--- title: "10 Health Care Stocks With Whale Alerts In Today’s Session" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/297218242.md" description: "Benzinga reports whale alerts in the Health Care sector, highlighting significant options activity for stocks including NVO, MRNA, A, ABVX, SRPT, CNC, AMGN, MRK, and IBRX. The data details specific put and call trades, sweeps, sentiments (bullish, bearish, neutral), expiration dates, strike prices, and volumes. These large transactions are tracked to help traders identify potential market opportunities based on divergences between market estimation and normal option worth." datetime: "2026-08-27T17:35:26.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/297218242.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/297218242.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/297218242.md) generator: "portal-rs" --- # 10 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 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 Health Care sector: | **Symbol** | **PUT/CALL** | **Trade Type** | **Sentiment** | **Exp. Date** | **Strike Price** | **Total Trade Price** | **Open Interest** | **Volume** | | ---------- | ------------ | -------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ---------------- | --------------------- | ----------------- | ---------- | | NVO | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 12/15/28 | $37.50 | $50.8K | 3.8K | 3.0K | | MRNA | PUT | SWEEP | BEARISH | 11/20/26 | $120.00 | $44.3K | 1.5K | 994 | | A | PUT | SWEEP | BULLISH | 09/18/26 | $160.00 | $92.0K | 326 | 433 | | ABVX | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 09/18/26 | $160.00 | $26.0K | 1.3K | 285 | | SRPT | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 11/20/26 | $17.50 | $31.0K | 264 | 276 | | CNC | PUT | SWEEP | NEUTRAL | 09/18/26 | $60.00 | $26.5K | 1.6K | 255 | | AMGN | PUT | SWEEP | BEARISH | 09/18/26 | $400.00 | $39.0K | 1.4K | 175 | | MRK | CALL | SWEEP | NEUTRAL | 06/17/27 | $190.00 | $49.3K | 88 | 72 | | IBRX | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 01/21/28 | $5.50 | $26.4K | 3.3K | 60 | | DHR | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 01/15/27 | $220.00 | $28.2K | 732 | 28 | ## Explanation These bullet-by-bullet explanations have been constructed using the accompanying table. • Regarding **NVO** (NYSE:NVO), we observe a **call** option **trade** with **bearish** sentiment. It expires in 841 day(s) on **December 15, 2028**. Parties traded **33** contract(s) at a **$37.50** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$50.8K**, with a price of **$1540.0** per contract. There were **3876** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **3066** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **MRNA** (NASDAQ:MRNA), we notice a **put** option **sweep** that happens to be **bearish**, expiring in 85 day(s) on **November 20, 2026**. This event was a transfer of **22** contract(s) at a **$120.00** strike. This particular put needed to be split into 6 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$44.3K**, with a price of **$2018.0** per contract. There were **1578** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **994** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **A** (NYSE:A), we notice a **put** option **sweep** that happens to be **bullish**, expiring in 22 day(s) on **September 18, 2026**. This event was a transfer of **115** contract(s) at a **$160.00** strike. This particular put needed to be split into 18 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$92.0K**, with a price of **$800.0** per contract. There were **326** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **433** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **ABVX** (NASDAQ:ABVX), we observe a **call** option **trade** with **bullish** sentiment. It expires in 22 day(s) on **September 18, 2026**. Parties traded **200** contract(s) at a **$160.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$26.0K**, with a price of **$130.0** per contract. There were **1392** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **285** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **SRPT** (NASDAQ:SRPT), we observe a **call** option **sweep** with **bearish** sentiment. It expires in 85 day(s) on **November 20, 2026**. Parties traded **94** contract(s) at a **$17.50** 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 **$31.0K**, with a price of **$330.0** per contract. There were **264** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **276** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **CNC** (NYSE:CNC), we notice a **put** option **sweep** that happens to be **neutral**, expiring in 22 day(s) on **September 18, 2026**. This event was a transfer of **244** contract(s) at a **$60.00** 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 **$26.5K**, with a price of **$107.0** per contract. There were **1608** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **255** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **AMGN** (NASDAQ:AMGN), we notice a **put** option **sweep** that happens to be **bearish**, expiring in 22 day(s) on **September 18, 2026**. This event was a transfer of **104** contract(s) at a **$400.00** strike. This particular put needed to be split into 27 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$39.0K**, with a price of **$370.0** per contract. There were **1405** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **175** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **MRK** (NYSE:MRK), we notice a **call** option **sweep** that happens to be **neutral**, expiring in 294 day(s) on **June 17, 2027**. This event was a transfer of **72** contract(s) at a **$190.00** 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 **$49.3K**, with a price of **$685.0** per contract. There were **88** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **72** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **IBRX** (NASDAQ:IBRX), we observe a **call** option **trade** with **bearish** sentiment. It expires in 512 day(s) on **January 21, 2028**. Parties traded **60** contract(s) at a **$5.50** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$26.4K**, with a price of **$440.0** per contract. There were **3373** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **60** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **DHR** (NYSE:DHR), we notice a **call** option **trade** that happens to be **bearish**, expiring in 141 day(s) on **January 15, 2027**. This event was a transfer of **15** contract(s) at a **$220.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$28.2K**, with a price of **$1884.0** per contract. There were **732** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **28** 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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