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title: "2 Consumer Discretionary Stocks Whale Activity In Today’s Session"
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description: "Benzinga tracked unusual options activity for two Consumer Discretionary stocks: Amazon (AMZN) and Starbucks (SBUX). Both exhibited bearish sentiment via put option trades expiring January 15, 2027. AMZN saw a $32.6K put sweep at the $180 strike, while SBUX recorded a $79.8K put trade at the $95 strike. These large-volume transactions suggest institutional positioning against these stocks."
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# 2 Consumer Discretionary 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**

AMZN

PUT

SWEEP

BEARISH

01/15/27

$180.00

$32.6K

9.6K

205

SBUX

PUT

TRADE

BEARISH

01/15/27

$95.00

$79.8K

1.8K

62

## Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• Regarding **AMZN** (NASDAQ:AMZN), we observe a **put** option **sweep** with **bearish** sentiment. It expires in 158 day(s) on **January 15, 2027**. Parties traded **34** contract(s) at a **$180.00** strike. This particular put needed to be split into 9 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$32.6K**, with a price of **$960.0** per contract. There were **9600** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **205** contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For **SBUX** (NASDAQ:SBUX), we notice a **put** option **trade** that happens to be **bearish**, expiring in 158 day(s) on **January 15, 2027**. This event was a transfer of **60** contract(s) at a **$95.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$79.8K**, with a price of **$1330.0** per contract. There were **1870** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **62** 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.

This article was generated by Benzinga's automated content engine and reviewed by an editor.

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