--- title: "10 Health Care Stocks Whale Activity In Today’s Session" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/297816480.md" description: "Benzinga's options activity scanner tracked significant 'whale' trading in healthcare stocks today. Notable moves include bearish call trades on ALNY and CVS, bullish call sweeps on PSNL and BMY, and bullish put trades on HIMS and MRNA. Other activity involved neutral calls on JNJ and bearish put sweeps on IOVA and HUM. These large-volume transactions highlight potential market sentiment shifts among major investors." datetime: "2026-09-02T17:35:25.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/297816480.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/297816480.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/297816480.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 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. 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** | | ---------- | ------------ | -------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ---------------- | --------------------- | ----------------- | ---------- | | ALNY | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 09/18/26 | $280.00 | $225.0K | 232 | 822 | | PSNL | CALL | SWEEP | BULLISH | 01/15/27 | $17.50 | $26.0K | 15.7K | 800 | | CVS | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 12/18/26 | $95.00 | $89.6K | 384 | 206 | | HIMS | PUT | TRADE | BULLISH | 01/21/28 | $40.00 | $35.5K | 2.0K | 139 | | BMY | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 01/21/28 | $67.50 | $107.1K | 211 | 111 | | IOVA | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 09/18/26 | $3.50 | $50.0K | 785 | 100 | | JNJ | CALL | TRADE | NEUTRAL | 01/15/27 | $220.00 | $59.4K | 925 | 77 | | MRNA | PUT | TRADE | BULLISH | 10/09/26 | $220.00 | $35.5K | 15 | 10 | | HUM | PUT | SWEEP | BEARISH | 11/20/26 | $410.00 | $26.7K | 9 | 6 | | UNH | PUT | TRADE | BEARISH | 01/21/28 | $420.00 | $25.9K | 357 | 5 | ## Explanation These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table. • Regarding **ALNY** (NASDAQ:ALNY), we observe a **call** option **trade** with **bearish** sentiment. It expires in 16 day(s) on **September 18, 2026**. Parties traded **500** contract(s) at a **$280.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$225.0K**, with a price of **$450.0** per contract. There were **232** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **822** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **PSNL** (NASDAQ:PSNL), we notice a **call** option **sweep** that happens to be **bullish**, expiring in 135 day(s) on **January 15, 2027**. This event was a transfer of **200** contract(s) at a **$17.50** 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 **$26.0K**, with a price of **$130.0** per contract. There were **15717** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **800** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **CVS** (NYSE:CVS), we notice a **call** option **sweep** that happens to be **bearish**, expiring in 107 day(s) on **December 18, 2026**. This event was a transfer of **108** 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 **$89.6K**, with a price of **$830.0** per contract. There were **384** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **206** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **HIMS** (NYSE:HIMS), we observe a **put** option **trade** with **bullish** sentiment. It expires in 506 day(s) on **January 21, 2028**. Parties traded **21** contract(s) at a **$40.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$35.5K**, with a price of **$1695.0** per contract. There were **2008** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **139** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **BMY** (NYSE:BMY), we notice a **call** option **trade** that happens to be **bullish**, expiring in 506 day(s) on **January 21, 2028**. This event was a transfer of **111** contract(s) at a **$67.50** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$107.1K**, with a price of **$965.0** per contract. There were **211** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **111** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **IOVA** (NASDAQ:IOVA), we observe a **call** option **sweep** with **bearish** sentiment. It expires in 16 day(s) on **September 18, 2026**. Parties traded **100** contract(s) at a **$3.50** strike. This particular call needed to be split into 17 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$50.0K**, with a price of **$500.0** per contract. There were **785** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **100** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **JNJ** (NYSE:JNJ), we observe a **call** option **trade** with **neutral** sentiment. It expires in 135 day(s) on **January 15, 2027**. Parties traded **10** contract(s) at a **$220.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$59.4K**, with a price of **$5941.0** per contract. There were **925** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **77** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **MRNA** (NASDAQ:MRNA), we notice a **put** option **trade** that happens to be **bullish**, expiring in 37 day(s) on **October 9, 2026**. This event was a transfer of **5** contract(s) at a **$220.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$35.5K**, with a price of **$7110.0** per contract. There were **15** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **10** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **HUM** (NYSE:HUM), we observe a **put** option **sweep** with **bearish** sentiment. It expires in 79 day(s) on **November 20, 2026**. Parties traded **6** contract(s) at a **$410.00** 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 **$26.7K**, with a price of **$4460.0** per contract. There were **9** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **6** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **UNH** (NYSE:UNH), we observe a **put** option **trade** with **bearish** sentiment. It expires in 506 day(s) on **January 21, 2028**. Parties traded **4** contract(s) at a **$420.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$25.9K**, with a price of **$6495.0** per contract. There were **357** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **5** 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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