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.

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

Here at Benzinga, we track large options trades, which can serve as an indicator of market participants' sentiment and anticipated price movements.

Traders typically use options contracts when they believe a stock will rise or fall to provide a return on the premium paid.

While tracking options activity can provide helpful information, it's crucial to remember that this information should be combined with other technical and fundamental analysis to make informed trading decisions.

Interesting Options Activity Today:

Explanation

These bullet-point explanations are constructed using the table.

• Regarding C C, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 31 day(s) on May 16, 2025. Parties traded 2289 contract(s) at a $75.00 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 $43.7K, with a price of $19.0 per contract. There were 14890 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2552 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding BAC BAC, we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 31 day(s) on May 16, 2025. Parties traded 300 contract(s) at a $38.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 5 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $38.1K, with a price of $127.0 per contract. There were 20735 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1370 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding JPM JPM, we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 31 day(s) on May 16, 2025. Parties traded 69 contract(s) at a $220.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 5 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $26.1K, with a price of $378.0 per contract. There were 1244 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 874 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding WFC WFC, we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 220 day(s) on November 21, 2025. Parties traded 87 contract(s) at a $67.50 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $49.1K, with a price of $565.0 per contract. There were 206 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 694 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For COIN COIN, we notice a call option trade that happens to be neutral, expiring in 276 day(s) on January 16, 2026. This event was a transfer of 3 contract(s) at a $2.50 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $51.5K, with a price of $17192.0 per contract. There were 9113 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 211 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For PYPL PYPL, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 66 day(s) on June 20, 2025. This event was a transfer of 97 contract(s) at a $60.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 10 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $34.4K, with a price of $355.0 per contract. There were 4535 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 132 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding BK BK, we observe a put option trade with neutral sentiment. It expires in 45 day(s) on May 30, 2025. Parties traded 75 contract(s) at a $79.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $27.0