--- title: "4 Financials Stocks Whale Activity In Today’s Session" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/296386146.md" description: "Benzinga tracked significant options activity for four financial stocks: C, MS, GS, and JPM. Key moves included a bearish put sweep on C ($130 strike), neutral call trades on MS ($140) and GS ($795), and a bearish call trade on JPM ($190). These 'whale' alerts highlight large institutional transactions potentially signaling market sentiment shifts or divergences from normal option valuations." datetime: "2026-08-19T17:35:16.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/296386146.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/296386146.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/296386146.md) --- # 4 Financials 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 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** C PUT SWEEP BEARISH 01/21/28 $130.00 $47.7K 0 45 MS CALL TRADE NEUTRAL 09/18/26 $140.00 $29.4K 106 10 GS CALL TRADE NEUTRAL 01/15/27 $795.00 $101.9K 10 10 JPM CALL TRADE BEARISH 01/15/27 $190.00 $34.8K 87 3 ## Explanation These bullet-by-bullet explanations have been constructed using the accompanying table. • For **C** (NYSE:C), we notice a **put** option **sweep** that happens to be **bearish**, expiring in 520 day(s) on **January 21, 2028**. This event was a transfer of **13** contract(s) at a **$130.00** strike. This particular put needed to be split into 3 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$47.7K**, with a price of **$3675.0** per contract. There were **0** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **45** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **MS** (NYSE:MS), we notice a **call** option **trade** that happens to be **neutral**, expiring in 30 day(s) on **September 18, 2026**. This event was a transfer of **10** contract(s) at a **$140.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$29.4K**, with a price of **$2945.0** per contract. There were **106** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **10** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **GS** (NYSE:GS), we notice a **call** option **trade** that happens to be **neutral**, expiring in 149 day(s) on **January 15, 2027**. This event was a transfer of **10** contract(s) at a **$795.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$101.9K**, with a price of **$10196.0** per contract. There were **10** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **10** contract(s) were bought and sold. • For **JPM** (NYSE:JPM), we notice a **call** option **trade** that happens to be **bearish**, expiring in 149 day(s) on **January 15, 2027**. This event was a transfer of **3** contract(s) at a **$190.00** strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was **$34.8K**, with a price of **$11600.0** per contract. There were **87** open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today **3** 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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