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
NVDA PUT SWEEP BEARISH 09/16/26 $215.00 $31.0K 5.3K 124.6K
MU CALL TRADE BULLISH 09/16/26 $935.00 $25.9K 1.3K 19.9K
AMD PUT TRADE NEUTRAL 09/16/26 $520.00 $27.0K 127 17.6K
MARA CALL SWEEP BEARISH 09/25/26 $12.00 $76.0K 4.1K 4.6K
PATH CALL TRADE BEARISH 03/19/27 $15.00 $500.0K 18.8K 2.0K
DELL PUT SWEEP BEARISH 09/18/26 $540.00 $57.0K 755 1.8K
MSTR CALL SWEEP BULLISH 12/17/27 $150.00 $515.6K 2.4K 1.1K
MRVL CALL SWEEP BULLISH 09/25/26 $230.00 $131.2K 534 733
ORCL PUT TRADE BEARISH 03/19/27 $130.00 $730.0K 11.0K 543
QBTS PUT SWEEP BEARISH 11/20/26 $16.00 $86.7K 1.0K 511

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• For NVDA (NASDAQ:NVDA), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, is expiring today. Parties traded 451 contract(s) at a $215.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 25 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $31.0K, with a price of $69.0 per contract. There were 5333 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 124686 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MU (NASDAQ:MU), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, is expiring today. Parties traded 69 contract(s) at a $935.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $25.9K, with a price of $376.0 per contract. There were 1323 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 19928 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AMD (NASDAQ:AMD), we notice a put option trade that happens to be neutral, is expiring today. Parties traded 100 contract(s) at a $520.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $27.0K, with a price of $270.0 per contract. There were 127 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 17624 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MARA (NASDAQ:MARA), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 9 day(s) on September 25, 2026. This event was a transfer of 2173 contract(s) at a $12.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 22 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $76.0K, with a price of $35.0 per contract. There were 4199 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 4639 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding PATH (NYSE:PATH), we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 184 day(s) on March 19, 2027. Parties traded 2000 contract(s) at a $15.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $500.0K, with a price of $250.0 per contract. There were 18890 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2004 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding DELL (NYSE:DELL), we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 2 day(s) on September 18, 2026. Parties traded 150 contract(s) at a $540.00 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 $57.0K, with a price of $380.0 per contract. There were 755 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1822 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MSTR (NASDAQ:MSTR), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 457 day(s) on December 17, 2027. This event was a transfer of 138 contract(s) at a $150.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 28 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $515.6K, with a price of $3735.0 per contract. There were 2425 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1189 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MRVL (NASDAQ:MRVL), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 9 day(s) on September 25, 2026. This event was a transfer of 150 contract(s) at a $230.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 6 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $131.2K, with a price of $875.0 per contract. There were 534 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 733 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding ORCL (NYSE:ORCL), we observe a put option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 184 day(s) on March 19, 2027. Parties traded 500 contract(s) at a $130.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $730.0K, with a price of $1460.0 per contract. There were 11084 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 543 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For QBTS (NASDAQ:QBTS), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 65 day(s) on November 20, 2026. This event was a transfer of 459 contract(s) at a $16.00 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 $86.7K, with a price of $189.0 per contract. There were 1055 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 511 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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