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
NVDA CALL SWEEP BULLISH 09/18/26 $220.00 $26.5K 77.9K 193.0K
AMD PUT TRADE BULLISH 09/18/26 $550.00 $32.4K 2.2K 6.3K
SMCI CALL TRADE BULLISH 12/18/26 $40.00 $27.0K 9.1K 5.7K
CORZ PUT TRADE BEARISH 04/16/27 $13.00 $553.0K 67 3.5K
INTC CALL TRADE BULLISH 03/19/27 $100.00 $26.8K 12.3K 3.0K
PLTR CALL SWEEP BEARISH 10/16/26 $190.00 $30.8K 5.7K 2.1K
KLAC CALL SWEEP BULLISH 11/20/26 $170.00 $76.3K 205 1.7K
SNDK CALL SWEEP BEARISH 09/18/26 $1550.00 $260.0K 1.3K 884
MU PUT SWEEP NEUTRAL 10/16/26 $800.00 $91.9K 6.6K 715
RGTI PUT SWEEP BEARISH 10/16/26 $15.00 $30.0K 13.4K 669

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• Regarding NVDA (NASDAQ:NVDA), we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 1 day(s) on September 18, 2026. Parties traded 250 contract(s) at a $220.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 4 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $26.5K, with a price of $106.0 per contract. There were 77947 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 193071 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AMD (NASDAQ:AMD), we observe a put option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 1 day(s) on September 18, 2026. Parties traded 40 contract(s) at a $550.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $32.4K, with a price of $810.0 per contract. There were 2228 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 6385 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding SMCI (NASDAQ:SMCI), we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 92 day(s) on December 18, 2026. Parties traded 40 contract(s) at a $40.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $27.0K, with a price of $675.0 per contract. There were 9131 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 5745 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding CORZ (NASDAQ:CORZ), we observe a put option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 211 day(s) on April 16, 2027. Parties traded 3500 contract(s) at a $13.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $553.0K, with a price of $158.0 per contract. There were 67 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3533 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding INTC (NASDAQ:INTC), we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 183 day(s) on March 19, 2027. Parties traded 10 contract(s) at a $100.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $26.8K, with a price of $2683.0 per contract. There were 12305 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3002 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding PLTR (NASDAQ:PLTR), we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 29 day(s) on October 16, 2026. Parties traded 78 contract(s) at a $190.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 8 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $30.8K, with a price of $395.0 per contract. There were 5748 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2113 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding KLAC (NASDAQ:KLAC), we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 64 day(s) on November 20, 2026. Parties traded 47 contract(s) at a $170.00 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 $76.3K, with a price of $1630.0 per contract. There were 205 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1789 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding SNDK (NASDAQ:SNDK), we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 1 day(s) on September 18, 2026. Parties traded 50 contract(s) at a $1550.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 6 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $260.0K, with a price of $5201.0 per contract. There were 1320 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 884 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MU (NASDAQ:MU), we observe a put option sweep with neutral sentiment. It expires in 29 day(s) on October 16, 2026. Parties traded 100 contract(s) at a $800.00 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 $91.9K, with a price of $918.0 per contract. There were 6621 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 715 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For RGTI (NASDAQ:RGTI), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 29 day(s) on October 16, 2026. This event was a transfer of 390 contract(s) at a $15.00 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 $30.0K, with a price of $76.0 per contract. There were 13498 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 669 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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