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
RIOT CALL TRADE BULLISH 01/15/27 $15.00 $64.5K 12.6K 152
BMNR PUT SWEEP BULLISH 01/21/28 $25.00 $74.7K 3.8K 60
NVDA CALL TRADE BULLISH 12/17/27 $120.00 $168.0K 8.3K 46
MU CALL TRADE BULLISH 06/18/26 $250.00 $84.2K 1.4K 4
TSM CALL TRADE BULLISH 12/18/26 $270.00 $53.2K 554 1
FIG CALL TRADE BEARISH 01/21/28 $20.00 $41.0K 140 0

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• For RIOT (NASDAQ:RIOT), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 269 day(s) on January 15, 2027. This event was a transfer of 150 contract(s) at a $15.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $64.5K, with a price of $430.0 per contract. There were 12649 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 152 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For BMNR (NYSE:BMNR), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 640 day(s) on January 21, 2028. This event was a transfer of 60 contract(s) at a $25.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 5 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $74.7K, with a price of $1245.0 per contract. There were 3850 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 60 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding NVDA (NASDAQ:NVDA), we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 605 day(s) on December 17, 2027. Parties traded 20 contract(s) at a $120.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $168.0K, with a price of $8400.0 per contract. There were 8362 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 46 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MU (NASDAQ:MU), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 58 day(s) on June 18, 2026. This event was a transfer of 25 contract(s) at a $250.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $84.2K, with a price of $3370.0 per contract. There were 1442 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 4 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For TSM (NYSE:TSM), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 241 day(s) on December 18, 2026. This event was a transfer of 10 contract(s) at a $270.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $53.2K, with a price of $5325.0 per contract. There were 554 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding FIG (NYSE:FIG), we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 640 day(s) on January 21, 2028. Parties traded 20 contract(s) at a $20.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $41.0K, with a price of $2050.0 per contract. There were 140 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 0 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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