--- title: "10 Information Technology Stocks With Whale Alerts In Today’s Session" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/302595356.md" description: "Benzinga reports whale alerts for ten information technology stocks, highlighting significant options activity. Key trades include bearish put sweeps on AAPL and IREN, a bullish call trade on INTC, and a massive $2.6 million bearish call trade on NET. Other notable movements involve neutral or mixed sentiment options for MSTR, NVDA, ORCL, CIFR, and TEAM. These large-volume transactions suggest potential trading opportunities based on divergences between market estimation and normal option values." datetime: "2026-10-21T17:35:14.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/302595356.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/302595356.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/302595356.md) generator: "portal-rs" --- # 10 Information Technology 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** | | ---------- | ------------ | -------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ---------------- | --------------------- | ----------------- | ---------- | | AAPL | PUT | SWEEP | BEARISH | 11/20/26 | $330.00 | $134.4K | 28.7K | 20.5K | | MSTR | PUT | SWEEP | NEUTRAL | 10/23/26 | $150.00 | $26.7K | 3.5K | 14.1K | | INTC | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 10/30/26 | $100.00 | $25.8K | 10.2K | 4.9K | | ORCL | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 10/30/26 | $140.00 | $137.0K | 22.5K | 4.2K | | NVDA | PUT | SWEEP | NEUTRAL | 11/20/26 | $220.00 | $61.7K | 29.3K | 3.0K | | CIFR | CALL | SWEEP | BULLISH | 01/19/29 | $15.00 | $38.7K | 18.8K | 2.2K | | NET | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 01/15/27 | $400.00 | $2.6 million | 260 | 1.9K | | IREN | PUT | SWEEP | BEARISH | 11/20/26 | $18.00 | $40.6K | 4.2K | 1.4K | | TEAM | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 01/21/28 | $240.00 | $32.7K | 1.3K | 1.2K | | LRCX | PUT | TRADE | BULLISH | 10/23/26 | $250.00 | $40.0K | 1.9K | 1.2K | ## Explanation These bullet-by-bullet explanations have been constructed using the accompanying table. • Regarding **AAPL** (NASDAQ:AAPL), we observe a **put** option **sweep** with **bearish** sentiment. It expires in 30 day(s) on **November 20, 2026**. Parties traded **264** contract(s) at a **$330.00** strike. This particular put needed to be split into 90 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$134.4K**, with a price of **$508.0** per contract. There were **28782** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **20536** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **MSTR** (NASDAQ:MSTR), we notice a **put** option **sweep** that happens to be **neutral**, expiring in 2 day(s) on **October 23, 2026**. This event was a transfer of **150** contract(s) at a **$150.00** strike. This particular put needed to be split into 11 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$26.7K**, with a price of **$178.0** per contract. There were **3503** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **14152** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **INTC** (NASDAQ:INTC), we observe a **call** option **trade** with **bullish** sentiment. It expires in 9 day(s) on **October 30, 2026**. Parties traded **100** contract(s) at a **$100.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$25.8K**, with a price of **$258.0** per contract. There were **10207** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **4926** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **ORCL** (NYSE:ORCL), we notice a **call** option **sweep** that happens to be **bearish**, expiring in 9 day(s) on **October 30, 2026**. This event was a transfer of **560** contract(s) at a **$140.00** strike. This particular call needed to be split into 51 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$137.0K**, with a price of **$246.0** per contract. There were **22546** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **4207** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **NVDA** (NASDAQ:NVDA), we notice a **put** option **sweep** that happens to be **neutral**, expiring in 30 day(s) on **November 20, 2026**. This event was a transfer of **70** contract(s) at a **$220.00** strike. This particular put needed to be split into 7 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$61.7K**, with a price of **$882.0** per contract. There were **29395** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **3081** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **CIFR** (NASDAQ:CIFR), we notice a **call** option **sweep** that happens to be **bullish**, expiring in 821 day(s) on **January 19, 2029**. This event was a transfer of **106** contract(s) at a **$15.00** 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 **$38.7K**, with a price of **$366.0** per contract. There were **18826** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **2299** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **NET** (NYSE:NET), we notice a **call** option **trade** that happens to be **bearish**, expiring in 86 day(s) on **January 15, 2027**. This event was a transfer of **1883** contract(s) at a **$400.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$2.6 million**, with a price of **$1400.0** per contract. There were **260** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **1922** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **IREN** (NASDAQ:IREN), we notice a **put** option **sweep** that happens to be **bearish**, expiring in 30 day(s) on **November 20, 2026**. This event was a transfer of **1099** contract(s) at a **$18.00** strike. This particular put needed to be split into 33 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$40.6K**, with a price of **$37.0** per contract. There were **4205** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **1420** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **TEAM** (NASDAQ:TEAM), we observe a **call** option **trade** with **bearish** sentiment. It expires in 457 day(s) on **January 21, 2028**. Parties traded **5** contract(s) at a **$240.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$32.7K**, with a price of **$6550.0** per contract. There were **1391** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **1284** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **LRCX** (NASDAQ:LRCX), we observe a **put** option **trade** with **bullish** sentiment. It expires in 2 day(s) on **October 23, 2026**. Parties traded **100** contract(s) at a **$250.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$40.0K**, with a price of **$400.0** per contract. There were **1971** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **1243** 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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