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
NVDA CALL SWEEP BULLISH 07/31/26 $200.00 $28.5K 65.0K 609.9K
MU CALL SWEEP BULLISH 07/31/26 $840.00 $39.6K 1.5K 16.2K
AMD CALL TRADE BEARISH 07/31/26 $480.00 $110.0K 6.6K 5.8K
SKHY CALL TRADE BULLISH 08/07/26 $160.00 $29.6K 1.3K 4.6K
AAPL PUT SWEEP BEARISH 09/18/26 $320.00 $194.3K 5.1K 2.5K
QCOM PUT TRADE NEUTRAL 08/07/26 $150.00 $28.3K 812 2.4K
SNDK CALL TRADE BULLISH 07/31/26 $1270.00 $29.7K 182 2.1K
UMC CALL TRADE NEUTRAL 10/16/26 $20.00 $68.2K 1.9K 1.7K
CRCL CALL SWEEP BULLISH 08/21/26 $60.00 $332.5K 996 1.0K
AVGO CALL TRADE BEARISH 07/31/26 $382.50 $26.2K 716 1.0K

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• For NVDA (NASDAQ:NVDA), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, is expiring today. Parties traded 645 contract(s) at a $200.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 15 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $28.5K, with a price of $45.0 per contract. There were 65094 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 609991 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MU (NASDAQ:MU), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, is expiring today. Parties traded 33 contract(s) at a $840.00 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 $39.6K, with a price of $1200.0 per contract. There were 1537 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 16274 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AMD (NASDAQ:AMD), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, is expiring today. Parties traded 100 contract(s) at a $480.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $110.0K, with a price of $1100.0 per contract. There were 6678 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 5888 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For SKHY (NASDAQ:SKHY), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 7 day(s) on August 7, 2026. This event was a transfer of 50 contract(s) at a $160.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $29.6K, with a price of $593.0 per contract. There were 1387 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 4620 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AAPL (NASDAQ:AAPL), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 49 day(s) on September 18, 2026. This event was a transfer of 86 contract(s) at a $320.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 6 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $194.3K, with a price of $2260.0 per contract. There were 5108 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2585 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding QCOM (NASDAQ:QCOM), we observe a put option trade with neutral sentiment. It expires in 7 day(s) on August 7, 2026. Parties traded 55 contract(s) at a $150.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $28.3K, with a price of $515.0 per contract. There were 812 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2410 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For SNDK (NASDAQ:SNDK), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, is expiring today. Parties traded 30 contract(s) at a $1270.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $29.7K, with a price of $990.0 per contract. There were 182 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2107 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding UMC (NYSE:UMC), we observe a call option trade with neutral sentiment. It expires in 77 day(s) on October 16, 2026. Parties traded 250 contract(s) at a $20.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $68.2K, with a price of $273.0 per contract. There were 1902 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1756 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding CRCL (NYSE:CRCL), we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 21 day(s) on August 21, 2026. Parties traded 500 contract(s) at a $60.00 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 $332.5K, with a price of $665.0 per contract. There were 996 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1083 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AVGO (NASDAQ:AVGO), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, is expiring today. Parties traded 35 contract(s) at a $382.50 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $26.2K, with a price of $750.0 per contract. There were 716 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1043 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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