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
HD CALL SWEEP BULLISH 09/18/26 $340.00 $177.3K 1.0K 209
DHI CALL SWEEP BULLISH 09/18/26 $160.00 $87.1K 65 121
LVS CALL TRADE BEARISH 01/21/28 $35.00 $25.6K 42 54
AMZN CALL SWEEP BULLISH 10/16/26 $295.00 $39.4K 1.1K 46
MCD PUT SWEEP NEUTRAL 01/15/27 $260.00 $30.8K 1.1K 38
SRAD CALL TRADE BULLISH 01/15/27 $20.00 $29.8K 3.8K 10

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• Regarding HD (NYSE:HD), we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 15 day(s) on September 18, 2026. Parties traded 180 contract(s) at a $340.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 25 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $177.3K, with a price of $985.0 per contract. There were 1045 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 209 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding DHI (NYSE:DHI), we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 15 day(s) on September 18, 2026. Parties traded 121 contract(s) at a $160.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 18 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $87.1K, with a price of $720.0 per contract. There were 65 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 121 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For LVS (NYSE:LVS), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 505 day(s) on January 21, 2028. This event was a transfer of 13 contract(s) at a $35.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $25.6K, with a price of $1973.0 per contract. There were 42 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 54 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AMZN (NASDAQ:AMZN), we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 43 day(s) on October 16, 2026. Parties traded 42 contract(s) at a $295.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 14 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $39.4K, with a price of $940.0 per contract. There were 1174 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 46 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MCD (NYSE:MCD), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be neutral, expiring in 134 day(s) on January 15, 2027. This event was a transfer of 25 contract(s) at a $260.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 3 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $30.8K, with a price of $1233.0 per contract. There were 1130 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 38 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding SRAD (NASDAQ:SRAD), we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 134 day(s) on January 15, 2027. Parties traded 199 contract(s) at a $20.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $29.8K, with a price of $150.0 per contract. There were 3803 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 10 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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