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
BA CALL TRADE BEARISH 11/20/26 $200.00 $40.0K 5.8K 1.7K
BE CALL TRADE BEARISH 10/09/26 $287.50 $48.7K 206 312
AVAV CALL TRADE BULLISH 11/20/26 $155.00 $33.0K 244 236
GEV CALL TRADE BULLISH 12/15/28 $800.00 $41.1K 119 128
RKLB CALL TRADE NEUTRAL 01/21/28 $100.00 $36.6K 7.0K 109
WM CALL TRADE BULLISH 01/19/29 $185.00 $44.4K 0 90
HONA CALL SWEEP BULLISH 03/19/27 $210.00 $25.9K 10.2K 77
BLDR PUT TRADE BEARISH 11/20/26 $85.00 $27.8K 50 62
EME CALL SWEEP BULLISH 10/16/26 $830.00 $26.0K 17 42
DE PUT TRADE BEARISH 12/18/26 $700.00 $34.7K 120 10

Explanation

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

• Regarding BA (NYSE:BA), we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 49 day(s) on November 20, 2026. Parties traded 50 contract(s) at a $200.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $40.0K, with a price of $800.0 per contract. There were 5895 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1751 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding BE (NYSE:BE), we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 7 day(s) on October 9, 2026. Parties traded 50 contract(s) at a $287.50 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $48.7K, with a price of $975.0 per contract. There were 206 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 312 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding AVAV (NASDAQ:AVAV), we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 49 day(s) on November 20, 2026. Parties traded 50 contract(s) at a $155.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $33.0K, with a price of $660.0 per contract. There were 244 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 236 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For GEV (NYSE:GEV), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 805 day(s) on December 15, 2028. This event was a transfer of 1 contract(s) at a $800.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $41.1K, with a price of $41130.0 per contract. There were 119 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 128 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For RKLB (NASDAQ:RKLB), we notice a call option trade that happens to be neutral, expiring in 476 day(s) on January 21, 2028. This event was a transfer of 20 contract(s) at a $100.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $36.6K, with a price of $1830.0 per contract. There were 7017 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 109 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding WM (NYSE:WM), we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 840 day(s) on January 19, 2029. Parties traded 10 contract(s) at a $185.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $44.4K, with a price of $4440.0 per contract. There were 0 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 90 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For HONA (NASDAQ:HONA), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 168 day(s) on March 19, 2027. This event was a transfer of 72 contract(s) at a $210.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 15 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $25.9K, with a price of $360.0 per contract. There were 10219 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 77 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For BLDR (NYSE:BLDR), we notice a put option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 49 day(s) on November 20, 2026. This event was a transfer of 10 contract(s) at a $85.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $27.8K, with a price of $2786.0 per contract. There were 50 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 62 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For EME (NYSE:EME), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 14 day(s) on October 16, 2026. This event was a transfer of 42 contract(s) at a $830.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 12 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $26.0K, with a price of $620.0 per contract. There were 17 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 42 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For DE (NYSE:DE), we notice a put option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 77 day(s) on December 18, 2026. This event was a transfer of 7 contract(s) at a $700.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $34.7K, with a price of $4970.0 per contract. There were 120 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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