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 BEARISH 04/15/26 $197.50 $33.3K 16.4K 159.8K
MSFT CALL SWEEP BULLISH 04/15/26 $410.00 $28.1K 1.2K 74.9K
MU CALL TRADE BEARISH 04/17/26 $460.00 $54.6K 6.7K 13.0K
MSTR CALL SWEEP BEARISH 04/17/26 $140.00 $29.7K 25.5K 9.0K
AAPL CALL TRADE BULLISH 05/15/26 $275.00 $25.6K 19.3K 6.3K
IONQ CALL SWEEP BULLISH 04/17/26 $43.00 $26.3K 436 5.6K
QBTS CALL SWEEP BEARISH 04/24/26 $20.00 $63.3K 1.7K 3.7K
CIFR CALL SWEEP BULLISH 05/08/26 $18.50 $531.8K 160 3.2K
AMD CALL SWEEP BEARISH 04/24/26 $255.00 $30.4K 2.1K 2.2K
APLD CALL TRADE BEARISH 06/18/26 $30.00 $124.5K 5.5K 1.8K

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 bearish, is expiring today. Parties traded 774 contract(s) at a $197.50 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 21 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $33.3K, with a price of $43.0 per contract. There were 16420 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 159898 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MSFT (NASDAQ:MSFT), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, is expiring today. Parties traded 296 contract(s) at a $410.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 33 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $28.1K, with a price of $95.0 per contract. There were 1240 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 74981 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MU (NASDAQ:MU), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 2 day(s) on April 17, 2026. This event was a transfer of 100 contract(s) at a $460.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $54.6K, with a price of $546.0 per contract. There were 6736 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 13064 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MSTR (NASDAQ:MSTR), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 2 day(s) on April 17, 2026. This event was a transfer of 132 contract(s) at a $140.00 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 $29.7K, with a price of $225.0 per contract. There were 25596 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 9001 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AAPL (NASDAQ:AAPL), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 30 day(s) on May 15, 2026. This event was a transfer of 50 contract(s) at a $275.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $25.6K, with a price of $513.0 per contract. There were 19354 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 6326 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding IONQ (NYSE:IONQ), we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 2 day(s) on April 17, 2026. Parties traded 167 contract(s) at a $43.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 9 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $26.3K, with a price of $158.0 per contract. There were 436 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 5656 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For QBTS (NYSE:QBTS), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 9 day(s) on April 24, 2026. This event was a transfer of 364 contract(s) at a $20.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 26 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $63.3K, with a price of $174.0 per contract. There were 1759 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3746 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For CIFR (NASDAQ:CIFR), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 23 day(s) on May 8, 2026. This event was a transfer of 3183 contract(s) at a $18.50 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 35 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $531.8K, with a price of $167.0 per contract. There were 160 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3213 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AMD (NASDAQ:AMD), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 9 day(s) on April 24, 2026. This event was a transfer of 38 contract(s) at a $255.00 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 $30.4K, with a price of $800.0 per contract. There were 2187 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2201 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding APLD (NASDAQ:APLD), we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 64 day(s) on June 18, 2026. Parties traded 249 contract(s) at a $30.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $124.5K, with a price of $500.0 per contract. There were 5535 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1840 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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