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. 1K 82 9 Explanation These bullet-by-bullet explanations have been constructed using the accompanying table.
• For UAL (NASDAQ:UAL), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 31 day(s) on November 20, 2026. 00 strike.
0 per contract. There were 1581 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1964 contract(s) were bought and sold.
• For HTZ (NASDAQ:HTZ), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 31 day(s) on November 20, 2026. 00 strike.
This particular put needed to be split into 4 different trades to become filled. 0 per contract.
There were 15389 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1953 contract(s) were bought and sold. • For RKLB (NASDAQ:RKLB), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 59 day(s) on December 18, 2026.
00 strike. 0 per contract.
There were 1716 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 390 contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding CAT (NYSE:CAT), we observe a put option trade with bullish sentiment.
It expires in 822 day(s) on January 19, 2029. 00 strike.
0 per contract. There were 1 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 250 contract(s) were bought and sold.
• Regarding BA (NYSE:BA), we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 150 day(s) on March 19, 2027.
00 strike. 0 per contract.
There were 1689 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 166 contract(s) were bought and sold. • For IESC (NASDAQ:IESC), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 31 day(s) on November 20, 2026.
00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 3 different trades to become filled.
0 per contract. There were 6 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 51 contract(s) were bought and sold.
• For VRT (NYSE:VRT), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 332 day(s) on September 17, 2027. 00 strike.
This particular put needed to be split into 4 different trades to become filled. 0 per contract.
There were 452 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 13 contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding BE (NYSE:BE), we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment.
It expires in 10 day(s) on October 30, 2026. 00 strike.
0 per contract. There were 242 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 12 contract(s) were bought and sold.
• For LMT (NYSE:LMT), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 31 day(s) on November 20, 2026. 00 strike.
0 per contract. There were 336 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 10 contract(s) were bought and sold.
• For FIX (NYSE:FIX), we notice a put option trade that happens to be neutral, expiring in 87 day(s) on January 15, 2027. 00 strike.
0 per contract. There were 82 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 9 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. For more information, read more about unusual options activity.
