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:

Symbol PUT/CALL Trade Type Sentiment Exp. Date Strike Price Total Trade Price Open Interest Volume
HOOD PUT SWEEP BULLISH 04/24/26 $86.00 $46.3K 3.6K 6.7K
WFC CALL SWEEP BULLISH 06/17/27 $60.00 $367.6K 87 302
JEF PUT TRADE BULLISH 09/18/26 $47.50 $137.5K 25 258
SCHW CALL TRADE NEUTRAL 06/18/26 $80.00 $48.8K 1.5K 121
AXP CALL SWEEP BEARISH 12/15/28 $300.00 $259.5K 89 37
GS PUT TRADE BULLISH 11/20/26 $855.00 $33.2K 283 31
C CALL TRADE BULLISH 01/15/27 $105.00 $30.2K 2.7K 30
COIN PUT SWEEP NEUTRAL 08/21/26 $180.00 $74.4K 904 25
BULL PUT TRADE BEARISH 01/21/28 $30.00 $80.5K 15 0

Explanation

These bullet-by-bullet explanations have been constructed using the accompanying table.

• Regarding HOOD (NASDAQ:HOOD), we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 1 day(s) on April 24, 2026. Parties traded 154 contract(s) at a $86.00 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 $46.3K, with a price of $302.0 per contract. There were 3628 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 6787 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding WFC (NYSE:WFC), we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 420 day(s) on June 17, 2027. Parties traded 153 contract(s) at a $60.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 138 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $367.6K, with a price of $2403.0 per contract. There were 87 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 302 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding JEF (NYSE:JEF), we observe a put option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 148 day(s) on September 18, 2026. Parties traded 250 contract(s) at a $47.50 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $137.5K, with a price of $550.0 per contract. There were 25 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 258 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding SCHW (NYSE:SCHW), we observe a call option trade with neutral sentiment. It expires in 56 day(s) on June 18, 2026. Parties traded 50 contract(s) at a $80.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $48.8K, with a price of $977.0 per contract. There were 1581 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 121 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AXP (NYSE:AXP), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 967 day(s) on December 15, 2028. This event was a transfer of 31 contract(s) at a $300.00 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 $259.5K, with a price of $8371.0 per contract. There were 89 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 37 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding GS (NYSE:GS), we observe a put option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 211 day(s) on November 20, 2026. Parties traded 6 contract(s) at a $855.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $33.2K, with a price of $5540.0 per contract. There were 283 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 31 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding C (NYSE:C), we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 267 day(s) on January 15, 2027. Parties traded 10 contract(s) at a $105.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $30.2K, with a price of $3020.0 per contract. There were 2705 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 30 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For COIN (NASDAQ:COIN), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be neutral, expiring in 120 day(s) on August 21, 2026. This event was a transfer of 33 contract(s) at a $180.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 6 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $74.4K, with a price of $2260.0 per contract. There were 904 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 25 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding BULL (NASDAQ:BULL), we observe a put option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 638 day(s) on January 21, 2028. Parties traded 35 contract(s) at a $30.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $80.5K, with a price of $2300.0 per contract. There were 15 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 0 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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