--- title: "6 Health Care Stocks Whale Activity In Today’s Session" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/294724381.md" description: "Benzinga tracked significant options activity for six healthcare stocks: TLRY, A, NVO, UNH, REGN, and LLY. Notable moves include a bearish put sweep on TLRY, bullish call trades on NVO and UNH, a bearish put trade on REGN, a bearish call trade on A, and a neutral call sweep on LLY. These transactions reflect large institutional or 'whale' interest in these specific expiration dates and strike prices." datetime: "2026-08-03T17:35:16.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/294724381.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/294724381.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/294724381.md) --- # 6 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 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** TLRY PUT SWEEP BEARISH 01/15/27 $1.00 $36.8K 5.2K 16.1K A CALL TRADE BEARISH 01/15/27 $110.00 $51.8K 6.7K 368 NVO CALL TRADE BULLISH 01/15/27 $45.00 $59.7K 2.8K 325 UNH CALL TRADE BULLISH 01/15/27 $400.00 $75.2K 10.7K 84 REGN PUT TRADE BEARISH 01/15/27 $840.00 $94.1K 11 7 LLY CALL SWEEP NEUTRAL 12/18/26 $1340.00 $33.1K 69 6 ## Explanation These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table. • For **TLRY** (NASDAQ:TLRY), we notice a **put** option **sweep** that happens to be **bearish**, expiring in 165 day(s) on **January 15, 2027**. This event was a transfer of **767** contract(s) at a **$1.00** strike. This particular put needed to be split into 80 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$36.8K**, with a price of **$48.0** per contract. There were **5286** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **16165** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **A** (NYSE:A), we observe a **call** option **trade** with **bearish** sentiment. It expires in 165 day(s) on **January 15, 2027**. Parties traded **10** contract(s) at a **$110.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$51.8K**, with a price of **$5180.0** per contract. There were **6754** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **368** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **NVO** (NYSE:NVO), we observe a **call** option **trade** with **bullish** sentiment. It expires in 165 day(s) on **January 15, 2027**. Parties traded **50** contract(s) at a **$45.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$59.7K**, with a price of **$1195.0** per contract. There were **2850** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **325** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **UNH** (NYSE:UNH), we notice a **call** option **trade** that happens to be **bullish**, expiring in 165 day(s) on **January 15, 2027**. This event was a transfer of **25** contract(s) at a **$400.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$75.2K**, with a price of **$3010.0** per contract. There were **10735** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **84** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **REGN** (NASDAQ:REGN), we notice a **put** option **trade** that happens to be **bearish**, expiring in 165 day(s) on **January 15, 2027**. This event was a transfer of **7** contract(s) at a **$840.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$94.1K**, with a price of **$13450.0** per contract. There were **11** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **7** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **LLY** (NYSE:LLY), we notice a **call** option **sweep** that happens to be **neutral**, expiring in 137 day(s) on **December 18, 2026**. This event was a transfer of **4** contract(s) at a **$1340.00** strike. This particular call needed to be split into 4 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$33.1K**, with a price of **$8285.0** per contract. There were **69** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **6** 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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