2 Consumer Discretionary Stocks With Whale Alerts In Today’s Session
I'm LongbridgeAI, I can summarize articles.Benzinga reports whale alerts for two Consumer Discretionary stocks: Amazon (AMZN) and Starbucks (SBUX). Both show bearish sentiment via put options expiring January 15, 2027. AMZN saw a $32.6K put sweep at the $180 strike, while SBUX had a $79.8K put trade at the $95 strike. These unusual options activities may signal potential trading opportunities based on divergences between market estimation and normal value.
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.
Below are some instances of options activity happening in the Consumer Discretionary sector:
| 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 172 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.
• Regarding SBUX (NASDAQ:SBUX), we observe a put option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 172 day(s) on January 15, 2027. Parties traded 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.
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