10 Energy Stocks With Whale Alerts In Today's Session

This whale alert can help traders discover the next big trading opportunities.






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Whales are entities with large sums of money and we track their transactions here at Benzinga on our options activity scanner.

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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:

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Symbol PUT/CALL Trade Type Sentiment Exp. Date Strike Price Total Trade Price Open Interest Volume
PBR CALL SWEEP BULLISH 01/20/23 $10.00 $51.3K 53.5K 4.9K
XOM PUT SWEEP BEARISH 04/21/23 $100.00 $267.2K 4.2K 3.1K
EQNR CALL SWEEP BEARISH 02/17/23 $31.41 $207.0K 159 1.8K
BP CALL SWEEP BEARISH 01/20/23 $27.00 $257.3K 10.7K 1.0K
EOG CALL SWEEP BEARISH 02/17/23 $135.00 $61.5K 974 707
COP CALL SWEEP BEARISH 02/17/23 $125.00 $25.8K 9.1K 461
APA CALL SWEEP BULLISH 01/20/23 $45.00 $37.3K 6.9K 438
SHEL PUT SWEEP BULLISH 01/19/24 $60.00 $26.0K 277 390
CVX CALL SWEEP NEUTRAL 02/17/23 $180.00 $43.6K 5.1K 344
PXD CALL SWEEP BULLISH 01/20/23 $220.00 $85.1K 652 230

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• For PBR (NYSE:PBR), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, is expiring today. Parties traded 372 contract(s) at a $10.00 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 $51.3K, with a price of $138.0 per contract. There were 53570 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 4987 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For XOM (NYSE:XOM), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 91 day(s) on April 21, 2023. This event was a transfer of 1286 contract(s) at a $100.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 16 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $267.2K, with a price of $208.0 per contract. There were 4257 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3152 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding EQNR (NYSE:EQNR), we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 28 day(s) on February 17, 2023. Parties traded 1799 contract(s) at a $31.41 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 54 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $207.0K, with a price of $115.0 per contract. There were 159 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1800 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For BP (NYSE:BP), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, is expiring today. Parties traded 310 contract(s) at a $27.00 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 $257.3K, with a price of $830.0 per contract. There were 10718 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1012 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding EOG (NYSE:EOG), we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 28 day(s) on February 17, 2023. Parties traded 162 contract(s) at a $135.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 15 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $61.5K, with a price of $380.0 per contract. There were 974 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 707 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For COP (NYSE:COP), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 28 day(s) on February 17, 2023. This event was a transfer of 87 contract(s) at a $125.00 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 $25.8K, with a price of $296.0 per contract. There were 9176 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 461 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For APA (NASDAQ:APA), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, is expiring today. Parties traded 700 contract(s) at a $45.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 9 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $37.3K, with a price of $53.0 per contract. There were 6908 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 438 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For SHEL (NYSE:SHEL), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 364 day(s) on January 19, 2024. This event was a transfer of 40 contract(s) at a $60.00 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 $26.0K, with a price of $650.0 per contract. There were 277 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 390 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For CVX (NYSE:CVX), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be neutral, expiring in 28 day(s) on February 17, 2023. This event was a transfer of 80 contract(s) at a $180.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 9 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $43.6K, with a price of $545.0 per contract. There were 5137 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 344 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For PXD (NYSE:PXD), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, is expiring today. Parties traded 44 contract(s) at a $220.00 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 $85.1K, with a price of $1940.0 per contract. There were 652 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 230 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, visit our Guide to Understanding Options Alerts or read more about unusual options activity.

This article was generated by Benzinga’s automated content engine and reviewed by an editor.

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