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
SOFI CALL SWEEP BEARISH 04/17/26 $17.00 $187.9K 36.3K 2.6K
COIN CALL TRADE BEARISH 04/17/26 $200.00 $33.3K 2.8K 1.6K
AFRM CALL SWEEP BEARISH 05/15/26 $50.00 $115.4K 8.0K 1.4K
XYZ PUT SWEEP BULLISH 04/10/26 $57.00 $114.0K 381 634
GS PUT TRADE NEUTRAL 01/15/27 $680.00 $88.2K 410 377
FOUR PUT SWEEP BULLISH 01/21/28 $80.00 $38.5K 32 171
PYPL CALL TRADE BEARISH 01/21/28 $30.00 $94.0K 2.0K 100
C CALL TRADE BULLISH 06/17/27 $110.00 $33.8K 9.3K 80
BX PUT SWEEP BEARISH 05/15/26 $110.00 $48.7K 1.8K 60
MA CALL TRADE BULLISH 05/15/26 $460.00 $50.8K 13 10

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• For SOFI (NASDAQ:SOFI), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 24 day(s) on April 17, 2026. This event was a transfer of 1879 contract(s) at a $17.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 32 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $187.9K, with a price of $100.0 per contract. There were 36344 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2670 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding COIN (NASDAQ:COIN), we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 24 day(s) on April 17, 2026. Parties traded 58 contract(s) at a $200.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $33.3K, with a price of $575.0 per contract. There were 2842 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1667 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AFRM (NASDAQ:AFRM), we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 52 day(s) on May 15, 2026. Parties traded 312 contract(s) at a $50.00 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 $115.4K, with a price of $370.0 per contract. There were 8033 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1492 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For XYZ (NYSE:XYZ), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 17 day(s) on April 10, 2026. This event was a transfer of 623 contract(s) at a $57.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 35 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $114.0K, with a price of $183.0 per contract. There were 381 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 634 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For GS (NYSE:GS), we notice a put option trade that happens to be neutral, expiring in 297 day(s) on January 15, 2027. This event was a transfer of 20 contract(s) at a $680.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $88.2K, with a price of $4414.0 per contract. There were 410 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 377 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding FOUR (NYSE:FOUR), we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 668 day(s) on January 21, 2028. Parties traded 10 contract(s) at a $80.00 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 $38.5K, with a price of $3850.0 per contract. There were 32 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 171 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For PYPL (NASDAQ:PYPL), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 668 day(s) on January 21, 2028. This event was a transfer of 50 contract(s) at a $30.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $94.0K, with a price of $1880.0 per contract. There were 2000 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 100 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding C (NYSE:C), we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 450 day(s) on June 17, 2027. Parties traded 17 contract(s) at a $110.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $33.8K, with a price of $1990.0 per contract. There were 9363 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 80 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding BX (NYSE:BX), we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 52 day(s) on May 15, 2026. Parties traded 50 contract(s) at a $110.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 7 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $48.7K, with a price of $975.0 per contract. There were 1855 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 60 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MA (NYSE:MA), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 52 day(s) on May 15, 2026. This event was a transfer of 10 contract(s) at a $460.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $50.8K, with a price of $5085.0 per contract. There were 13 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 10 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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