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Benzinga reported whale options activity across technology stocks, with NVDA listed first among the tracked tickers. The article provides no transaction size, price move, or volume figures.
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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 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: Symbol PUT/CALL Trade Type Sentiment Exp. Date Strike Price Total Trade Price Open Interest Volume NVDA PUT SWEEP BULLISH 10/14/26 $222.50 $26.0K 5.1K 48.4K MU CALL SWEEP BULLISH 10/14/26 $940.00 $97.5K 14 17.8K AAPL PUT TRADE BULLISH 10/16/26 $342.50 $26.5K 1.0K 7.8K PLTR CALL SWEEP BEARISH 10/16/26 $205.00 $49.0K 13.9K 5.5K SNDK CALL TRADE BEARISH 10/16/26 $1500.00 $59.6K 1.2K 3.6K MSFT PUT SWEEP BEARISH 10/16/26 $540.00 $29.1K 6.9K 3.4K ORCL PUT TRADE NEUTRAL 10/16/26 $140.00 $119.0K 13.3K 2.8K INTC CALL SWEEP BULLISH 10/30/26 $105.00 $26.0K 2.2K 1.9K LITE CALL SWEEP BEARISH 10/16/26 $1050.00 $72.1K 728 1.8K TXN CALL TRADE BEARISH 01/15/27 $320.00 $1.8 million 2.3K 1.6K Explanation These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table. • For NVDA (NASDAQ:NVDA), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 1 day(s) on October 14, 2026. This event was a transfer of 400 contract(s) at a $222.50 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 $26.0K, with a price of $65.0 per contract. There were 5154 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 48474 contract(s) were bought and sold. • For MU (NASDAQ:MU), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 1 day(s) on October 14, 2026. This event was a transfer of 82 contract(s) at a $940.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 18 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $97.5K, with a price of $1190.0 per contract. There were 14 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 17803 contract(s) were bought and sold. • For AAPL (NASDAQ:AAPL), we notice a put option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 3 day(s) on October 16, 2026. This event was a transfer of 100 contract(s) at a $342.50 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $26.5K, with a price of $265.0 per contract. There were 1089 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 7865 contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding PLTR (NASDAQ:PLTR), we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 3 day(s) on October 16, 2026. Parties traded 100 contract(s) at a $205.00 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 $49.0K, with a price of $490.0 per contract. There were 13984 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 5576 contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding SNDK (NASDAQ:SNDK), we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 3 day(s) on October 16, 2026. Parties traded 30 contract(s) at a $1500.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $59.6K, with a price of $1987.0 per contract. There were 1248 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3661 contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding MSFT (NASDAQ:MSFT), we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 3 day(s) on October 16, 2026. Parties traded 103 contract(s) at a $540.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 28 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $29.1K, with a price of $281.0 per contract. There were 6914 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3401 contract(s) were bought and sold. • For ORCL (NYSE:ORCL), we notice a put option trade that happens to be neutral, expiring in 3 day(s) on October 16, 2026. This event was a transfer of 500 contract(s) at a $140.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $119.0K, with a price of $238.0 per contract. There were 13383 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2854 contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding INTC (NASDAQ:INTC), we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 17 day(s) on October 30, 2026. Parties traded 50 contract(s) at a $105.00 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 $26.0K, with a price of $520.0 per contract. There were 2212 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1963 contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding LITE (NASDAQ:LITE), we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 3 day(s) on October 16, 2026. Parties traded 120 contract(s) at a $1050.00 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 $72.1K, with a price of $600.0 per contract. There were 728 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1863 contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding TXN (NASDAQ:TXN), we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 94 day(s) on January 15, 2027. Parties traded 1600 contract(s) at a $320.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $1.8 million, with a price of $1155.0 per contract. There were 2336 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1651 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, read more news on unusual options activity. 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