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
NVDA CALL SWEEP BULLISH 10/09/26 $230.00 $76.7K 14.2K 181.2K
MSTR CALL SWEEP NEUTRAL 10/09/26 $152.50 $35.0K 3.4K 8.2K
AMD CALL SWEEP BEARISH 10/16/26 $625.00 $352.0K 202 5.1K
MRVL CALL SWEEP BEARISH 10/16/26 $280.00 $31.5K 8.9K 2.2K
PLTR PUT SWEEP BEARISH 10/16/26 $207.50 $51.7K 55 1.7K
INTC PUT SWEEP BEARISH 09/17/27 $87.50 $109.6K 171 1.4K
CRCL PUT SWEEP BEARISH 11/20/26 $65.00 $46.9K 1.3K 615
ORCL CALL SWEEP BEARISH 10/30/26 $150.00 $36.0K 16.5K 574
AVGO PUT TRADE BEARISH 10/16/26 $360.00 $27.7K 5.5K 479
CRWV PUT SWEEP NEUTRAL 02/19/27 $65.00 $174.7K 1.2K 346

Explanation

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

• For NVDA (NASDAQ:NVDA), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, is expiring today. Parties traded 2741 contract(s) at a $230.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 55 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $76.7K, with a price of $28.0 per contract. There were 14212 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 181236 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MSTR (NASDAQ:MSTR), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be neutral, is expiring today. Parties traded 100 contract(s) at a $152.50 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 $35.0K, with a price of $350.0 per contract. There were 3484 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 8274 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AMD (NASDAQ:AMD), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 7 day(s) on October 16, 2026. This event was a transfer of 400 contract(s) at a $625.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 67 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $352.0K, with a price of $882.0 per contract. There were 202 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 5103 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MRVL (NASDAQ:MRVL), we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 7 day(s) on October 16, 2026. Parties traded 50 contract(s) at a $280.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 16 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $31.5K, with a price of $630.0 per contract. There were 8954 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2222 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For PLTR (NASDAQ:PLTR), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 7 day(s) on October 16, 2026. This event was a transfer of 95 contract(s) at a $207.50 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 7 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $51.7K, with a price of $545.0 per contract. There were 55 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1781 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For INTC (NASDAQ:INTC), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 343 day(s) on September 17, 2027. This event was a transfer of 93 contract(s) at a $87.50 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 $109.6K, with a price of $1178.0 per contract. There were 171 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1427 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For CRCL (NYSE:CRCL), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 42 day(s) on November 20, 2026. This event was a transfer of 430 contract(s) at a $65.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 28 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $46.9K, with a price of $109.0 per contract. There were 1313 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 615 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding ORCL (NYSE:ORCL), we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 21 day(s) on October 30, 2026. Parties traded 82 contract(s) at a $150.00 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 $36.0K, with a price of $440.0 per contract. There were 16579 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 574 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AVGO (NASDAQ:AVGO), we observe a put option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 7 day(s) on October 16, 2026. Parties traded 50 contract(s) at a $360.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $27.7K, with a price of $555.0 per contract. There were 5502 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 479 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For CRWV (NASDAQ:CRWV), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be neutral, expiring in 133 day(s) on February 19, 2027. This event was a transfer of 336 contract(s) at a $65.00 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 $174.7K, with a price of $520.0 per contract. There were 1299 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 346 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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