--- title: "4 Health Care Stocks With Whale Alerts In Today’s Session" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/295436052.md" description: "Benzinga reports whale options activity in the Health Care sector, highlighting trades in UNH, PFE, HUM, and NVO. Key moves include a bearish call trade on UNH, a bullish put sweep on PFE, a bearish call sweep on HUM, and a bullish put trade on NVO. These large-volume transactions suggest potential trading opportunities based on divergences between market estimation and normal option values." datetime: "2026-08-10T17:35:10.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/295436052.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/295436052.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/295436052.md) generator: "portal-rs" --- # 4 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. Below are some instances of options activity happening in the Health Care sector: | **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. • For **UNH** (NYSE:UNH), we notice a **call** option **trade** that happens to be **bearish**, expiring in 158 day(s) on **January 15, 2027**. This event was a transfer of **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 39 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 158 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 158 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 about unusual options activity. This article was generated by Benzinga's automated content engine and reviewed by an editor. ### Related Stocks - [PFE.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/PFE.US.md) - [HUM.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/HUM.US.md) - [UNH.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/UNH.US.md) - [NVO.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/NVO.US.md) - [NVOX.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/NVOX.US.md) - [UNHG.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/UNHG.US.md) - [UNHU.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/UNHU.US.md) - [UNHW.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/UNHW.US.md) ## Related News & Research - [Humana Inc. $HUM Shares Sold by Handelsbanken Fonder AB](https://longbridge.com/en/news/296327657.md) - [Vise Technologies Inc. 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