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
TSLA CALL SWEEP BEARISH 09/04/26 $352.50 $34.8K 4.5K 88.6K
BABA CALL SWEEP BEARISH 12/18/26 $120.00 $41.7K 11.0K 793
YETI CALL SWEEP BULLISH 09/18/26 $42.50 $56.2K 635 771
W CALL TRADE NEUTRAL 09/18/26 $98.00 $47.2K 82 403
LCID PUT TRADE BEARISH 01/15/27 $7.00 $60.0K 3.5K 200
BROS PUT SWEEP BEARISH 09/11/26 $52.00 $39.0K 82 60
FIVE CALL TRADE BEARISH 10/16/26 $270.00 $31.4K 76 46
DUOL CALL TRADE BULLISH 11/20/26 $120.00 $40.0K 172 11

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• For TSLA (NASDAQ:TSLA), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, is expiring today. Parties traded 279 contract(s) at a $352.50 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 50 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $34.8K, with a price of $127.0 per contract. There were 4592 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 88694 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For BABA (NYSE:BABA), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 105 day(s) on December 18, 2026. This event was a transfer of 50 contract(s) at a $120.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 7 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $41.7K, with a price of $835.0 per contract. There were 11086 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 793 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding YETI (NYSE:YETI), we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 14 day(s) on September 18, 2026. Parties traded 750 contract(s) at a $42.50 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 34 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $56.2K, with a price of $75.0 per contract. There were 635 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 771 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For W (NYSE:W), we notice a call option trade that happens to be neutral, expiring in 14 day(s) on September 18, 2026. This event was a transfer of 100 contract(s) at a $98.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $47.2K, with a price of $472.0 per contract. There were 82 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 403 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For LCID (NASDAQ:LCID), we notice a put option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 133 day(s) on January 15, 2027. This event was a transfer of 200 contract(s) at a $7.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $60.0K, with a price of $300.0 per contract. There were 3542 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 200 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For BROS (NYSE:BROS), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 7 day(s) on September 11, 2026. This event was a transfer of 60 contract(s) at a $52.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 14 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $39.0K, with a price of $595.0 per contract. There were 82 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 60 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For FIVE (NASDAQ:FIVE), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 42 day(s) on October 16, 2026. This event was a transfer of 40 contract(s) at a $270.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $31.4K, with a price of $787.0 per contract. There were 76 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 46 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For DUOL (NASDAQ:DUOL), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 77 day(s) on November 20, 2026. This event was a transfer of 10 contract(s) at a $120.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $40.0K, with a price of $4000.0 per contract. There were 172 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 11 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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