--- title: "9 Health Care Stocks Whale Activity In Today’s Session" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/292101137.md" description: "Benzinga tracked significant whale options activity in the healthcare sector. Notable trades include bullish call sweeps on MESO and MRNA, bearish calls on DHR and GSK, and bullish put sweeps on AXSM and TMO. Other activity involved HIMS, LLY, TMO, and RVMD. These large-volume transactions suggest institutional positioning across various expiration dates and strike prices." datetime: "2026-07-08T17:35:08.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/292101137.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/292101137.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/292101137.md) --- # 9 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 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** MESO CALL SWEEP BULLISH 01/21/28 $25.00 $27.5K 3.1K 2.5K DHR CALL SWEEP BEARISH 09/18/26 $220.00 $38.9K 1.2K 451 GSK CALL SWEEP BEARISH 07/17/26 $52.00 $40.1K 590 384 HIMS CALL TRADE BEARISH 09/18/26 $40.00 $26.0K 8.2K 241 LLY CALL TRADE BULLISH 08/21/26 $1400.00 $48.4K 1.1K 139 AXSM PUT SWEEP BULLISH 08/21/26 $220.00 $54.0K 283 109 TMO PUT SWEEP BULLISH 07/17/26 $500.00 $36.5K 48 64 MRNA CALL TRADE BULLISH 03/19/27 $50.00 $67.1K 330 30 RVMD CALL TRADE BULLISH 01/21/28 $190.00 $25.9K 156 5 ## Explanation These bullet-by-bullet explanations have been constructed using the accompanying table. • For **MESO** (NASDAQ:MESO), we notice a **call** option **sweep** that happens to be **bullish**, expiring in 562 day(s) on **January 21, 2028**. This event was a transfer of **89** contract(s) at a **$25.00** 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 **$27.5K**, with a price of **$310.0** per contract. There were **3120** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **2514** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **DHR** (NYSE:DHR), we notice a **call** option **sweep** that happens to be **bearish**, expiring in 72 day(s) on **September 18, 2026**. This event was a transfer of **132** contract(s) at a **$220.00** strike. This particular call needed to be split into 10 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$38.9K**, with a price of **$293.0** per contract. There were **1235** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **451** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **GSK** (NYSE:GSK), we notice a **call** option **sweep** that happens to be **bearish**, expiring in 9 day(s) on **July 17, 2026**. This event was a transfer of **277** contract(s) at a **$52.00** strike. This particular call needed to be split into 31 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$40.1K**, with a price of **$145.0** per contract. There were **590** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **384** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **HIMS** (NYSE:HIMS), we observe a **call** option **trade** with **bearish** sentiment. It expires in 72 day(s) on **September 18, 2026**. Parties traded **50** contract(s) at a **$40.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$26.0K**, with a price of **$520.0** per contract. There were **8298** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **241** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **LLY** (NYSE:LLY), we observe a **call** option **trade** with **bullish** sentiment. It expires in 44 day(s) on **August 21, 2026**. Parties traded **25** contract(s) at a **$1400.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$48.4K**, with a price of **$1940.0** per contract. There were **1134** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **139** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **AXSM** (NASDAQ:AXSM), we notice a **put** option **sweep** that happens to be **bullish**, expiring in 44 day(s) on **August 21, 2026**. This event was a transfer of **108** contract(s) at a **$220.00** strike. This particular put needed to be split into 31 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$54.0K**, with a price of **$500.0** per contract. There were **283** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **109** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **TMO** (NYSE:TMO), we observe a **put** option **sweep** with **bullish** sentiment. It expires in 9 day(s) on **July 17, 2026**. Parties traded **63** contract(s) at a **$500.00** strike. This particular put needed to be split into 10 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$36.5K**, with a price of **$580.0** per contract. There were **48** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **64** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **MRNA** (NASDAQ:MRNA), we notice a **call** option **trade** that happens to be **bullish**, expiring in 254 day(s) on **March 19, 2027**. This event was a transfer of **20** contract(s) at a **$50.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$67.1K**, with a price of **$3355.0** per contract. There were **330** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **30** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **RVMD** (NASDAQ:RVMD), we notice a **call** option **trade** that happens to be **bullish**, expiring in 562 day(s) on **January 21, 2028**. This event was a transfer of **5** contract(s) at a **$190.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$25.9K**, with a price of **$5186.0** per contract. There were **156** 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 news on unusual options activity. 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