--- title: "8 Communication Services Stocks With Whale Alerts In Today’s Session" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/292937439.md" description: "Benzinga reports whale alerts in the Communication Services sector, highlighting significant options activity for stocks including SPCX, NFLX, ECHO, RDDT, GOOG, META, LYV, and GOOGL. The data reveals a predominance of bearish sentiment through put option sweeps and trades, with notable volumes in GOOG and NFLX. These large transactions suggest institutional positioning, potentially indicating market divergence or hedging strategies among major traders." datetime: "2026-07-16T17:35:22.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/292937439.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/292937439.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/292937439.md) generator: "portal-rs" --- # 8 Communication Services 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 Communication Services sector: | **Symbol** | **PUT/CALL** | **Trade Type** | **Sentiment** | **Exp. Date** | **Strike Price** | **Total Trade Price** | **Open Interest** | **Volume** | | ---------- | ------------ | -------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ---------------- | --------------------- | ----------------- | ---------- | | SPCX | PUT | SWEEP | BEARISH | 07/17/26 | $130.00 | $28.0K | 18.7K | 9.8K | | NFLX | PUT | SWEEP | BEARISH | 12/18/26 | $75.00 | $50.5K | 5.1K | 822 | | ECHO | CALL | SWEEP | NEUTRAL | 01/15/27 | $150.00 | $67.5K | 7.8K | 545 | | RDDT | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 07/31/26 | $190.00 | $47.1K | 157 | 162 | | GOOG | PUT | SWEEP | BEARISH | 07/31/26 | $385.00 | $101.7K | 84 | 93 | | META | PUT | TRADE | BEARISH | 08/14/26 | $670.00 | $61.3K | 110 | 39 | | LYV | PUT | SWEEP | BEARISH | 10/16/26 | $180.00 | $26.6K | 54 | 23 | | GOOGL | PUT | TRADE | BEARISH | 01/21/28 | $500.00 | $71.2K | 105 | 14 | ## Explanation These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table. • Regarding **SPCX** (NASDAQ:SPCX), we observe a **put** option **sweep** with **bearish** sentiment. It expires in 1 day(s) on **July 17, 2026**. Parties traded **165** contract(s) at a **$130.00** strike. This particular put needed to be split into 3 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$28.0K**, with a price of **$170.0** per contract. There were **18784** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **9843** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **NFLX** (NASDAQ:NFLX), we observe a **put** option **sweep** with **bearish** sentiment. It expires in 155 day(s) on **December 18, 2026**. Parties traded **63** contract(s) at a **$75.00** strike. This particular put needed to be split into 3 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$50.5K**, with a price of **$803.0** per contract. There were **5125** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **822** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **ECHO** (NASDAQ:ECHO), we notice a **call** option **sweep** that happens to be **neutral**, expiring in 183 day(s) on **January 15, 2027**. This event was a transfer of **280** contract(s) at a **$150.00** strike. This particular call needed to be split into 48 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$67.5K**, with a price of **$240.0** per contract. There were **7824** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **545** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **RDDT** (NYSE:RDDT), we notice a **call** option **sweep** that happens to be **bearish**, expiring in 15 day(s) on **July 31, 2026**. This event was a transfer of **30** contract(s) at a **$190.00** 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 **$47.1K**, with a price of **$1570.0** per contract. There were **157** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **162** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **GOOG** (NASDAQ:GOOG), we notice a **put** option **sweep** that happens to be **bearish**, expiring in 15 day(s) on **July 31, 2026**. This event was a transfer of **47** contract(s) at a **$385.00** strike. This particular put needed to be split into 5 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$101.7K**, with a price of **$2165.0** per contract. There were **84** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **93** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **META** (NASDAQ:META), we notice a **put** option **trade** that happens to be **bearish**, expiring in 29 day(s) on **August 14, 2026**. This event was a transfer of **15** contract(s) at a **$670.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$61.3K**, with a price of **$4090.0** per contract. There were **110** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **39** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **LYV** (NYSE:LYV), we observe a **put** option **sweep** with **bearish** sentiment. It expires in 92 day(s) on **October 16, 2026**. Parties traded **23** contract(s) at a **$180.00** strike. This particular put needed to be split into 14 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$26.6K**, with a price of **$1160.0** per contract. There were **54** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **23** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **GOOGL** (NASDAQ:GOOGL), we observe a **put** option **trade** with **bearish** sentiment. It expires in 554 day(s) on **January 21, 2028**. Parties traded **5** contract(s) at a **$500.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$71.2K**, with a price of **$14255.0** per contract. There were **105** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **14** 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 news on unusual options activity. 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