--- title: "10 Industrials Stocks Whale Activity In Today’s Session" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/296817839.md" description: "Benzinga tracked significant options activity in the Industrials sector, highlighting 'whale' trades. Notable movements include bearish call sweeps on SBLK and UBER, bullish put trades on TXT, and bullish call sweeps on FERG and BA. Other activity involved bearish calls on FCEL, bullish calls on XE, bearish puts on FIX, and neutral calls on BE. These large-volume transactions suggest potential trading opportunities based on divergences between market estimation and normal option values." datetime: "2026-08-24T17:35:25.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/296817839.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/296817839.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/296817839.md) generator: "portal-rs" --- # 10 Industrials 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 often look for circumstances when the market estimation of an option diverges away from its normal worth. Abnormal amounts of trading activity could push option prices to hyperbolic or underperforming levels. Below are some instances of options activity happening in the Industrials sector: | **Symbol** | **PUT/CALL** | **Trade Type** | **Sentiment** | **Exp. Date** | **Strike Price** | **Total Trade Price** | **Open Interest** | **Volume** | | ---------- | ------------ | -------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ---------------- | --------------------- | ----------------- | ---------- | | SBLK | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 11/20/26 | $33.00 | $27.5K | 1.9K | 1.9K | | TXT | PUT | TRADE | BULLISH | 09/18/26 | $80.00 | $59.4K | 382 | 1.0K | | UBER | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 01/15/27 | $95.00 | $80.6K | 8.9K | 321 | | FERG | CALL | SWEEP | BULLISH | 10/16/26 | $260.00 | $28.3K | 21 | 250 | | BA | CALL | SWEEP | BULLISH | 10/16/26 | $225.00 | $42.9K | 753 | 184 | | FCEL | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 10/16/26 | $23.00 | $25.9K | 510 | 149 | | XE | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 09/18/26 | $10.00 | $81.5K | 1 | 100 | | FIX | PUT | TRADE | BEARISH | 09/18/26 | $1500.00 | $37.1K | 70 | 72 | | BE | CALL | TRADE | NEUTRAL | 01/15/27 | $210.00 | $46.6K | 1.0K | 64 | | CMI | PUT | TRADE | BULLISH | 09/17/27 | $510.00 | $196.8K | 0 | 40 | ## Explanation These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table. • Regarding **SBLK** (NASDAQ:SBLK), we observe a **call** option **sweep** with **bearish** sentiment. It expires in 88 day(s) on **November 20, 2026**. Parties traded **250** contract(s) at a **$33.00** strike. This particular call needed to be split into 6 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$27.5K**, with a price of **$110.0** per contract. There were **1961** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **1950** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **TXT** (NYSE:TXT), we observe a **put** option **trade** with **bullish** sentiment. It expires in 25 day(s) on **September 18, 2026**. Parties traded **699** contract(s) at a **$80.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$59.4K**, with a price of **$85.0** per contract. There were **382** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **1036** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **UBER** (NYSE:UBER), we observe a **call** option **sweep** with **bearish** sentiment. It expires in 144 day(s) on **January 15, 2027**. Parties traded **286** contract(s) at a **$95.00** 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 **$80.6K**, with a price of **$282.0** per contract. There were **8940** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **321** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **FERG** (NYSE:FERG), we notice a **call** option **sweep** that happens to be **bullish**, expiring in 53 day(s) on **October 16, 2026**. This event was a transfer of **105** contract(s) at a **$260.00** strike. This particular call needed to be split into 7 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$28.3K**, with a price of **$270.0** per contract. There were **21** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **250** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **BA** (NYSE:BA), we notice a **call** option **sweep** that happens to be **bullish**, expiring in 53 day(s) on **October 16, 2026**. This event was a transfer of **89** contract(s) at a **$225.00** 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 **$42.9K**, with a price of **$482.0** per contract. There were **753** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **184** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **FCEL** (NASDAQ:FCEL), we notice a **call** option **trade** that happens to be **bearish**, expiring in 53 day(s) on **October 16, 2026**. This event was a transfer of **133** contract(s) at a **$23.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$25.9K**, with a price of **$195.0** per contract. There were **510** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **149** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **XE** (NASDAQ:XE), we observe a **call** option **trade** with **bullish** sentiment. It expires in 25 day(s) on **September 18, 2026**. Parties traded **100** contract(s) at a **$10.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$81.5K**, with a price of **$815.0** per contract. There were **1** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **100** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **FIX** (NYSE:FIX), we observe a **put** option **trade** with **bearish** sentiment. It expires in 25 day(s) on **September 18, 2026**. Parties traded **7** contract(s) at a **$1500.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$37.1K**, with a price of **$5300.0** per contract. There were **70** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **72** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **BE** (NYSE:BE), we observe a **call** option **trade** with **neutral** sentiment. It expires in 144 day(s) on **January 15, 2027**. Parties traded **10** contract(s) at a **$210.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$46.6K**, with a price of **$4665.0** per contract. There were **1011** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **64** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **CMI** (NYSE:CMI), we notice a **put** option **trade** that happens to be **bullish**, expiring in 389 day(s) on **September 17, 2027**. This event was a transfer of **40** contract(s) at a **$510.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$196.8K**, with a price of **$4920.0** per contract. There were **0** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **40** 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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