9 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 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: table style="overflow:auto; height: 90px; display: block;"> thead> tr> th>Symbol/th> th>PUT/CALL/th> th>Trade Type/th> th>Sentiment/th> th>Exp. Date/th> th>Strike Price/th> th>Total Trade Price/th> th>Open Interest/th> th>Volume/th> /tr> /thead> tbody> tr> td>NU/td> td>CALL/td> td>TRADE/td> td>BEARISH/td> td>09/18/26/td> td>$14.00/td> td>$680.0K/td> td>39.0K/td> td>10.0K/td> /tr> tr> td>HOOD/td> td>CALL/td> td>TRADE/td> td>BULLISH/td> td>09/25/26/td> td>$115.00/td> td>$44.8K/td> td>1.1K/td> td>1.3K/td> /tr> tr> td>COIN/td> td>PUT/td> td>SWEEP/td> td>BULLISH/td> td>09/18/26/td> td>$175.00/td> td>$61.7K/td> td>2.2K/td> td>968/td> /tr> tr> td>OSCR/td> td>PUT/td> td>SWEEP/td> td>BEARISH/td> td>09/18/26/td> td>$33.00/td> td>$91.0K/td> td>120/td> td>713/td> /tr> tr> td>WFC/td> td>CALL/td> td>SWEEP/td> td>BULLISH/td> td>03/19/27/td> td>$95.00/td> td>$81.6K/td> td>9.5K/td> td>207/td> /tr> tr> td>DAVE/td> td>CALL/td> td>SWEEP/td> td>BULLISH/td> td>01/21/28/td> td>$660.00/td> td>$136.7K/td> td>180/td> td>70/td> /tr> tr> td>MS/td> td>PUT/td> td>TRADE/td> td>BULLISH/td> td>09/17/27/td> td>$195.00/td> td>$50.8K/td> td>139/td> td>60/td> /tr> tr> td>MET/td> td>PUT/td> td>TRADE/td> td>BULLISH/td> td>06/17/27/td> td>$95.00/td> td>$28.8K/td> td>230/td> td>50/td> /tr> tr> td>JPM/td> td>CALL/td> td>TRADE/td> td>BEARISH/td> td>01/15/27/td> td>$300.00/td> td>$63.0K/td> td>3.7K/td> td>13/td> /tr> /tbody> /table>

Explanation

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

• For NU (NYSE:NU), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 7 day(s) on September 18, 2026. This event was a transfer of 10000 contract(s) at a $14.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $680.0K, with a price of $68.0 per contract. There were 39061 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 10090 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For HOOD (NASDAQ:HOOD), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 14 day(s) on September 25, 2026. This event was a transfer of 102 contract(s) at a $115.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $44.8K, with a price of $440.0 per contract. There were 1112 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1366 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding COIN (NASDAQ:COIN), we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 7 day(s) on September 18, 2026. Parties traded 126 contract(s) at a $175.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 7 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $61.7K, with a price of $490.0 per contract. There were 2259 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 968 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding OSCR (NYSE:OSCR), we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 7 day(s) on September 18, 2026. Parties traded 700 contract(s) at a $33.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 4 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $91.0K, with a price of $130.0 per contract. There were 120 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 713 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For WFC (NYSE:WFC), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 189 day(s) on March 19, 2027. This event was a transfer of 144 contract(s) at a $95.00 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 $81.6K, with a price of $567.0 per contract. There were 9551 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 207 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding DAVE (NASDAQ:DAVE), we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 497 day(s) on January 21, 2028. Parties traded 26 contract(s) at a $660.00 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 $136.7K, with a price of $5270.0 per contract. There were 180 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 70 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For MS (NYSE:MS), we notice a put option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 371 day(s) on September 17, 2027. This event was a transfer of 31 contract(s) at a $195.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $50.8K, with a price of $1640.0 per contract. There were 139 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 60 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MET (NYSE:MET), we observe a put option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 279 day(s) on June 17, 2027. Parties traded 39 contract(s) at a $95.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $28.8K, with a price of $740.0 per contract. There were 230 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 50 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding JPM (NYSE:JPM), we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 126 day(s) on January 15, 2027. Parties traded 10 contract(s) at a $300.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $63.0K, with a price of $6300.0 per contract. There were 3783 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 13 contract(s) were bought and sold.

Options Alert Terminologybr /> - Call Contracts: The right to buy shares as indicated in the contract.br /> - Put Contracts: The right to sell shares as indicated in the contract.br /> - Expiration Date: When the contract expires. One must act on the contract by this date if one wants to use it.br /> - Premium/Option Price: The price of the contract.

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