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.
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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| Symbol | PUT/CALL | Trade Type | Sentiment | Exp. Date | Strike Price | Total Trade Price | Open Interest | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PURR | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 09/18/26 | $10.00 | $84.6K | 13.7K | 2.4K |
| MESO | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 01/21/28 | $15.00 | $53.0K | 1.4K | 510 |
| MRK | PUT | TRADE | BULLISH | 03/19/27 | $130.00 | $614.2K | 10 | 450 |
| PTCT | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 01/15/27 | $70.00 | $244.0K | 3.9K | 401 |
| HROW | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 01/15/27 | $50.00 | $72.5K | 8.1K | 291 |
| HIMS | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 08/21/26 | $37.00 | $47.9K | 2.3K | 148 |
| CYTK | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 01/21/28 | $85.00 | $25.2K | 487 | 42 |
| LLY | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 09/17/27 | $1660.00 | $83.2K | 139 | 22 |
• Regarding PURR (NASDAQ:PURR), we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 74 day(s) on September 18, 2026. Parties traded 649 contract(s) at a $10.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 11 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $84.6K, with a price of $130.0 per contract. There were 13706 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2432 contract(s) were bought and sold.
• Regarding MESO (NASDAQ:MESO), we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 564 day(s) on January 21, 2028. Parties traded 100 contract(s) at a $15.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $53.0K, with a price of $530.0 per contract. There were 1464 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 510 contract(s) were bought and sold.
• Regarding MRK (NYSE:MRK), we observe a put option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 256 day(s) on March 19, 2027. Parties traded 450 contract(s) at a $130.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $614.2K, with a price of $1365.0 per contract. There were 10 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 450 contract(s) were bought and sold.
• For PTCT (NASDAQ:PTCT), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 193 day(s) on January 15, 2027. This event was a transfer of 100 contract(s) at a $70.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $244.0K, with a price of $2440.0 per contract. There were 3934 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 401 contract(s) were bought and sold.
• For HROW (NASDAQ:HROW), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 193 day(s) on January 15, 2027. This event was a transfer of 100 contract(s) at a $50.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $72.5K, with a price of $725.0 per contract. There were 8138 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 291 contract(s) were bought and sold.
• Regarding HIMS (NYSE:HIMS), we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 46 day(s) on August 21, 2026. Parties traded 70 contract(s) at a $37.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $47.9K, with a price of $685.0 per contract. There were 2395 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 148 contract(s) were bought and sold.
• Regarding CYTK (NASDAQ:CYTK), we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 564 day(s) on January 21, 2028. Parties traded 9 contract(s) at a $85.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $25.2K, with a price of $2810.0 per contract. There were 487 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 42 contract(s) were bought and sold.
• Regarding LLY (NYSE:LLY), we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 438 day(s) on September 17, 2027. Parties traded 9 contract(s) at a $1660.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $83.2K, with a price of $9255.0 per contract. There were 139 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 22 contract(s) were bought and sold.