--- title: "4 Health Care Stocks Whale Activity In Today’s Session" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/293962278.md" description: "Benzinga tracked significant whale options activity in the healthcare sector. UNH saw bearish call trades, while PFE experienced bullish put sweeps. HUM recorded bearish call sweeps, and NVO had bullish put trades. These large-volume transactions suggest potential divergences between market estimation and normal value, offering traders insights into upcoming opportunities based on institutional positioning." datetime: "2026-07-27T17:35:09.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/293962278.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/293962278.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/293962278.md) --- # 4 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** UNH CALL TRADE BEARISH 01/15/27 $290.00 $30.0K 419 1.1K PFE PUT SWEEP BULLISH 09/18/26 $22.00 $43.6K 1.1K 1.0K HUM CALL SWEEP BEARISH 01/15/27 $300.00 $527.3K 630 199 NVO PUT TRADE BULLISH 01/15/27 $115.00 $90.1K 201 94 ## Explanation These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table. • Regarding **UNH** (NYSE:UNH), we observe a **call** option **trade** with **bearish** sentiment. It expires in 172 day(s) on **January 15, 2027**. Parties traded **8** contract(s) at a **$290.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$30.0K**, with a price of **$3750.0** per contract. There were **419** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **1104** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **PFE** (NYSE:PFE), we observe a **put** option **sweep** with **bullish** sentiment. It expires in 53 day(s) on **September 18, 2026**. Parties traded **291** contract(s) at a **$22.00** 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 **$43.6K**, with a price of **$150.0** per contract. There were **1116** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **1058** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **HUM** (NYSE:HUM), we observe a **call** option **sweep** with **bearish** sentiment. It expires in 172 day(s) on **January 15, 2027**. Parties traded **190** contract(s) at a **$300.00** 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 **$527.3K**, with a price of **$2760.0** per contract. There were **630** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **199** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **NVO** (NYSE:NVO), we observe a **put** option **trade** with **bullish** sentiment. It expires in 172 day(s) on **January 15, 2027**. Parties traded **14** contract(s) at a **$115.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$90.1K**, with a price of **$6440.0** per contract. There were **201** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **94** 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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