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.

Below are some instances of options activity happening in the Consumer Discretionary sector:

Symbol PUT/CALL Trade Type Sentiment Exp. Date Strike Price Total Trade Price Open Interest Volume
BABA CALL SWEEP BULLISH 06/18/26 $175.00 $47.5K 10.9K 2.4K
AMZN PUT SWEEP BULLISH 06/18/26 $275.00 $36.2K 1.7K 1.1K
DPZ PUT TRADE BEARISH 05/15/26 $370.00 $36.5K 497 693
QS CALL SWEEP BULLISH 01/21/28 $30.00 $26.0K 4.1K 322
ONON CALL TRADE BULLISH 07/17/26 $25.00 $57.5K 505 250
VGNT CALL TRADE BULLISH 08/21/26 $40.00 $68.4K 372 214
EXPE CALL SWEEP BULLISH 09/18/26 $340.00 $154.5K 31 168
GME CALL TRADE BEARISH 07/17/26 $15.00 $100.5K 4.6K 101
BLD PUT SWEEP BEARISH 10/16/26 $430.00 $124.8K 13 36
LOW PUT TRADE BULLISH 01/21/28 $260.00 $48.7K 55 30

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• Regarding BABA (NYSE:BABA), we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 55 day(s) on June 18, 2026. Parties traded 372 contract(s) at a $175.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 12 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $47.5K, with a price of $126.0 per contract. There were 10967 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2443 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AMZN (NASDAQ:AMZN), we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 55 day(s) on June 18, 2026. Parties traded 17 contract(s) at a $275.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 4 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $36.2K, with a price of $2132.0 per contract. There were 1774 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1195 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding DPZ (NASDAQ:DPZ), we observe a put option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 21 day(s) on May 15, 2026. Parties traded 29 contract(s) at a $370.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $36.5K, with a price of $1260.0 per contract. There were 497 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 693 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding QS (NASDAQ:QS), we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 637 day(s) on January 21, 2028. Parties traded 200 contract(s) at a $30.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 6 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $26.0K, with a price of $130.0 per contract. There were 4183 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 322 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding ONON (NYSE:ONON), we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 84 day(s) on July 17, 2026. Parties traded 50 contract(s) at a $25.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $57.5K, with a price of $1150.0 per contract. There were 505 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 250 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For VGNT (NYSE:VGNT), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 119 day(s) on August 21, 2026. This event was a transfer of 214 contract(s) at a $40.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $68.4K, with a price of $320.0 per contract. There were 372 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 214 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For EXPE (NASDAQ:EXPE), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 147 day(s) on September 18, 2026. This event was a transfer of 168 contract(s) at a $340.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 19 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $154.5K, with a price of $920.0 per contract. There were 31 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 168 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding GME (NYSE:GME), we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 84 day(s) on July 17, 2026. Parties traded 100 contract(s) at a $15.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $100.5K, with a price of $1005.0 per contract. There were 4686 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 101 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For BLD (NYSE:BLD), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 175 day(s) on October 16, 2026. This event was a transfer of 26 contract(s) at a $430.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 16 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $124.8K, with a price of $4800.0 per contract. There were 13 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 36 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For LOW (NYSE:LOW), we notice a put option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 637 day(s) on January 21, 2028. This event was a transfer of 12 contract(s) at a $260.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $48.7K, with a price of $4060.0 per contract. There were 55 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 30 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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