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
HUM PUT SWEEP BEARISH 01/15/27 $180.00 $36.2K 786 326
PACS CALL SWEEP BEARISH 01/15/27 $15.00 $242.3K 8.3K 131
TEM CALL SWEEP BULLISH 01/15/27 $45.00 $30.9K 1.1K 70
RVMD CALL TRADE BEARISH 01/21/28 $135.00 $80.5K 26 0

Explanation

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

• For HUM (NYSE:HUM), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 182 day(s) on January 15, 2027. This event was a transfer of 25 contract(s) at a $180.00 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 $1448.0 per contract. There were 786 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 326 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding PACS (NYSE:PACS), we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 182 day(s) on January 15, 2027. Parties traded 131 contract(s) at a $15.00 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 $242.3K, with a price of $1850.0 per contract. There were 8390 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 131 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For TEM (NASDAQ:TEM), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 182 day(s) on January 15, 2027. This event was a transfer of 20 contract(s) at a $45.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 4 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $30.9K, with a price of $1546.0 per contract. There were 1117 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 70 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding RVMD (NASDAQ:RVMD), we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 553 day(s) on January 21, 2028. Parties traded 20 contract(s) at a $135.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $80.5K, with a price of $4025.0 per contract. There were 26 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.

For more information, read more about unusual options activity.

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