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:

Explanation

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

• Regarding GOOGL (NASDAQ:GOOGL), we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 1 day(s) on January 10, 2025. Parties traded 284 contract(s) at a $195.00 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 $39.0K, with a price of $137.0 per contract. There were 8231 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 23811 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding META (NASDAQ:META), we observe a call option sweep with neutral sentiment. It expires in 15 day(s) on January 24, 2025. Parties traded 77 contract(s) at a $615.00 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 $125.8K, with a price of $1635.0 per contract. There were 510 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3835 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For NFLX (NASDAQ:NFLX), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 1 day(s) on January 10, 2025. This event was a transfer of 60 contract(s) at a $875.00 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 $45.6K, with a price of $760.0 per contract. There were 315 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 774 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For GOOG (NASDAQ:GOOG), we notice a put option trade that happens to be neutral, expiring in 372 day(s) on January 16, 2026. This event was a transfer of 200 contract(s) at a $160.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $146.8K, with a price of $734.0 per contract. There were 3234 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 200 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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