--- title: "10 Health Care Stocks Whale Activity In Today’s Session" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/296817795.md" description: "Benzinga tracked significant whale options activity in the healthcare sector today. Notable trades include bullish call sentiment on MRNA and UNH, bearish calls on RARE, NBIX, VKTX, PFE, and JNJ, and bullish put sweeps on UNCY and GILD. These large-volume transactions across various strike prices and expiration dates highlight institutional positioning and potential market divergences for these specific health care stocks." datetime: "2026-08-24T17:35:24.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/296817795.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/296817795.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/296817795.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** | | ---------- | ------------ | -------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ---------------- | --------------------- | ----------------- | ---------- | | MRNA | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 08/28/26 | $150.00 | $40.9K | 3.9K | 3.4K | | RARE | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 12/18/26 | $20.00 | $93.0K | 60 | 2.4K | | UNH | CALL | SWEEP | BULLISH | 12/18/26 | $400.00 | $61.3K | 3.1K | 957 | | UNCY | PUT | SWEEP | BULLISH | 10/16/26 | $5.00 | $25.0K | 0 | 751 | | NBIX | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 12/17/27 | $150.00 | $895.0K | 1.1K | 400 | | VKTX | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 11/20/26 | $50.00 | $44.0K | 3.4K | 344 | | PFE | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 06/17/27 | $32.00 | $37.9K | 11.3K | 340 | | GILD | PUT | SWEEP | BULLISH | 09/04/26 | $143.00 | $44.8K | 17 | 305 | | JNJ | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 01/15/27 | $230.00 | $206.3K | 1.8K | 224 | | CGON | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 10/16/26 | $80.00 | $203.9K | 57 | 210 | ## Explanation These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table. • Regarding **MRNA** (NASDAQ:MRNA), we observe a **call** option **trade** with **bullish** sentiment. It expires in 4 day(s) on **August 28, 2026**. Parties traded **100** contract(s) at a **$150.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$40.9K**, with a price of **$410.0** per contract. There were **3934** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **3477** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **RARE** (NASDAQ:RARE), we observe a **call** option **trade** with **bearish** sentiment. It expires in 116 day(s) on **December 18, 2026**. Parties traded **94** contract(s) at a **$20.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$93.0K**, with a price of **$990.0** per contract. There were **60** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **2489** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **UNH** (NYSE:UNH), we observe a **call** option **sweep** with **bullish** sentiment. It expires in 116 day(s) on **December 18, 2026**. Parties traded **22** contract(s) at a **$400.00** strike. This particular call needed to be split into 19 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$61.3K**, with a price of **$2790.0** per contract. There were **3190** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **957** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **UNCY** (NASDAQ:UNCY), we observe a **put** option **sweep** with **bullish** sentiment. It expires in 53 day(s) on **October 16, 2026**. Parties traded **500** contract(s) at a **$5.00** strike. This particular put needed to be split into 12 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$25.0K**, with a price of **$50.0** per contract. There were **0** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **751** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **NBIX** (NASDAQ:NBIX), we observe a **call** option **trade** with **bearish** sentiment. It expires in 480 day(s) on **December 17, 2027**. Parties traded **250** contract(s) at a **$150.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$895.0K**, with a price of **$3580.0** per contract. There were **1124** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **400** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **VKTX** (NASDAQ:VKTX), we observe a **call** option **trade** with **bearish** sentiment. It expires in 88 day(s) on **November 20, 2026**. Parties traded **200** contract(s) at a **$50.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$44.0K**, with a price of **$220.0** per contract. There were **3466** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **344** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **PFE** (NYSE:PFE), we observe a **call** option **sweep** with **bearish** sentiment. It expires in 297 day(s) on **June 17, 2027**. Parties traded **333** contract(s) at a **$32.00** strike. This particular call needed to be split into 3 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$37.9K**, with a price of **$114.0** per contract. There were **11302** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **340** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **GILD** (NASDAQ:GILD), we observe a **put** option **sweep** with **bullish** sentiment. It expires in 11 day(s) on **September 4, 2026**. Parties traded **303** contract(s) at a **$143.00** strike. This particular put needed to be split into 41 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$44.8K**, with a price of **$148.0** per contract. There were **17** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **305** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **JNJ** (NYSE:JNJ), we notice a **call** option **trade** that happens to be **bearish**, expiring in 144 day(s) on **January 15, 2027**. This event was a transfer of **44** contract(s) at a **$230.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$206.3K**, with a price of **$4690.0** per contract. There were **1841** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **224** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **CGON** (NASDAQ:CGON), we notice a **call** option **trade** that happens to be **bullish**, expiring in 53 day(s) on **October 16, 2026**. This event was a transfer of **200** contract(s) at a **$80.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$203.9K**, with a price of **$1020.0** per contract. There were **57** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **210** 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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