | put | sweep | neutral | 22/09/23 | $150.00 | $38.3K | 990 | 1.5K |
| AMD | put | sweep | bearish | 10/21/22 | $85.00 | $31.2K | 10.2K | 758 |
| Enf | put | sweep | strong | 09/02/22 | $270.00 | $50.9K | 360 | 711 |
| Mu | put | trade | bearish | 23/04/21 | $52.50 | $25.8K | 397 | 210 |
| TTD | put | sweep | bearish | 10/21/22 | $65.00 | $42.2K | 1.6K | 162 |
| Qucom | phone | sweep | strong | 23/01/20 | $135.00 | $59.5K | 2.0K | 145 |
| FTNT | put | trade | bearish | 12/16/22 | $44.00 | $27.7K | 356 | 107 |
| document | put | sweep | strong | 09/09/22 | $58.00 | $35.9K | 387 | 96 |
explanation
These detailed descriptions have been prepared using the accompanying tables.
• for AAPL AAPLwe notice put option sweep it happened strongexpires after 325 days July 21, 2023. This event is 109 contract in $140.00 attack. This particular put required him to split it into five different trades in order to execute.The total cost received by the author (or parties) is $111.7K,the price is $1025.0 per contract.there were 1934 Open the contract with this strike today and before today 1833 A contract has been sold.
• for PYPL PYPLwe notice put option sweep it happened strongexpires after 52 days October 21, 2022. This event is 75 contract in $95.00 attack. This particular put had to be split into 10 different trades in order to be filled.The total cost received by the author (or parties) is $66.3K,the price is $885.0 per contract.there were 2822 Open the contract with this strike today and before today 1816 A contract has been sold.
• for NVDA NVDAwe notice put option sweep it happened neutralexpires in 24 days September 23, 2022. This event is 50 contract in $150.00 attack. This particular put required him to split it into four different trades in order to execute.The total cost received by the author (or parties) is $38.3K,the price is $768.0 per contract.there were 990 Open the contract with this strike today and before today 1517 A contract has been sold.
• about it AMD AMDwe observe put option sweep When bearish emotions.Expiration date he is 52 days October 21, 2022. Transactioned Parties 50 contract in $85.00 attack. This particular put required him to split it into four different trades in order to execute.The total cost received by the author (or parties) is $31.2K,the price is $625.0 per contract.there were 10267 Open the contract with this strike today and before today 758 A contract has been sold.
• for Enf Enfwe notice put option sweep it happened strongexpires after 3 days September 2, 2022. This event is 134 contract in $270.00 attack. This particular put had to be split into eight different trades in order to be executed.The total cost received by the author (or parties) is $50.9K,the price is $380.0 per contract.there were 360 Open the contract with this strike today and before today 711 A contract has been sold.
• for Mu Muwe notice put option trade it happened bearishexpires in 234 days April 21, 2023. This event is 41 contract in $52.50 attack.The total cost received by the author (or parties) is $25.8K,the price is $630.0 per contract.there were 397 Open the contract with this strike today and before today 210 A contract has been sold.
• about it TTD TTDwe observe put option sweep When bearish emotions.Expiration date he is 52 days October 21, 2022. Transactioned Parties 50 contract in $65.00 attack. This particular put required him to split it into six different trades in order to execute.The total cost received by the author (or parties) is $42.2K,the price is $845.0 per contract.there were 1691 Open the contract with this strike today and before today 162 A contract has been sold.
• for Qucom Qucomwe notice phone option sweep it happened strongexpires in 143 days January 20, 2023. This event is 46 contract in $135.00 attack. This particular call had to be split into 7 different trades in order to be filled.The total cost received by the author (or parties) is $59.5K,the price is $1295.0 per contract.there were 2086 Open the contract with this strike today and before today 145 A contract has been sold.
• for FTNT FTNTwe notice put option trade it happened bearishexpires in 108 days December 16, 2022. This event is 100 contract in $44.00 attack.The total cost received by the author (or parties) is $27.7K,the price is $277.0 per contract.there were 356 Open the contract with this strike today and before today 107 A contract has been sold.
• for document documentwe notice put option sweep it happened strongexpires in 10 days at September 9, 2022. This event is 59 contract in $58.00 attack. This particular put required him to split it into seven different trades in order to execute.The total cost received by the author (or parties) is $35.9K,the price is $610.0 per contract.there were 387 Open the contract with this strike today and before today 96 A contract has been sold.
Terminology for Option Alerts
– Call contract: The right to purchase shares as indicated in the contract.
– Contract puts: The right to sell the shares shown in the contract.
– date of expiry: Upon expiry of contract. If you wish to use it, you must act on the contract by this date.
– Premium/Option Price: contract price.
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