--- title: "8 Health Care Stocks With Whale Alerts In Today’s Session" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/291832663.md" description: "Benzinga reports whale alerts for eight healthcare stocks, highlighting significant options activity. Key trades include a bullish put on MRK ($614.2K), bearish calls on PURR and PTCT, and bullish calls on HROW and LLY. These unusual options transactions suggest potential trading opportunities based on large investor movements in sectors like pharmaceuticals and biotech." datetime: "2026-07-06T17:35:35.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/291832663.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/291832663.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/291832663.md) generator: "portal-rs" --- # 8 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. 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** | | ---------- | ------------ | -------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ---------------- | --------------------- | ----------------- | ---------- | | PURR | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 09/18/26 | $10.00 | $84.6K | 13.7K | 2.4K | | MESO | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 01/21/28 | $15.00 | $53.0K | 1.4K | 510 | | MRK | PUT | TRADE | BULLISH | 03/19/27 | $130.00 | $614.2K | 10 | 450 | | PTCT | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 01/15/27 | $70.00 | $244.0K | 3.9K | 401 | | HROW | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 01/15/27 | $50.00 | $72.5K | 8.1K | 291 | | HIMS | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 08/21/26 | $37.00 | $47.9K | 2.3K | 148 | | CYTK | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 01/21/28 | $85.00 | $25.2K | 487 | 42 | | LLY | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 09/17/27 | $1660.00 | $83.2K | 139 | 22 | ## Explanation These bullet-by-bullet explanations have been constructed using the accompanying table. • Regarding **PURR** (NASDAQ:PURR), we observe a **call** option **sweep** with **bearish** sentiment. It expires in 74 day(s) on **September 18, 2026**. Parties traded **649** contract(s) at a **$10.00** 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 **$84.6K**, with a price of **$130.0** per contract. There were **13706** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **2432** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **MESO** (NASDAQ:MESO), we observe a **call** option **trade** with **bearish** sentiment. It expires in 564 day(s) on **January 21, 2028**. Parties traded **100** contract(s) at a **$15.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$53.0K**, with a price of **$530.0** per contract. There were **1464** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **510** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **MRK** (NYSE:MRK), we observe a **put** option **trade** with **bullish** sentiment. It expires in 256 day(s) on **March 19, 2027**. Parties traded **450** contract(s) at a **$130.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$614.2K**, with a price of **$1365.0** per contract. There were **10** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **450** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **PTCT** (NASDAQ:PTCT), we notice a **call** option **trade** that happens to be **bearish**, expiring in 193 day(s) on **January 15, 2027**. This event was a transfer of **100** contract(s) at a **$70.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$244.0K**, with a price of **$2440.0** per contract. There were **3934** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **401** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **HROW** (NASDAQ:HROW), we notice a **call** option **trade** that happens to be **bullish**, expiring in 193 day(s) on **January 15, 2027**. This event was a transfer of **100** contract(s) at a **$50.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$72.5K**, with a price of **$725.0** per contract. There were **8138** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **291** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **HIMS** (NYSE:HIMS), we observe a **call** option **trade** with **bearish** sentiment. It expires in 46 day(s) on **August 21, 2026**. Parties traded **70** contract(s) at a **$37.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$47.9K**, with a price of **$685.0** per contract. There were **2395** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **148** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **CYTK** (NASDAQ:CYTK), we observe a **call** option **trade** with **bearish** sentiment. It expires in 564 day(s) on **January 21, 2028**. Parties traded **9** contract(s) at a **$85.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$25.2K**, with a price of **$2810.0** per contract. There were **487** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **42** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **LLY** (NYSE:LLY), we observe a **call** option **trade** with **bullish** sentiment. It expires in 438 day(s) on **September 17, 2027**. Parties traded **9** contract(s) at a **$1660.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$83.2K**, with a price of **$9255.0** per contract. There were **139** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **22** 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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