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
RKLB CALL SWEEP BULLISH 01/15/27 $70.00 $109.4K 3.5K 681
AAL PUT SWEEP BULLISH 01/15/27 $12.00 $32.1K 47.5K 678
BE PUT TRADE BULLISH 10/16/26 $240.00 $25.2K 3.2K 541
GD PUT SWEEP BULLISH 01/15/27 $350.00 $87.6K 1.5K 503
ACVA CALL SWEEP BULLISH 09/18/26 $5.00 $51.2K 927 358
LUV PUT SWEEP BULLISH 10/16/26 $42.50 $29.3K 348 173
FBIN PUT SWEEP BEARISH 11/20/26 $40.00 $40.7K 0 143
AXON PUT SWEEP BULLISH 10/16/26 $390.00 $64.0K 35 103
STRL PUT SWEEP BEARISH 10/16/26 $400.00 $33.7K 109 86
ETN CALL TRADE BEARISH 10/02/26 $402.50 $54.0K 0 60

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• Regarding RKLB (NASDAQ:RKLB), we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 120 day(s) on January 15, 2027. Parties traded 100 contract(s) at a $70.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 10 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $109.4K, with a price of $1085.0 per contract. There were 3585 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 681 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AAL (NASDAQ:AAL), we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 120 day(s) on January 15, 2027. Parties traded 369 contract(s) at a $12.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 15 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $32.1K, with a price of $87.0 per contract. There were 47504 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 678 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding BE (NYSE:BE), we observe a put option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 29 day(s) on October 16, 2026. Parties traded 30 contract(s) at a $240.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $25.2K, with a price of $840.0 per contract. There were 3283 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 541 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding GD (NYSE:GD), we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 120 day(s) on January 15, 2027. Parties traded 60 contract(s) at a $350.00 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 $87.6K, with a price of $1460.0 per contract. There were 1503 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 503 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding ACVA (NYSE:ACVA), we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 1 day(s) on September 18, 2026. Parties traded 94 contract(s) at a $5.00 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 $51.2K, with a price of $545.0 per contract. There were 927 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 358 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding LUV (NYSE:LUV), we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 29 day(s) on October 16, 2026. Parties traded 100 contract(s) at a $42.50 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 21 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $29.3K, with a price of $293.0 per contract. There were 348 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 173 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding FBIN (NYSE:FBIN), we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 64 day(s) on November 20, 2026. Parties traded 143 contract(s) at a $40.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 15 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $40.7K, with a price of $285.0 per contract. There were 0 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 143 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AXON (NASDAQ:AXON), we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 29 day(s) on October 16, 2026. Parties traded 100 contract(s) at a $390.00 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 $64.0K, with a price of $640.0 per contract. There were 35 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 103 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding STRL (NASDAQ:STRL), we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 29 day(s) on October 16, 2026. Parties traded 75 contract(s) at a $400.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 15 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $33.7K, with a price of $450.0 per contract. There were 109 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 86 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For ETN (NYSE:ETN), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 15 day(s) on October 2, 2026. This event was a transfer of 30 contract(s) at a $402.50 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $54.0K, with a price of $1800.0 per contract. There were 0 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 60 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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