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title: "9 Health Care Stocks Whale Activity In Today’s Session"
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description: "Benzinga tracked significant options activity in the healthcare sector, highlighting 'whale' transactions for stocks including ROIV, ALT, EW, UNH, ASST, GSK, QURE, ARGX, and AMGN. The report details specific call and put sweeps or trades, noting sentiments ranging from bullish to bearish and neutral. These large-volume option movements are presented as potential indicators of market estimation divergences and trading opportunities for investors."
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# 9 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**

ROIV

CALL

SWEEP

BEARISH

12/18/26

$40.00

$95.7K

4

2.5K

ALT

PUT

SWEEP

NEUTRAL

08/28/26

$3.50

$32.3K

504

500

EW

CALL

TRADE

BULLISH

11/20/26

$105.00

$26.5K

594

183

UNH

PUT

SWEEP

BULLISH

09/18/26

$390.00

$26.8K

2.5K

138

ASST

CALL

TRADE

NEUTRAL

01/21/28

$17.00

$47.5K

2.4K

133

GSK

CALL

TRADE

NEUTRAL

01/15/27

$50.00

$32.0K

1.3K

116

QURE

PUT

TRADE

BULLISH

10/16/26

$44.00

$25.0K

345

80

ARGX

CALL

SWEEP

BEARISH

08/21/26

$860.00

$35.8K

9

28

AMGN

CALL

TRADE

NEUTRAL

08/21/26

$355.00

$29.1K

221

5

## Explanation

These bullet-by-bullet explanations have been constructed using the accompanying table.

• Regarding **ROIV** (NASDAQ:ROIV), we observe a **call** option **sweep** with **bearish** sentiment. It expires in 126 day(s) on **December 18, 2026**. Parties traded **399** contract(s) at a **$40.00** strike. This particular call needed to be split into 10 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$95.7K**, with a price of **$240.0** per contract. There were **4** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **2599** contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For **ALT** (NASDAQ:ALT), we notice a **put** option **sweep** that happens to be **neutral**, expiring in 14 day(s) on **August 28, 2026**. This event was a transfer of **500** contract(s) at a **$3.50** strike. This particular put needed to be split into 6 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$32.3K**, with a price of **$65.0** per contract. There were **504** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **500** contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For **EW** (NYSE:EW), we notice a **call** option **trade** that happens to be **bullish**, expiring in 98 day(s) on **November 20, 2026**. This event was a transfer of **166** contract(s) at a **$105.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$26.5K**, with a price of **$160.0** per contract. There were **594** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **183** contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For **UNH** (NYSE:UNH), we notice a **put** option **sweep** that happens to be **bullish**, expiring in 35 day(s) on **September 18, 2026**. This event was a transfer of **33** contract(s) at a **$390.00** strike. This particular put needed to be split into 5 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$26.8K**, with a price of **$815.0** per contract. There were **2526** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **138** contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding **ASST** (NASDAQ:ASST), we observe a **call** option **trade** with **neutral** sentiment. It expires in 525 day(s) on **January 21, 2028**. Parties traded **100** contract(s) at a **$17.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$47.5K**, with a price of **$475.0** per contract. There were **2474** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **133** contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For **GSK** (NYSE:GSK), we notice a **call** option **trade** that happens to be **neutral**, expiring in 154 day(s) on **January 15, 2027**. This event was a transfer of **100** contract(s) at a **$50.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$32.0K**, with a price of **$320.0** per contract. There were **1349** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **116** contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding **QURE** (NASDAQ:QURE), we observe a **put** option **trade** with **bullish** sentiment. It expires in 63 day(s) on **October 16, 2026**. Parties traded **39** contract(s) at a **$44.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$25.0K**, with a price of **$642.0** per contract. There were **345** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **80** contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding **ARGX** (NASDAQ:ARGX), we observe a **call** option **sweep** with **bearish** sentiment. It expires in 7 day(s) on **August 21, 2026**. Parties traded **26** contract(s) at a **$860.00** strike. This particular call needed to be split into 8 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$35.8K**, with a price of **$1380.0** per contract. There were **9** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **28** contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For **AMGN** (NASDAQ:AMGN), we notice a **call** option **trade** that happens to be **neutral**, expiring in 7 day(s) on **August 21, 2026**. This event was a transfer of **5** contract(s) at a **$355.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$29.1K**, with a price of **$5832.0** per contract. There were **221** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **5** 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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- [ASST.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/ASST.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)
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