10 Health Care Stocks Whale Activity In Today's Session

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:

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• Regarding PFE (NYSE:PFE), we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 24 day(s) on July 19, 2024. Parties traded 998 contract(s) at a $28.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 4 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $72.8K, with a price of $73.0 per contract. There were 28115 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2711 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MRK (NYSE:MRK), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 24 day(s) on July 19, 2024. This event was a transfer of 2000 contract(s) at a $140.00 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 $78.8K, with a price of $39.0 per contract. There were 3133 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1148 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding VRNA (NASDAQ:VRNA), we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 24 day(s) on July 19, 2024. Parties traded 250 contract(s) at a $15.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 10 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $75.0K, with a price of $300.0 per contract. There were 3515 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 375 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For GILD (NASDAQ:GILD), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 360 day(s) on June 20, 2025. This event was a transfer of 71 contract(s) at a $75.00 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 $37.2K, with a price of $525.0 per contract. There were 663 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 133 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding VKTX (NASDAQ:VKTX), we observe a put option trade with neutral sentiment. It expires in 206 day(s) on January 17, 2025. Parties traded 400 contract(s) at a $37.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $226.0K, with a price of $565.0 per contract. There were 53 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 106 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For ABBV (NYSE:ABBV), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 3 day(s) on June 28, 2024. This event was a transfer of 230 contract(s) at a $170.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $51.0K, with a price of $222.0 per contract. There were 580 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 48 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For RXRX (NASDAQ:RXRX), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 178 day(s) on December 20, 2024. This event was a transfer of 70 contract(s) at a $7.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 8 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $25.9K, with a price of $370.0 per contract. There were 371 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 40 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding GEHC (NASDAQ:GEHC), we observe a call option sweep with neutral sentiment. It expires in 52 day(s) on August 16, 2024. Parties traded 106 contract(s) at a $80.00 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 $31.9K, with a price of $300.0 per contract. There were 10 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 13 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding LLY (NYSE:LLY), we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 906 day(s) on December 18, 2026. Parties traded 1 contract(s) at a $760.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $28.4K, with a price of $28495.0 per contract. There were 17 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 11 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MRNA (NASDAQ:MRNA), we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 115 day(s) on October 18, 2024. Parties traded 14 contract(s) at a $115.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $39.8K, with a price of $2845.0 per contract. There were 163 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 7 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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