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
MSFT CALL SWEEP BULLISH 07/17/26 $405.00 $29.2K 9.0K 30.0K
INTC CALL SWEEP BULLISH 07/17/26 $105.00 $42.2K 9.9K 15.9K
SKHY CALL SWEEP BULLISH 07/17/26 $170.00 $38.9K 1.8K 9.4K
AAPL CALL SWEEP NEUTRAL 08/21/26 $330.00 $150.1K 23.3K 8.6K
IBM CALL TRADE BULLISH 07/17/26 $210.00 $50.6K 922 5.9K
NBIS PUT SWEEP BEARISH 07/17/26 $170.00 $47.4K 20.7K 4.8K
MU CALL TRADE BULLISH 07/17/26 $855.00 $42.4K 80 3.7K
SNDK CALL SWEEP BULLISH 07/17/26 $1500.00 $27.5K 525 3.1K
QUBT PUT SWEEP BULLISH 11/20/26 $9.00 $53.4K 566 2.8K
AAOI PUT SWEEP BEARISH 01/15/27 $25.00 $120.0K 2.9K 2.2K

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• For MSFT (NASDAQ:MSFT), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 1 day(s) on July 17, 2026. This event was a transfer of 100 contract(s) at a $405.00 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 $29.2K, with a price of $293.0 per contract. There were 9030 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 30018 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For INTC (NASDAQ:INTC), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 1 day(s) on July 17, 2026. This event was a transfer of 2226 contract(s) at a $105.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 82 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $42.2K, with a price of $19.0 per contract. There were 9986 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 15926 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding SKHY (NASDAQ:SKHY), we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 1 day(s) on July 17, 2026. Parties traded 300 contract(s) at a $170.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 7 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $38.9K, with a price of $130.0 per contract. There were 1876 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 9479 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AAPL (NASDAQ:AAPL), we observe a call option sweep with neutral sentiment. It expires in 36 day(s) on August 21, 2026. Parties traded 105 contract(s) at a $330.00 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 $150.1K, with a price of $1435.0 per contract. There were 23315 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 8635 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding IBM (NYSE:IBM), we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 1 day(s) on July 17, 2026. Parties traded 60 contract(s) at a $210.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $50.6K, with a price of $845.0 per contract. There were 922 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 5974 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding NBIS (NASDAQ:NBIS), we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 1 day(s) on July 17, 2026. Parties traded 102 contract(s) at a $170.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 21 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $47.4K, with a price of $465.0 per contract. There were 20712 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 4848 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MU (NASDAQ:MU), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 1 day(s) on July 17, 2026. This event was a transfer of 25 contract(s) at a $855.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $42.4K, with a price of $1696.0 per contract. There were 80 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3705 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For SNDK (NASDAQ:SNDK), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 1 day(s) on July 17, 2026. This event was a transfer of 11 contract(s) at a $1500.00 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 $27.5K, with a price of $2505.0 per contract. There were 525 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3141 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding QUBT (NASDAQ:QUBT), we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 127 day(s) on November 20, 2026. Parties traded 200 contract(s) at a $9.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 7 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $53.4K, with a price of $267.0 per contract. There were 566 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2890 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AAOI (NASDAQ:AAOI), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 183 day(s) on January 15, 2027. This event was a transfer of 1000 contract(s) at a $25.00 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 $120.0K, with a price of $120.0 per contract. There were 2954 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2250 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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