--- title: "10 Health Care Stocks With Whale Alerts In Today’s Session" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/300605518.md" description: "Benzinga reports whale alerts for ten healthcare stocks, highlighting significant options activity. Key trades include bearish put positions in Novo Nordisk (NVO) and Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), alongside bullish call sweeps in Medtronic (MDT) and AstraZeneca (AZN). Other notable movements involve calls in Pfizer (PFE), Cigna (CI), Eli Lilly (LLY), and Avantor (AVTR), as well as puts in Hims & Hers Health (HIMS). These large-volume transactions signal potential trading opportunities based on divergent market estimations." datetime: "2026-09-30T17:35:13.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/300605518.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/300605518.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/300605518.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 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** | | ---------- | ------------ | -------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ---------------- | --------------------- | ----------------- | ---------- | | NVO | PUT | TRADE | BEARISH | 03/19/27 | $35.00 | $504.0K | 12.2K | 2.6K | | PFE | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 10/09/26 | $29.00 | $31.3K | 3.7K | 2.4K | | AZN | PUT | SWEEP | BULLISH | 01/15/27 | $170.00 | $38.3K | 2.6K | 1.5K | | MDT | CALL | SWEEP | BULLISH | 10/16/26 | $90.00 | $27.6K | 13.2K | 672 | | BMY | PUT | TRADE | BEARISH | 01/15/27 | $55.00 | $82.5K | 18.2K | 525 | | CI | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 06/17/27 | $270.00 | $70.0K | 1.0K | 504 | | LLY | CALL | SWEEP | NEUTRAL | 10/16/26 | $1200.00 | $30.0K | 1.4K | 359 | | HIMS | PUT | TRADE | BULLISH | 10/09/26 | $33.00 | $47.2K | 26 | 244 | | AVTR | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 10/16/26 | $12.00 | $64.0K | 10.0K | 200 | | IOVA | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 01/21/28 | $5.00 | $57.2K | 7.6K | 114 | ## Explanation These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table. • For **NVO** (NYSE:NVO), we notice a **put** option **trade** that happens to be **bearish**, expiring in 170 day(s) on **March 19, 2027**. This event was a transfer of **2400** contract(s) at a **$35.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$504.0K**, with a price of **$210.0** per contract. There were **12290** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **2616** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **PFE** (NYSE:PFE), we observe a **call** option **trade** with **bullish** sentiment. It expires in 9 day(s) on **October 9, 2026**. Parties traded **921** contract(s) at a **$29.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$31.3K**, with a price of **$34.0** per contract. There were **3708** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **2437** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **AZN** (NYSE:AZN), we notice a **put** option **sweep** that happens to be **bullish**, expiring in 107 day(s) on **January 15, 2027**. This event was a transfer of **29** contract(s) at a **$170.00** 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 **$38.3K**, with a price of **$1325.0** per contract. There were **2654** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **1533** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **MDT** (NYSE:MDT), we notice a **call** option **sweep** that happens to be **bullish**, expiring in 16 day(s) on **October 16, 2026**. This event was a transfer of **204** contract(s) at a **$90.00** strike. This particular call needed to be split into 29 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$27.6K**, with a price of **$142.0** per contract. There were **13228** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **672** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **BMY** (NYSE:BMY), we notice a **put** option **trade** that happens to be **bearish**, expiring in 107 day(s) on **January 15, 2027**. This event was a transfer of **500** contract(s) at a **$55.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$82.5K**, with a price of **$165.0** per contract. There were **18293** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **525** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **CI** (NYSE:CI), we notice a **call** option **trade** that happens to be **bullish**, expiring in 260 day(s) on **June 17, 2027**. This event was a transfer of **20** contract(s) at a **$270.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$70.0K**, with a price of **$3500.0** per contract. There were **1009** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **504** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **LLY** (NYSE:LLY), we notice a **call** option **sweep** that happens to be **neutral**, expiring in 16 day(s) on **October 16, 2026**. This event was a transfer of **11** contract(s) at a **$1200.00** 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 **$30.0K**, with a price of **$2728.0** per contract. There were **1403** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **359** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **HIMS** (NYSE:HIMS), we observe a **put** option **trade** with **bullish** sentiment. It expires in 9 day(s) on **October 9, 2026**. Parties traded **150** contract(s) at a **$33.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$47.2K**, with a price of **$315.0** per contract. There were **26** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **244** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **AVTR** (NYSE:AVTR), we notice a **call** option **sweep** that happens to be **bearish**, expiring in 16 day(s) on **October 16, 2026**. This event was a transfer of **200** contract(s) at a **$12.00** strike. This particular call needed to be split into 11 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$64.0K**, with a price of **$320.0** per contract. There were **10007** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **200** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **IOVA** (NASDAQ:IOVA), we notice a **call** option **trade** that happens to be **bullish**, expiring in 478 day(s) on **January 21, 2028**. This event was a transfer of **53** contract(s) at a **$5.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$57.2K**, with a price of **$1080.0** per contract. There were **7644** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **114** 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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