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
TSLA CALL SWEEP BEARISH 07/24/26 $380.00 $25.6K 2.8K 25.3K
SGHC CALL SWEEP BEARISH 10/16/26 $14.00 $382.6K 36.9K 6.5K
MAT PUT TRADE BEARISH 08/21/26 $14.00 $29.7K 178 3.7K
AMZN CALL TRADE BEARISH 08/21/26 $260.00 $26.0K 44.3K 1.6K
FND CALL SWEEP BULLISH 01/21/28 $55.00 $30.2K 5.0K 426
NIO CALL SWEEP BEARISH 11/20/26 $4.00 $35.9K 41.1K 333
CAVA CALL SWEEP BEARISH 01/15/27 $90.00 $75.3K 583 191
F CALL TRADE BULLISH 12/17/27 $12.00 $26.2K 8.3K 110
RCL PUT SWEEP BEARISH 09/18/26 $330.00 $164.1K 208 97
HLT PUT SWEEP NEUTRAL 01/15/27 $330.00 $62.0K 168 74

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• For TSLA (NASDAQ:TSLA), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 3 day(s) on July 24, 2026. This event was a transfer of 22 contract(s) at a $380.00 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 $25.6K, with a price of $1169.0 per contract. There were 2878 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 25326 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For SGHC (NYSE:SGHC), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 87 day(s) on October 16, 2026. This event was a transfer of 1500 contract(s) at a $14.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 8 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $382.6K, with a price of $255.0 per contract. There were 36933 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 6540 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MAT (NASDAQ:MAT), we observe a put option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 31 day(s) on August 21, 2026. Parties traded 350 contract(s) at a $14.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $29.7K, with a price of $85.0 per contract. There were 178 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3768 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AMZN (NASDAQ:AMZN), we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 31 day(s) on August 21, 2026. Parties traded 32 contract(s) at a $260.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $26.0K, with a price of $815.0 per contract. There were 44380 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1697 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding FND (NYSE:FND), we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 549 day(s) on January 21, 2028. Parties traded 24 contract(s) at a $55.00 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 $30.2K, with a price of $1260.0 per contract. There were 5017 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 426 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For NIO (NYSE:NIO), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 122 day(s) on November 20, 2026. This event was a transfer of 310 contract(s) at a $4.00 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 $35.9K, with a price of $116.0 per contract. There were 41122 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 333 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For CAVA (NYSE:CAVA), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 178 day(s) on January 15, 2027. This event was a transfer of 181 contract(s) at a $90.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 36 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $75.3K, with a price of $425.0 per contract. There were 583 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 191 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For F (NYSE:F), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 514 day(s) on December 17, 2027. This event was a transfer of 70 contract(s) at a $12.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $26.2K, with a price of $375.0 per contract. There were 8375 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 110 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For RCL (NYSE:RCL), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 59 day(s) on September 18, 2026. This event was a transfer of 33 contract(s) at a $330.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 3 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $164.1K, with a price of $4970.0 per contract. There were 208 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 97 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For HLT (NYSE:HLT), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be neutral, expiring in 178 day(s) on January 15, 2027. This event was a transfer of 24 contract(s) at a $330.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 3 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $62.0K, with a price of $2582.0 per contract. There were 168 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 74 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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