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 07/31/26 $460.00 $41.1K 4.6K 32.5K
MU CALL SWEEP BULLISH 07/31/26 $900.00 $28.8K 8.4K 30.8K
AMD CALL SWEEP BEARISH 07/31/26 $500.00 $74.2K 8.9K 17.4K
SKHY CALL TRADE BULLISH 07/31/26 $140.00 $30.9K 7.0K 7.6K
SNDK CALL TRADE BEARISH 07/31/26 $1250.00 $33.8K 1.1K 4.9K
LRCX CALL SWEEP BULLISH 08/21/26 $330.00 $29.8K 4.1K 3.6K
BTBT CALL SWEEP BEARISH 08/21/26 $1.00 $110.2K 3.3K 2.6K
BMNR CALL SWEEP BEARISH 08/28/26 $20.00 $166.9K 1.8K 1.9K
MSTR CALL TRADE BEARISH 07/31/26 $96.50 $28.1K 16.7K 1.9K
AXTI CALL TRADE BULLISH 09/18/26 $50.00 $513.3K 1.1K 1.6K

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• Regarding MSFT (NASDAQ:MSFT), we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 1 day(s) on July 31, 2026. Parties traded 104 contract(s) at a $460.00 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 $41.1K, with a price of $395.0 per contract. There were 4609 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 32523 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MU (NASDAQ:MU), we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 1 day(s) on July 31, 2026. Parties traded 20 contract(s) at a $900.00 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 $28.8K, with a price of $1440.0 per contract. There were 8449 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 30844 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AMD (NASDAQ:AMD), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 1 day(s) on July 31, 2026. This event was a transfer of 141 contract(s) at a $500.00 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 $74.2K, with a price of $520.0 per contract. There were 8955 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 17473 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding SKHY (NASDAQ:SKHY), we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 1 day(s) on July 31, 2026. Parties traded 30 contract(s) at a $140.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $30.9K, with a price of $1030.0 per contract. There were 7003 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 7691 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For SNDK (NASDAQ:SNDK), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 1 day(s) on July 31, 2026. This event was a transfer of 5 contract(s) at a $1250.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $33.8K, with a price of $6770.0 per contract. There were 1165 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 4973 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding LRCX (NASDAQ:LRCX), we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 22 day(s) on August 21, 2026. Parties traded 24 contract(s) at a $330.00 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 $29.8K, with a price of $1245.0 per contract. There were 4100 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3664 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding BTBT (NASDAQ:BTBT), we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 22 day(s) on August 21, 2026. Parties traded 2619 contract(s) at a $1.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 43 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $110.2K, with a price of $42.0 per contract. There were 3339 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2625 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding BMNR (NYSE:BMNR), we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 29 day(s) on August 28, 2026. Parties traded 1895 contract(s) at a $20.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 16 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $166.9K, with a price of $88.0 per contract. There were 1821 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1965 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MSTR (NASDAQ:MSTR), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 1 day(s) on July 31, 2026. This event was a transfer of 95 contract(s) at a $96.50 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $28.1K, with a price of $296.0 per contract. There were 16782 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1929 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AXTI (NASDAQ:AXTI), we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 50 day(s) on September 18, 2026. Parties traded 558 contract(s) at a $50.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $513.3K, with a price of $920.0 per contract. There were 1168 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1689 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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