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.

Below are some instances of options activity happening in the Industrials sector:

Symbol PUT/CALL Trade Type Sentiment Exp. Date Strike Price Total Trade Price Open Interest Volume
DAL CALL TRADE BEARISH 11/20/26 $100.00 $214.7K 368 1.9K
BETA CALL TRADE BULLISH 11/20/26 $30.00 $48.0K 96 415
BE CALL SWEEP BEARISH 11/20/26 $320.00 $62.6K 1.0K 183
VRT CALL SWEEP NEUTRAL 10/16/26 $257.50 $52.0K 66 145
FDX PUT TRADE BEARISH 10/02/26 $287.50 $49.2K 5 91
GD CALL SWEEP BULLISH 01/15/27 $340.00 $119.2K 282 73
MOD CALL TRADE NEUTRAL 11/20/26 $200.00 $57.8K 175 26
BA CALL TRADE BULLISH 05/21/27 $170.00 $94.6K 0 22
VICR CALL SWEEP BULLISH 11/20/26 $310.00 $33.5K 13 12
CAT PUT TRADE BEARISH 11/20/26 $950.00 $57.2K 0 6

Explanation

These bullet-by-bullet explanations have been constructed using the accompanying table.

• Regarding DAL (NYSE:DAL), we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 56 day(s) on November 20, 2026. Parties traded 1900 contract(s) at a $100.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $214.7K, with a price of $113.0 per contract. There were 368 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1909 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding BETA (NYSE:BETA), we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 56 day(s) on November 20, 2026. Parties traded 400 contract(s) at a $30.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $48.0K, with a price of $120.0 per contract. There were 96 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 415 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding BE (NYSE:BE), we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 56 day(s) on November 20, 2026. Parties traded 21 contract(s) at a $320.00 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 $62.6K, with a price of $2985.0 per contract. There were 1058 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 183 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For VRT (NYSE:VRT), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be neutral, expiring in 21 day(s) on October 16, 2026. This event was a transfer of 51 contract(s) at a $257.50 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 $52.0K, with a price of $1020.0 per contract. There were 66 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 145 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For FDX (NYSE:FDX), we notice a put option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 7 day(s) on October 2, 2026. This event was a transfer of 82 contract(s) at a $287.50 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $49.2K, with a price of $600.0 per contract. There were 5 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 91 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For GD (NYSE:GD), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 112 day(s) on January 15, 2027. This event was a transfer of 71 contract(s) at a $340.00 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 $119.2K, with a price of $1680.0 per contract. There were 282 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 73 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MOD (NYSE:MOD), we observe a call option trade with neutral sentiment. It expires in 56 day(s) on November 20, 2026. Parties traded 25 contract(s) at a $200.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $57.8K, with a price of $2315.0 per contract. There were 175 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 26 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For BA (NYSE:BA), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 238 day(s) on May 21, 2027. This event was a transfer of 22 contract(s) at a $170.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $94.6K, with a price of $4300.0 per contract. There were 0 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 22 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding VICR (NASDAQ:VICR), we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 56 day(s) on November 20, 2026. Parties traded 10 contract(s) at a $310.00 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 $33.5K, with a price of $3359.0 per contract. There were 13 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 12 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For CAT (NYSE:CAT), we notice a put option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 56 day(s) on November 20, 2026. This event was a transfer of 4 contract(s) at a $950.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $57.2K, with a price of $14310.0 per contract. There were 0 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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