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:

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• For SOFI (NASDAQ:SOFI), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 14 day(s) on March 20, 2026. This event was a transfer of 704 contract(s) at a $20.00 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 $45.7K, with a price of $65.0 per contract. There were 188389 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 12533 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For BAC (NYSE:BAC), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 14 day(s) on March 20, 2026. This event was a transfer of 2555 contract(s) at a $43.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 73 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $61.5K, with a price of $24.0 per contract. There were 7113 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2602 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding COIN (NASDAQ:COIN), we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 7 day(s) on March 13, 2026. Parties traded 48 contract(s) at a $200.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 11 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $31.2K, with a price of $651.0 per contract. There were 1386 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2255 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding ZION (NASDAQ:ZION), we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 70 day(s) on May 15, 2026. Parties traded 1500 contract(s) at a $65.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $142.5K, with a price of $95.0 per contract. There were 1686 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1500 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding C (NYSE:C), we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 315 day(s) on January 15, 2027. Parties traded 36 contract(s) at a $110.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $45.0K, with a price of $1250.0 per contract. There were 2369 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 716 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For RKT (NYSE:RKT), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 686 day(s) on January 21, 2028. This event was a transfer of 400 contract(s) at a $18.00 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 $166.0K, with a price of $415.0 per contract. There were 1531 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 655 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding SCHW (NYSE:SCHW), we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 35 day(s) on April 10, 2026. Parties traded 128 contract(s) at a $97.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $33.2K, with a price of $260.0 per contract. There were 4 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 548 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For HTGC (NYSE:HTGC), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 133 day(s) on July 17, 2026. This event was a transfer of 500 contract(s) at a $15.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $50.0K, with a price of $100.0 per contract. There were 549 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 500 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For JPM (NYSE:JPM), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be neutral, expiring in 27 day(s) on April 2, 2026. This event was a transfer of 150 contract(s) at a $295.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 17 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $208.8K, with a price of $1390.0 per contract. There were 127 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 216 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding ICE (NYSE:ICE), we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 378 day(s) on March 19, 2027. Parties traded 120 contract(s) at a $185.00 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 $126.0K, with a price of $1050.0 per contract. There were 0 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 120 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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