--- title: "4 Health Care Stocks With Whale Alerts In Today's Session" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/286450127.md" description: "This article discusses whale alerts in the Health Care sector, highlighting significant options trading activity. Notable trades include bearish call options for UNH and HUM, and bullish put options for PFE and NVO. The article details the strike prices, expiration dates, total trade prices, and volumes for each option, indicating potential trading opportunities based on large transactions by influential market players." datetime: "2026-05-14T17:35:28.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/286450127.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/286450127.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/286450127.md) --- # 4 Health Care Stocks With Whale Alerts 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. Below are some instances of options activity happening in the Health Care sector: **Symbol** **PUT/CALL** **Trade Type** **Sentiment** **Exp. Date** **Strike Price** **Total Trade Price** **Open Interest** **Volume** UNH CALL TRADE BEARISH 01/15/27 $290.00 $30.0K 419 1.1K PFE PUT SWEEP BULLISH 09/18/26 $22.00 $43.6K 1.1K 1.0K HUM CALL SWEEP BEARISH 01/15/27 $300.00 $527.3K 630 199 NVO PUT TRADE BULLISH 01/15/27 $115.00 $90.1K 201 94 ## Explanation These bullet-by-bullet explanations have been constructed using the accompanying table. • Regarding **UNH** (NYSE:UNH), we observe a **call** option **trade** with **bearish** sentiment. It expires in 246 day(s) on **January 15, 2027**. Parties traded **8** contract(s) at a **$290.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$30.0K**, with a price of **$3750.0** per contract. There were **419** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **1104** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **PFE** (NYSE:PFE), we notice a **put** option **sweep** that happens to be **bullish**, expiring in 127 day(s) on **September 18, 2026**. This event was a transfer of **291** contract(s) at a **$22.00** strike. This particular put needed to be split into 11 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$43.6K**, with a price of **$150.0** per contract. There were **1116** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **1058** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **HUM** (NYSE:HUM), we observe a **call** option **sweep** with **bearish** sentiment. It expires in 246 day(s) on **January 15, 2027**. Parties traded **190** contract(s) at a **$300.00** strike. This particular call needed to be split into 11 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$527.3K**, with a price of **$2760.0** per contract. There were **630** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **199** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **NVO** (NYSE:NVO), we notice a **put** option **trade** that happens to be **bullish**, expiring in 246 day(s) on **January 15, 2027**. This event was a transfer of **14** contract(s) at a **$115.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$90.1K**, with a price of **$6440.0** per contract. There were **201** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **94** 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. 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