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 09/14/26 $212.50 $27.5K 139 267.7K
MU CALL SWEEP BEARISH 09/14/26 $935.00 $31.0K 181 22.6K
SNDK PUT TRADE BULLISH 09/18/26 $1400.00 $45.6K 2.0K 9.1K
CRWD PUT TRADE NEUTRAL 09/18/26 $230.00 $33.5K 693 4.7K
ORCL CALL SWEEP BEARISH 10/16/26 $160.00 $130.5K 9.5K 3.4K
TSM PUT SWEEP BEARISH 10/16/26 $420.00 $757.5K 3.9K 3.1K
INTC PUT SWEEP BEARISH 10/16/26 $90.00 $60.4K 21.2K 2.6K
NTSK CALL SWEEP BEARISH 12/18/26 $22.50 $117.7K 418 1.9K
CRCL CALL TRADE BEARISH 09/18/26 $96.00 $33.7K 3.6K 1.2K
PANW CALL SWEEP BULLISH 10/16/26 $350.00 $94.7K 1.5K 950

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 550 contract(s) at a $212.50 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 $27.5K, with a price of $50.0 per contract. There were 139 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 267719 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MU (NASDAQ:MU), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, is expiring today. Parties traded 405 contract(s) at a $935.00 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 $31.0K, with a price of $76.0 per contract. There were 181 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 22628 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For SNDK (NASDAQ:SNDK), we notice a put option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 4 day(s) on September 18, 2026. This event was a transfer of 95 contract(s) at a $1400.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $45.6K, with a price of $480.0 per contract. There were 2028 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 9158 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For CRWD (NASDAQ:CRWD), we notice a put option trade that happens to be neutral, expiring in 4 day(s) on September 18, 2026. This event was a transfer of 100 contract(s) at a $230.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $33.5K, with a price of $335.0 per contract. There were 693 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 4748 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For ORCL (NYSE:ORCL), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 32 day(s) on October 16, 2026. This event was a transfer of 418 contract(s) at a $160.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 19 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $130.5K, with a price of $316.0 per contract. There were 9511 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3490 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For TSM (NYSE:TSM), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 32 day(s) on October 16, 2026. This event was a transfer of 500 contract(s) at a $420.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 7 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $757.5K, with a price of $1515.0 per contract. There were 3923 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3120 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For INTC (NASDAQ:INTC), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 32 day(s) on October 16, 2026. This event was a transfer of 186 contract(s) at a $90.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 44 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $60.4K, with a price of $325.0 per contract. There were 21208 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2654 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For NTSK (NASDAQ:NTSK), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 95 day(s) on December 18, 2026. This event was a transfer of 900 contract(s) at a $22.50 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 29 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $117.7K, with a price of $130.0 per contract. There were 418 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1917 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For CRCL (NYSE:CRCL), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 4 day(s) on September 18, 2026. This event was a transfer of 75 contract(s) at a $96.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $33.7K, with a price of $450.0 per contract. There were 3633 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1279 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For PANW (NASDAQ:PANW), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 32 day(s) on October 16, 2026. This event was a transfer of 24 contract(s) at a $350.00 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 $94.7K, with a price of $3948.0 per contract. There were 1595 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 950 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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