10 Healthcare Stocks Whale Activity in Today's Session

This whale alert can help traders discover the next big trading opportunities.

Whales are big money entities and we track their transactions here at Benzinga on our options activity scanner.

Traders will look for circumstances where the market estimate of an option deviates significantly from its normal value. High volumes of trading activity could push option prices to overstated or understated levels.

Here is the list of options activities happening in today's session:

Symbol PUT/CALL Kind of trade Feeling Exp. Date Strike price Total trade price open interest Volume DFP CALL SWEEP BULLISH 01/20/23 $52.50 $25,300 40.9K 1.4K mRNA PUT SWEEP BEARISH 11/25/22 $172.50 $26,400 395 1.2K NVS CALL TRADE BULLISH 04/21/23 $82.50 $39,000 4.3K 1.1K ISRG PUT SWEEP BULLISH 12/16/22 $265.00 $48.7,000 216 349 ABBV CALL SWEEP BEARISH 02/17/23 $180.00 $30.4,000 578 322 TGTX PUT SWEEP BULLISH 12/16/22 $9.00 $40,700 609 249 KURA PUT SWEEP NEUTRAL 01/20/23 $15.00 $29.8,000 324 229 AHCO CALL TRADE BEARISH 01/20/23 $17.50 $40,900 1 200 AMGN PUT TRADE NEUTRAL 06/16/23 $295.00 $25,000 48 137 PRTA CALL TRADE BULLISH 12/16/22 $60.00 $98.7K 156 125

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

• Regarding the PFE PFE, we see a sweep of call options with bullish sentiment. It expires in 59 day(s) on January 20, 2023. The parties traded 402 contract(s) during a $52.50 strike. This particular call had to be split into 6 different trades to be filled. The total cost received by the drafting party(ies) was $25,300, with a price of $63.0 per contract. There were 40957 contracts open during this strike before today, and today 1497 contracts were bought and sold.

• For MRNA MRNA we notice a put option sweep which happens to be bearish, expiring in 3 day(s) on Nov 25, 2022. This event was a transfer of 138 contracts (s)) during a $172.50 strike. This particular put had to be split into 12 different trades to be filled. The total cost received by the drafting party (or parties) was $26,400, with a price of $193.0 per contract. There were 395 contracts open during this strike before today, and today 1200 contracts were bought and sold.

• For NVS NVS, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 150 day(s) on April 21, 2023. This event was a transfer of 52 contract(s) ) during an $82.50 strike. The totality...

10 Healthcare Stocks Whale Activity in Today's Session

This whale alert can help traders discover the next big trading opportunities.

Whales are big money entities and we track their transactions here at Benzinga on our options activity scanner.

Traders will look for circumstances where the market estimate of an option deviates significantly from its normal value. High volumes of trading activity could push option prices to overstated or understated levels.

Here is the list of options activities happening in today's session:

Symbol PUT/CALL Kind of trade Feeling Exp. Date Strike price Total trade price open interest Volume DFP CALL SWEEP BULLISH 01/20/23 $52.50 $25,300 40.9K 1.4K mRNA PUT SWEEP BEARISH 11/25/22 $172.50 $26,400 395 1.2K NVS CALL TRADE BULLISH 04/21/23 $82.50 $39,000 4.3K 1.1K ISRG PUT SWEEP BULLISH 12/16/22 $265.00 $48.7,000 216 349 ABBV CALL SWEEP BEARISH 02/17/23 $180.00 $30.4,000 578 322 TGTX PUT SWEEP BULLISH 12/16/22 $9.00 $40,700 609 249 KURA PUT SWEEP NEUTRAL 01/20/23 $15.00 $29.8,000 324 229 AHCO CALL TRADE BEARISH 01/20/23 $17.50 $40,900 1 200 AMGN PUT TRADE NEUTRAL 06/16/23 $295.00 $25,000 48 137 PRTA CALL TRADE BULLISH 12/16/22 $60.00 $98.7K 156 125

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

• Regarding the PFE PFE, we see a sweep of call options with bullish sentiment. It expires in 59 day(s) on January 20, 2023. The parties traded 402 contract(s) during a $52.50 strike. This particular call had to be split into 6 different trades to be filled. The total cost received by the drafting party(ies) was $25,300, with a price of $63.0 per contract. There were 40957 contracts open during this strike before today, and today 1497 contracts were bought and sold.

• For MRNA MRNA we notice a put option sweep which happens to be bearish, expiring in 3 day(s) on Nov 25, 2022. This event was a transfer of 138 contracts (s)) during a $172.50 strike. This particular put had to be split into 12 different trades to be filled. The total cost received by the drafting party (or parties) was $26,400, with a price of $193.0 per contract. There were 395 contracts open during this strike before today, and today 1200 contracts were bought and sold.

• For NVS NVS, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 150 day(s) on April 21, 2023. This event was a transfer of 52 contract(s) ) during an $82.50 strike. The totality...

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