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
SPCX PUT SWEEP BULLISH 08/21/26 $110.00 $158.6K 20.9K 9.0K
NFLX CALL TRADE BEARISH 08/21/26 $80.00 $26.0K 29.1K 6.8K
GOOGL CALL SWEEP NEUTRAL 09/18/26 $390.00 $75.1K 22.5K 3.1K
ASTS CALL SWEEP BEARISH 08/21/26 $80.00 $28.2K 8.1K 1.7K
PINS CALL TRADE BULLISH 09/25/26 $21.00 $95.5K 0 294
TTD CALL TRADE BULLISH 12/18/26 $12.50 $26.6K 555 178
META PUT TRADE BULLISH 01/21/28 $530.00 $147.3K 674 51
SPOT CALL SWEEP BEARISH 01/15/27 $500.00 $28.8K 282 26
APP CALL TRADE BEARISH 06/17/27 $500.00 $40.1K 278 15
GOOG CALL TRADE BULLISH 12/15/28 $370.00 $41.3K 404 5

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• Regarding SPCX (NASDAQ:SPCX), we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 10 day(s) on August 21, 2026. Parties traded 2879 contract(s) at a $110.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 60 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $158.6K, with a price of $55.0 per contract. There were 20912 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 9072 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For NFLX (NASDAQ:NFLX), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 10 day(s) on August 21, 2026. This event was a transfer of 1000 contract(s) at a $80.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $26.0K, with a price of $26.0 per contract. There were 29189 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 6899 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding GOOGL (NASDAQ:GOOGL), we observe a call option sweep with neutral sentiment. It expires in 38 day(s) on September 18, 2026. Parties traded 334 contract(s) at a $390.00 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 $75.1K, with a price of $225.0 per contract. There were 22516 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3105 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For ASTS (NASDAQ:ASTS), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 10 day(s) on August 21, 2026. This event was a transfer of 214 contract(s) at a $80.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 31 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $28.2K, with a price of $131.0 per contract. There were 8183 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1742 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For PINS (NYSE:PINS), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 45 day(s) on September 25, 2026. This event was a transfer of 294 contract(s) at a $21.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $95.5K, with a price of $325.0 per contract. There were 0 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 294 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For TTD (NASDAQ:TTD), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 129 day(s) on December 18, 2026. This event was a transfer of 100 contract(s) at a $12.50 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $26.6K, with a price of $266.0 per contract. There were 555 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 178 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding META (NASDAQ:META), we observe a put option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 528 day(s) on January 21, 2028. Parties traded 22 contract(s) at a $530.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $147.3K, with a price of $6698.0 per contract. There were 674 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 51 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding SPOT (NYSE:SPOT), we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 157 day(s) on January 15, 2027. Parties traded 5 contract(s) at a $500.00 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 $28.8K, with a price of $5765.0 per contract. There were 282 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 26 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For APP (NASDAQ:APP), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 310 day(s) on June 17, 2027. This event was a transfer of 10 contract(s) at a $500.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $40.1K, with a price of $4010.0 per contract. There were 278 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 15 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For GOOG (NASDAQ:GOOG), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 857 day(s) on December 15, 2028. This event was a transfer of 5 contract(s) at a $370.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $41.3K, with a price of $8272.0 per contract. There were 404 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 5 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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