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.

Below are some instances of options activity happening in the Industrials sector:

Symbol PUT/CALL Trade Type Sentiment Exp. Date Strike Price Total Trade Price Open Interest Volume
AAL CALL SWEEP BEARISH 09/25/26 $13.00 $25.5K 2.8K 6.8K
RKLB CALL SWEEP BEARISH 01/15/27 $80.00 $122.8K 13.3K 2.2K
CNM CALL TRADE BEARISH 01/21/28 $22.50 $111.0K 671 1.0K
GD PUT TRADE BEARISH 01/15/27 $350.00 $29.1K 882 178
DAL PUT TRADE BEARISH 10/16/26 $82.50 $55.6K 1.1K 126
CMI PUT SWEEP BEARISH 10/16/26 $530.00 $151.7K 688 105
FDX CALL TRADE NEUTRAL 01/15/27 $280.00 $30.3K 22 10
FIX PUT TRADE BULLISH 12/17/27 $1440.00 $28.0K 0 1

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• Regarding AAL (NASDAQ:AAL), we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 4 day(s) on September 25, 2026. Parties traded 500 contract(s) at a $13.00 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 $25.5K, with a price of $51.0 per contract. There were 2818 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 6850 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding RKLB (NASDAQ:RKLB), we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 116 day(s) on January 15, 2027. Parties traded 148 contract(s) at a $80.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 13 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $122.8K, with a price of $830.0 per contract. There were 13327 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2249 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding CNM (NYSE:CNM), we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 487 day(s) on January 21, 2028. Parties traded 50 contract(s) at a $22.50 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $111.0K, with a price of $2220.0 per contract. There were 671 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1047 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For GD (NYSE:GD), we notice a put option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 116 day(s) on January 15, 2027. This event was a transfer of 21 contract(s) at a $350.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $29.1K, with a price of $1390.0 per contract. There were 882 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 178 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For DAL (NYSE:DAL), we notice a put option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 25 day(s) on October 16, 2026. This event was a transfer of 125 contract(s) at a $82.50 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $55.6K, with a price of $445.0 per contract. There were 1166 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 126 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding CMI (NYSE:CMI), we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 25 day(s) on October 16, 2026. Parties traded 102 contract(s) at a $530.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 33 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $151.7K, with a price of $1460.0 per contract. There were 688 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 105 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For FDX (NYSE:FDX), we notice a call option trade that happens to be neutral, expiring in 116 day(s) on January 15, 2027. This event was a transfer of 10 contract(s) at a $280.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $30.3K, with a price of $3030.0 per contract. There were 22 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 10 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding FIX (NYSE:FIX), we observe a put option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 452 day(s) on December 17, 2027. Parties traded 1 contract(s) at a $1440.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $28.0K, with a price of $28000.0 per contract. There were 0 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1 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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