--- title: "4 Health Care Stocks With Whale Alerts In Today’s Session" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/294099022.md" description: "Benzinga reports whale alerts in the Health Care sector, highlighting significant options activity for NVO, MDGL, ARWR, and GILD. Notable trades include a bearish call sweep on NVO ($63.3K) and a large bearish call trade on MDGL ($1.4 million). Other activities involve neutral sentiment on ARWR and bearish sentiment on GILD. These unusual options movements may signal potential trading opportunities based on divergences between market estimation and normal value." datetime: "2026-07-28T17:35:11.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/294099022.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/294099022.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/294099022.md) generator: "portal-rs" --- # 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** | | ---------- | ------------ | -------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ---------------- | --------------------- | ----------------- | ---------- | | NVO | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 01/15/27 | $35.00 | $63.3K | 823 | 296 | | MDGL | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 12/18/26 | $500.00 | $1.4 million | 868 | 100 | | ARWR | CALL | TRADE | NEUTRAL | 01/15/27 | $45.00 | $57.5K | 227 | 26 | | GILD | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 01/15/27 | $125.00 | $33.7K | 218 | 24 | ## Explanation These bullet-by-bullet explanations have been constructed using the accompanying table. • For **NVO** (NYSE:NVO), we notice a **call** option **sweep** that happens to be **bearish**, expiring in 171 day(s) on **January 15, 2027**. This event was a transfer of **36** contract(s) at a **$35.00** strike. This particular call needed to be split into 5 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$63.3K**, with a price of **$1760.0** per contract. There were **823** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **296** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **MDGL** (NASDAQ:MDGL), we notice a **call** option **trade** that happens to be **bearish**, expiring in 143 day(s) on **December 18, 2026**. This event was a transfer of **74** contract(s) at a **$500.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$1.4 million**, with a price of **$19460.0** per contract. There were **868** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **100** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **ARWR** (NASDAQ:ARWR), we observe a **call** option **trade** with **neutral** sentiment. It expires in 171 day(s) on **January 15, 2027**. Parties traded **25** contract(s) at a **$45.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$57.5K**, with a price of **$2300.0** per contract. There were **227** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **26** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **GILD** (NASDAQ:GILD), we observe a **call** option **trade** with **bearish** sentiment. It expires in 171 day(s) on **January 15, 2027**. Parties traded **19** contract(s) at a **$125.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$33.7K**, with a price of **$1775.0** per contract. There were **218** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **24** 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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