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10 Financials 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 NU CALL TRADE BULLISH 11/20/26 $14.00 $25.2K 95.5K 29.2K XP PUT TRADE BEARISH 11/20/26 $22.00 $460.0K 29.8K 4.4K HOOD PUT SWEEP BULLISH 06/17/27 $85.00 $47.6K 763 229 BX PUT TRADE BEARISH 11/20/26 $125.00 $25.7K 1.4K 110 GS CALL SWEEP BEARISH 06/16/28 $1280.00 $43.9K 341 68 BLK PUT SWEEP BEARISH 11/20/26 $1080.00 $107.1K 26 51 AXP CALL TRADE BULLISH 06/17/27 $260.00 $328.5K 62 51 CM CALL SWEEP BEARISH 12/18/26 $110.00 $33.2K 359 50 XYZ CALL SWEEP NEUTRAL 11/06/26 $74.00 $25.2K 1 42 GGAL PUT SWEEP BULLISH 04/16/27 $55.00 $64.0K 1.5K 35 Explanation These bullet-by-bullet explanations have been constructed using the accompanying table. • For NU (NYSE:NU), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 28 day(s) on November 20, 2026. This event was a transfer of 150 contract(s) at a $14.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $25.2K, with a price of $168.0 per contract. There were 95545 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 29282 contract(s) were bought and sold. • For XP (NASDAQ:XP), we notice a put option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 28 day(s) on November 20, 2026. This event was a transfer of 4000 contract(s) at a $22.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $460.0K, with a price of $115.0 per contract. There were 29857 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 4430 contract(s) were bought and sold. • For HOOD (NASDAQ:HOOD), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 237 day(s) on June 17, 2027. This event was a transfer of 40 contract(s) at a $85.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 3 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $47.6K, with a price of $1190.0 per contract. There were 763 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 229 contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding BX (NYSE:BX), we observe a put option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 28 day(s) on November 20, 2026. Parties traded 25 contract(s) at a $125.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $25.7K, with a price of $1030.0 per contract. There were 1440 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 110 contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding GS (NYSE:GS), we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 602 day(s) on June 16, 2028. Parties traded 9 contract(s) at a $1280.00 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 $43.9K, with a price of $4880.0 per contract. There were 341 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 68 contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding BLK (NYSE:BLK), we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 28 day(s) on November 20, 2026. Parties traded 51 contract(s) at a $1080.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 33 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $107.1K, with a price of $2100.0 per contract. There were 26 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 51 contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding AXP (NYSE:AXP), we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 237 day(s) on June 17, 2027. Parties traded 50 contract(s) at a $260.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $328.5K, with a price of $6570.0 per contract. There were 62 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 51 contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding CM (NYSE:CM), we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 56 day(s) on December 18, 2026. Parties traded 50 contract(s) at a $110.00 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 $33.2K, with a price of $663.0 per contract. There were 359 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 50 contract(s) were bought and sold. • For XYZ (NYSE:XYZ), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be neutral, expiring in 14 day(s) on November 6, 2026. This event was a transfer of 42 contract(s) at a $74.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 17 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $25.2K, with a price of $600.0 per contract. There were 1 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 42 contract(s) were bought and sold. • For GGAL (NASDAQ:GGAL), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 175 day(s) on April 16, 2027. This event was a transfer of 35 contract(s) at a $55.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 3 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $64.0K, with a price of $1831.0 per contract. There were 1523 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. For more information, read more about unusual options activity. 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