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
UNH CALL TRADE BEARISH 01/15/27 $290.00 $30.0K 419 1.1K
PFE PUT SWEEP BULLISH 09/18/26 $22.00 $43.6K 1.1K 1.0K
HUM CALL SWEEP BEARISH 01/15/27 $300.00 $527.3K 630 199
NVO PUT TRADE BULLISH 01/15/27 $115.00 $90.1K 201 94

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• For UNH (NYSE:UNH), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 281 day(s) on January 15, 2027. This event was a transfer of 8 contract(s) at a $290.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $30.0K, with a price of $3750.0 per contract. There were 419 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1104 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For PFE (NYSE:PFE), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 162 day(s) on September 18, 2026. This event was a transfer of 291 contract(s) at a $22.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 11 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $43.6K, with a price of $150.0 per contract. There were 1116 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1058 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For HUM (NYSE:HUM), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 281 day(s) on January 15, 2027. This event was a transfer of 190 contract(s) at a $300.00 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 $527.3K, with a price of $2760.0 per contract. There were 630 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 199 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For NVO (NYSE:NVO), we notice a put option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 281 day(s) on January 15, 2027. This event was a transfer of 14 contract(s) at a $115.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $90.1K, with a price of $6440.0 per contract. There were 201 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 94 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.

For more information, read more about unusual options activity.

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