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
RKLB CALL SWEEP BULLISH 07/31/26 $65.00 $42.8K 2.9K 6.3K
AAL CALL SWEEP BEARISH 08/21/26 $15.00 $85.1K 19.9K 1.4K
FTAI PUT TRADE BULLISH 07/31/26 $202.50 $37.5K 1.2K 506
LUV PUT SWEEP BULLISH 08/21/26 $44.50 $44.1K 90 309
AMPX CALL SWEEP BEARISH 11/20/26 $11.00 $37.0K 289 200
NVT CALL TRADE BULLISH 09/18/26 $165.00 $25.9K 5 156
UBER CALL SWEEP BULLISH 03/19/27 $70.00 $40.0K 595 151
BA CALL TRADE BEARISH 08/14/26 $200.00 $33.4K 38 135
ETN CALL SWEEP BULLISH 08/21/26 $455.00 $32.1K 38 68
BE CALL TRADE NEUTRAL 08/28/26 $270.00 $26.0K 55 50

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• For RKLB (NASDAQ:RKLB), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, is expiring today. Parties traded 1010 contract(s) at a $65.00 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 $42.8K, with a price of $43.0 per contract. There were 2933 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 6340 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AAL (NASDAQ:AAL), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 21 day(s) on August 21, 2026. This event was a transfer of 1001 contract(s) at a $15.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 47 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $85.1K, with a price of $85.0 per contract. There were 19940 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1453 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For FTAI (NASDAQ:FTAI), we notice a put option trade that happens to be bullish, is expiring today. Parties traded 250 contract(s) at a $202.50 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $37.5K, with a price of $150.0 per contract. There were 1244 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 506 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For LUV (NYSE:LUV), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 21 day(s) on August 21, 2026. This event was a transfer of 309 contract(s) at a $44.50 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 31 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $44.1K, with a price of $141.0 per contract. There were 90 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 309 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AMPX (NYSE:AMPX), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 112 day(s) on November 20, 2026. This event was a transfer of 200 contract(s) at a $11.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 35 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $37.0K, with a price of $185.0 per contract. There were 289 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 200 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For NVT (NYSE:NVT), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 49 day(s) on September 18, 2026. This event was a transfer of 22 contract(s) at a $165.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $25.9K, with a price of $1180.0 per contract. There were 5 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 156 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For UBER (NYSE:UBER), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 231 day(s) on March 19, 2027. This event was a transfer of 40 contract(s) at a $70.00 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 $40.0K, with a price of $1000.0 per contract. There were 595 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 151 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For BA (NYSE:BA), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 14 day(s) on August 14, 2026. This event was a transfer of 20 contract(s) at a $200.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $33.4K, with a price of $1670.0 per contract. There were 38 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 135 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding ETN (NYSE:ETN), we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 21 day(s) on August 21, 2026. Parties traded 63 contract(s) at a $455.00 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 $32.1K, with a price of $510.0 per contract. There were 38 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 68 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding BE (NYSE:BE), we observe a call option trade with neutral sentiment. It expires in 28 day(s) on August 28, 2026. Parties traded 20 contract(s) at a $270.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $26.0K, with a price of $1300.0 per contract. There were 55 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 50 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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