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
HTZ CALL SWEEP BULLISH 08/21/26 $2.50 $38.4K 36.4K 21.9K
RKLB CALL SWEEP BEARISH 09/18/26 $100.00 $63.2K 7.9K 2.0K
BE PUT TRADE BULLISH 10/16/26 $200.00 $2.7 million 1.5K 1.0K
QXO CALL TRADE BEARISH 08/14/26 $15.00 $45.0K 5.2K 547
AXON CALL SWEEP BULLISH 12/18/26 $600.00 $145.6K 1.2K 424
BA PUT TRADE BULLISH 06/17/27 $210.00 $66.8K 447 219
GNRC CALL TRADE NEUTRAL 11/20/26 $260.00 $25.0K 16 32
VRT CALL TRADE BEARISH 03/19/27 $300.00 $25.5K 199 15
HONA PUT SWEEP BEARISH 12/18/26 $230.00 $65.0K 69 10
HON PUT TRADE NEUTRAL 01/21/28 $260.00 $28.6K 41 6

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• Regarding HTZ (NASDAQ:HTZ), we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 10 day(s) on August 21, 2026. Parties traded 960 contract(s) at a $2.50 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 40 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $38.4K, with a price of $40.0 per contract. There were 36421 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 21918 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding RKLB (NASDAQ:RKLB), we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 38 day(s) on September 18, 2026. Parties traded 254 contract(s) at a $100.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 21 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $63.2K, with a price of $249.0 per contract. There were 7947 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2040 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For BE (NYSE:BE), we notice a put option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 66 day(s) on October 16, 2026. This event was a transfer of 1000 contract(s) at a $200.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $2.7 million, with a price of $2728.0 per contract. There were 1533 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1008 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For QXO (NYSE:QXO), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 3 day(s) on August 14, 2026. This event was a transfer of 500 contract(s) at a $15.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $45.0K, with a price of $90.0 per contract. There were 5262 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 547 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AXON (NASDAQ:AXON), we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 129 day(s) on December 18, 2026. Parties traded 13 contract(s) at a $600.00 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 $145.6K, with a price of $11200.0 per contract. There were 1232 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 424 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For BA (NYSE:BA), we notice a put option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 310 day(s) on June 17, 2027. This event was a transfer of 43 contract(s) at a $210.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $66.8K, with a price of $1555.0 per contract. There were 447 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 219 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding GNRC (NYSE:GNRC), we observe a call option trade with neutral sentiment. It expires in 101 day(s) on November 20, 2026. Parties traded 20 contract(s) at a $260.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $25.0K, with a price of $1250.0 per contract. There were 16 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 32 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding VRT (NYSE:VRT), we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 220 day(s) on March 19, 2027. Parties traded 5 contract(s) at a $300.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $25.5K, with a price of $5100.0 per contract. There were 199 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 15 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For HONA (NASDAQ:HONA), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 129 day(s) on December 18, 2026. This event was a transfer of 10 contract(s) at a $230.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 5 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $65.0K, with a price of $6500.0 per contract. There were 69 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 10 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For HON (NASDAQ:HON), we notice a put option trade that happens to be neutral, expiring in 528 day(s) on January 21, 2028. This event was a transfer of 6 contract(s) at a $260.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $28.6K, with a price of $4770.0 per contract. There were 41 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 6 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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