--- title: "10 Health Care Stocks Whale Activity In Today’s Session" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/296257745.md" description: "Benzinga tracked significant options activity in the healthcare sector, highlighting 'whale' transactions across ten stocks including LLY, SLS, MOH, ABBV, and ELV. The report details specific call and put trades, sweeps, and their associated sentiments (bullish, bearish, or neutral), expirations, and strike prices. This data aims to help traders identify potential market opportunities by analyzing large-volume institutional movements." datetime: "2026-08-18T17:35:20.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/296257745.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/296257745.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/296257745.md) --- # 10 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** LLY CALL TRADE BEARISH 08/21/26 $1250.00 $39.1K 1.7K 4.8K SLS CALL TRADE BEARISH 01/21/28 $30.00 $53.0K 4.5K 2.4K MOH PUT TRADE BEARISH 12/18/26 $200.00 $450.0K 87 278 ABVX CALL SWEEP NEUTRAL 01/21/28 $170.00 $37.8K 223 113 ABBV CALL SWEEP BEARISH 01/15/27 $280.00 $54.0K 1.3K 110 PHR CALL TRADE NEUTRAL 09/18/26 $2.50 $44.7K 20 100 THC CALL SWEEP NEUTRAL 01/15/27 $300.00 $84.0K 75 45 IONS CALL TRADE BULLISH 01/21/28 $60.00 $25.0K 400 39 ELV CALL TRADE BULLISH 01/15/27 $360.00 $40.1K 57 36 AMGN CALL TRADE BEARISH 09/18/26 $370.00 $33.6K 605 34 ## Explanation These bullet-by-bullet explanations have been constructed using the accompanying table. • Regarding **LLY** (NYSE:LLY), we observe a **call** option **trade** with **bearish** sentiment. It expires in 3 day(s) on **August 21, 2026**. Parties traded **115** contract(s) at a **$1250.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$39.1K**, with a price of **$340.0** per contract. There were **1753** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **4828** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **SLS** (NASDAQ:SLS), we observe a **call** option **trade** with **bearish** sentiment. It expires in 521 day(s) on **January 21, 2028**. Parties traded **100** contract(s) at a **$30.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$53.0K**, with a price of **$530.0** per contract. There were **4567** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **2465** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **MOH** (NYSE:MOH), we notice a **put** option **trade** that happens to be **bearish**, expiring in 122 day(s) on **December 18, 2026**. This event was a transfer of **250** contract(s) at a **$200.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$450.0K**, with a price of **$1800.0** per contract. There were **87** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **278** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **ABVX** (NASDAQ:ABVX), we observe a **call** option **sweep** with **neutral** sentiment. It expires in 521 day(s) on **January 21, 2028**. Parties traded **27** contract(s) at a **$170.00** 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 **$37.8K**, with a price of **$1400.0** per contract. There were **223** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **113** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **ABBV** (NYSE:ABBV), we notice a **call** option **sweep** that happens to be **bearish**, expiring in 150 day(s) on **January 15, 2027**. This event was a transfer of **54** contract(s) at a **$280.00** strike. This particular call needed to be split into 3 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$54.0K**, with a price of **$1000.0** per contract. There were **1342** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **110** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **PHR** (NYSE:PHR), we notice a **call** option **trade** that happens to be **neutral**, expiring in 31 day(s) on **September 18, 2026**. This event was a transfer of **50** contract(s) at a **$2.50** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$44.7K**, with a price of **$895.0** per contract. There were **20** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **100** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **THC** (NYSE:THC), we notice a **call** option **sweep** that happens to be **neutral**, expiring in 150 day(s) on **January 15, 2027**. This event was a transfer of **44** contract(s) at a **$300.00** strike. This particular call needed to be split into 7 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$84.0K**, with a price of **$1910.0** per contract. There were **75** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **45** contract(s) were bought and sold. • Regarding **IONS** (NASDAQ:IONS), we observe a **call** option **trade** with **bullish** sentiment. It expires in 521 day(s) on **January 21, 2028**. Parties traded **20** contract(s) at a **$60.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$25.0K**, with a price of **$1250.0** per contract. There were **400** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **39** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **ELV** (NYSE:ELV), we notice a **call** option **trade** that happens to be **bullish**, expiring in 150 day(s) on **January 15, 2027**. This event was a transfer of **7** contract(s) at a **$360.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$40.1K**, with a price of **$5740.0** per contract. There were **57** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **36** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **AMGN** (NASDAQ:AMGN), we notice a **call** option **trade** that happens to be **bearish**, expiring in 31 day(s) on **September 18, 2026**. This event was a transfer of **6** contract(s) at a **$370.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$33.6K**, with a price of **$5600.0** per contract. There were **605** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **34** 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. 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