--- title: "10 Health Care Stocks Whale Activity In Today's Session" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/288893837.md" description: "Benzinga reports significant whale options activity in the healthcare sector. Notable trades include bullish put sweeps on AUPH and BDX, a large bullish call trade on UNH worth $1.4 million, and bearish sentiment on VKTX and TEVA. Other activity involves calls on LLY, VEEV, and AXSM, alongside a bullish put on ABVX expiring today." datetime: "2026-06-05T17:35:32.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/288893837.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/288893837.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/288893837.md) generator: "portal-rs" --- # 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: | **Symbol** | **PUT/CALL** | **Trade Type** | **Sentiment** | **Exp. Date** | **Strike Price** | **Total Trade Price** | **Open Interest** | **Volume** | | ---------- | ------------ | -------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ---------------- | --------------------- | ----------------- | ---------- | | AUPH | PUT | SWEEP | BULLISH | 01/15/27 | $15.00 | $105.1K | 469 | 10.9K | | UNH | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 07/17/26 | $390.00 | $1.4 million | 3.6K | 1.5K | | VKTX | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 10/16/26 | $47.50 | $57.5K | 2.0K | 1.2K | | TEVA | PUT | SWEEP | BEARISH | 07/17/26 | $32.00 | $79.8K | 46 | 623 | | HIMS | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 10/16/26 | $29.00 | $162.4K | 243 | 584 | | BDX | CALL | SWEEP | BULLISH | 09/18/26 | $140.00 | $121.3K | 7 | 103 | | LLY | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 06/18/26 | $1065.00 | $65.0K | 43 | 37 | | ABVX | PUT | TRADE | BULLISH | 06/05/26 | $115.00 | $42.2K | 65 | 18 | | VEEV | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 01/21/28 | $185.00 | $75.9K | 25 | 15 | | AXSM | CALL | TRADE | NEUTRAL | 06/18/26 | $175.00 | $27.9K | 19 | 9 | ## Explanation These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table. • For **AUPH** (NASDAQ:AUPH), we notice a **put** option **sweep** that happens to be **bullish**, expiring in 224 day(s) on **January 15, 2027**. This event was a transfer of **568** contract(s) at a **$15.00** strike. This particular put needed to be split into 38 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$105.1K**, with a price of **$185.0** per contract. There were **469** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **10960** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **UNH** (NYSE:UNH), we notice a **call** option **trade** that happens to be **bullish**, expiring in 42 day(s) on **July 17, 2026**. This event was a transfer of **1400** contract(s) at a **$390.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$1.4 million**, with a price of **$1000.0** per contract. There were **3697** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **1541** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **VKTX** (NASDAQ:VKTX), we observe a **call** option **trade** with **bearish** sentiment. It expires in 133 day(s) on **October 16, 2026**. Parties traded **250** contract(s) at a **$47.50** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$57.5K**, with a price of **$230.0** per contract. There were **2091** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **1235** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **TEVA** (NYSE:TEVA), we notice a **put** option **sweep** that happens to be **bearish**, expiring in 42 day(s) on **July 17, 2026**. This event was a transfer of **623** contract(s) at a **$32.00** strike. This particular put needed to be split into 43 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$79.8K**, with a price of **$128.0** per contract. There were **46** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **623** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **HIMS** (NYSE:HIMS), we observe a **call** option **trade** with **bearish** sentiment. It expires in 133 day(s) on **October 16, 2026**. Parties traded **290** contract(s) at a **$29.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$162.4K**, with a price of **$560.0** per contract. There were **243** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **584** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **BDX** (NYSE:BDX), we observe a **call** option **sweep** with **bullish** sentiment. It expires in 105 day(s) on **September 18, 2026**. Parties traded **102** contract(s) at a **$140.00** strike. This particular call needed to be split into 26 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$121.3K**, with a price of **$1180.0** per contract. There were **7** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **103** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **LLY** (NYSE:LLY), we notice a **call** option **trade** that happens to be **bullish**, expiring in 13 day(s) on **June 18, 2026**. This event was a transfer of **20** contract(s) at a **$1065.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$65.0K**, with a price of **$3250.0** per contract. There were **43** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **37** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **ABVX** (NASDAQ:ABVX), we notice a **put** option **trade** that happens to be **bullish**, is expiring today. Parties traded **10** contract(s) at a **$115.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$42.2K**, with a price of **$4220.0** per contract. There were **65** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **18** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **VEEV** (NYSE:VEEV), we notice a **call** option **trade** that happens to be **bullish**, expiring in 595 day(s) on **January 21, 2028**. This event was a transfer of **15** contract(s) at a **$185.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$75.9K**, with a price of **$5060.0** per contract. There were **25** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **15** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **AXSM** (NASDAQ:AXSM), we observe a **call** option **trade** with **neutral** sentiment. It expires in 13 day(s) on **June 18, 2026**. Parties traded **6** contract(s) at a **$175.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$27.9K**, with a price of **$4655.0** per contract. There were **19** 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. 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