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:

Symbol PUT/CALL Trade Type Sentiment Exp. Date Strike Price Total Trade Price Open Interest Volume
QCOM CALL TRADE BULLISH 01/21/28 $140.00 $560.2K 68 195
ONDS CALL SWEEP BULLISH 01/15/27 $10.00 $35.0K 9.3K 185
CRWV CALL TRADE BULLISH 01/15/27 $100.00 $26.8K 1.3K 99
SMCI CALL TRADE BULLISH 06/18/26 $75.00 $26.7K 3.6K 57
APLD CALL TRADE NEUTRAL 01/15/27 $35.00 $35.0K 826 41
CRWD CALL TRADE BEARISH 12/17/27 $800.00 $40.9K 16 27
NBIS CALL TRADE BEARISH 12/18/26 $140.00 $40.9K 106 10

Explanation

These bullet-by-bullet explanations have been constructed using the accompanying table.

• Regarding QCOM (NASDAQ:QCOM), we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 627 day(s) on January 21, 2028. Parties traded 95 contract(s) at a $140.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $560.2K, with a price of $5897.0 per contract. There were 68 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 195 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding ONDS (NASDAQ:ONDS), we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 256 day(s) on January 15, 2027. Parties traded 125 contract(s) at a $10.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 5 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $35.0K, with a price of $280.0 per contract. There were 9314 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 185 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For CRWV (NASDAQ:CRWV), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 256 day(s) on January 15, 2027. This event was a transfer of 5 contract(s) at a $100.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $26.8K, with a price of $5370.0 per contract. There were 1381 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 99 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For SMCI (NASDAQ:SMCI), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 45 day(s) on June 18, 2026. This event was a transfer of 50 contract(s) at a $75.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $26.7K, with a price of $535.0 per contract. There were 3664 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 57 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding APLD (NASDAQ:APLD), we observe a call option trade with neutral sentiment. It expires in 256 day(s) on January 15, 2027. Parties traded 25 contract(s) at a $35.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $35.0K, with a price of $1400.0 per contract. There were 826 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 41 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding CRWD (NASDAQ:CRWD), we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 592 day(s) on December 17, 2027. Parties traded 5 contract(s) at a $800.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $40.9K, with a price of $8185.0 per contract. There were 16 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 27 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For NBIS (NASDAQ:NBIS), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 228 day(s) on December 18, 2026. This event was a transfer of 10 contract(s) at a $140.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $40.9K, with a price of $4090.0 per contract. There were 106 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 10 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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