--- title: "10 Health Care Stocks With Whale Alerts In Today’s Session" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/295695367.md" description: "Benzinga reports whale alerts for ten healthcare stocks, highlighting significant options activity. Key trades include bullish call sweeps on LQDA and MRK, and ELV; bearish calls on SLS, ABVX, NVS, PFE, HIMS, and ISRGC; and a bullish trade on CMPS. These large-volume transactions signal potential trading opportunities based on divergences between market estimation and normal option values." datetime: "2026-08-12T17:35:15.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/295695367.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/295695367.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/295695367.md) --- # 10 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 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** LQDA CALL SWEEP BULLISH 01/15/27 $90.00 $138.0K 3.0K 1.1K SLS CALL TRADE BEARISH 01/15/27 $10.00 $60.0K 27.2K 752 ELV CALL TRADE BULLISH 09/18/26 $390.00 $564.0K 495 313 ABVX CALL TRADE BEARISH 12/18/26 $140.00 $26.8K 2.2K 150 NVS CALL SWEEP BEARISH 09/18/26 $155.00 $58.5K 254 134 PFE CALL SWEEP BEARISH 09/25/26 $24.00 $30.7K 0 123 HIMS CALL TRADE BEARISH 09/18/26 $21.00 $36.4K 179 40 CMPS CALL TRADE BULLISH 01/21/28 $20.00 $25.8K 2.4K 37 MRK CALL SWEEP BULLISH 10/16/26 $115.00 $50.8K 1.0K 28 ISRG CALL SWEEP BEARISH 11/20/26 $400.00 $34.5K 117 23 ## Explanation These bullet-by-bullet explanations have been constructed using the accompanying table. • For **LQDA** (NASDAQ:LQDA), we notice a **call** option **sweep** that happens to be **bullish**, expiring in 156 day(s) on **January 15, 2027**. This event was a transfer of **100** contract(s) at a **$90.00** 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 **$138.0K**, with a price of **$1380.0** per contract. There were **3096** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **1107** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **SLS** (NASDAQ:SLS), we observe a **call** option **trade** with **bearish** sentiment. It expires in 156 day(s) on **January 15, 2027**. Parties traded **100** contract(s) at a **$10.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$60.0K**, with a price of **$600.0** per contract. There were **27223** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **752** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **ELV** (NYSE:ELV), we observe a **call** option **trade** with **bullish** sentiment. It expires in 37 day(s) on **September 18, 2026**. Parties traded **300** contract(s) at a **$390.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$564.0K**, with a price of **$1880.0** per contract. There were **495** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **313** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **ABVX** (NASDAQ:ABVX), we observe a **call** option **trade** with **bearish** sentiment. It expires in 128 day(s) on **December 18, 2026**. Parties traded **18** contract(s) at a **$140.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$26.8K**, with a price of **$1490.0** per contract. There were **2210** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **150** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **NVS** (NYSE:NVS), we notice a **call** option **sweep** that happens to be **bearish**, expiring in 37 day(s) on **September 18, 2026**. This event was a transfer of **130** contract(s) at a **$155.00** strike. This particular call needed to be split into 29 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$58.5K**, with a price of **$450.0** per contract. There were **254** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **134** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **PFE** (NYSE:PFE), we notice a **call** option **sweep** that happens to be **bearish**, expiring in 44 day(s) on **September 25, 2026**. This event was a transfer of **123** contract(s) at a **$24.00** strike. This particular call needed to be split into 22 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$30.7K**, with a price of **$250.0** per contract. There were **0** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **123** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **HIMS** (NYSE:HIMS), we observe a **call** option **trade** with **bearish** sentiment. It expires in 37 day(s) on **September 18, 2026**. Parties traded **40** contract(s) at a **$21.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$36.4K**, with a price of **$910.0** per contract. There were **179** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **40** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **CMPS** (NASDAQ:CMPS), we observe a **call** option **trade** with **bullish** sentiment. It expires in 527 day(s) on **January 21, 2028**. Parties traded **60** contract(s) at a **$20.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$25.8K**, with a price of **$430.0** per contract. There were **2406** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **37** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **MRK** (NYSE:MRK), we observe a **call** option **sweep** with **bullish** sentiment. It expires in 65 day(s) on **October 16, 2026**. Parties traded **27** contract(s) at a **$115.00** strike. This particular call needed to be split into 6 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$50.8K**, with a price of **$1885.0** per contract. There were **1003** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **28** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **ISRG** (NASDAQ:ISRG), we observe a **call** option **sweep** with **bearish** sentiment. It expires in 100 day(s) on **November 20, 2026**. Parties traded **10** contract(s) at a **$400.00** 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 **$34.5K**, with a price of **$3450.0** per contract. There were **117** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **23** 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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