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 will search for circumstances when the market estimation of an option diverges heavily from its normal worth. High amounts of trading activity could push option prices to exaggerated or underestimated 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.

• Regarding NVDA (NASDAQ:NVDA), we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 1 day(s) on March 6, 2026. Parties traded 123 contract(s) at a $180.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 9 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $26.1K, with a price of $213.0 per contract. There were 30126 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 59052 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AMD (NASDAQ:AMD), we notice a put option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 1 day(s) on March 6, 2026. This event was a transfer of 100 contract(s) at a $200.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $42.5K, with a price of $425.0 per contract. There were 6704 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 13730 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MSFT (NASDAQ:MSFT), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 15 day(s) on March 20, 2026. This event was a transfer of 25 contract(s) at a $410.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $26.2K, with a price of $1050.0 per contract. There were 8192 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2266 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MSTR (NASDAQ:MSTR), we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 8 day(s) on March 13, 2026. Parties traded 101 contract(s) at a $150.00 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 $28.2K, with a price of $280.0 per contract. There were 5184 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2020 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding BMNR (AMEX:BMNR), we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 1 day(s) on March 6, 2026. Parties traded 680 contract(s) at a $20.50 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 4 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $46.9K, with a price of $69.0 per contract. There were 829 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1656 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AVGO (NASDAQ:AVGO), we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 4 day(s) on March 9, 2026. Parties traded 51 contract(s) at a $330.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 8 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $35.6K, with a price of $698.0 per contract. There were 66 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 963 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding SNDK (NASDAQ:SNDK), we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 1 day(s) on March 6, 2026. Parties traded 150 contract(s) at a $520.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 8 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $27.7K, with a price of $185.0 per contract. There were 1373 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 741 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For STM (NYSE:STM), we notice a put option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 15 day(s) on March 20, 2026. This event was a transfer of 170 contract(s) at a $34.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $34.8K, with a price of $205.0 per contract. There were 313 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 568 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MU (NASDAQ:MU), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 105 day(s) on June 18, 2026. This event was a transfer of 280 contract(s) at a $500.00 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 $719.6K, with a price of $2570.0 per contract. There were 4232 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 481 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For ORCL (NYSE:ORCL), we notice a put option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 469 day(s) on June 17, 2027. This event was a transfer of 17 contract(s) at a $160.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $67.4K, with a price of $3965.0 per contract. There were 1046 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 445 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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