10 Whale Activities in Healthcare Stocks in Today’s Session – Ardelyx (NASDAQ:ARDX), Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN)

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

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

Traders will look for circumstances where the market estimate of an option deviates significantly from its normal value. High amounts of trading activity can push option prices to exaggerated or underestimated levels.

Here is the list of option activities taking place during today’s session:

Symbol	BUY/BELL	Trade type	Sentiment	Execution Date	Exercise price	Total trading price	Open interest	Volume
BMI	PHONE CALL	SWEEP	BEARISH	21/06/24	$47.00	$54.8K	1.6K	1.7K
ARDX	PHONE CALL	TRADE	BULLISH	05/03/24	$7.50	$37.5K	921	435
AMGN	PUT DOWN	SWEEP	BULLISH	16/08/24	$320.00	$48.3K	20	250
BDX	PHONE CALL	SWEEP	BEARISH	17/05/24	$235.00	$111.2K	1.1K	207
HROW	PHONE CALL	TRADE	BULLISH	18-10-24	$6.00	$49.2K	0	100
CI	PHONE CALL	SWEEP	BEARISH	15/11/24	$350.00	$49.9K	111	76
MDGL	PHONE CALL	TRADE	BULLISH	19/07/24	$260.00	$61.5K	62	50
DXCM	PUT DOWN	TRADE	BULLISH	20/12/24	$120.00	$41.2K	0	43
LLY	PHONE CALL	TRADE	BEARISH	17/05/24	$650.00	$46.0K	131	42
TMDX	PHONE CALL	TRADE	BEARISH	19/07/24	$100.00	$31.8K	115	26

Explanation

These explanations, point by point, are based on the attached table.

• Regarding BMI BMIwe observe a phone call choice sweep of bearish sentiment. It expires in 49 day(s). June 21, 2024. Parties acted 1276 contract(s) with a $47.00 strike. This particular call had to be split into 26 different transactions to be filled. The total costs received by the writing party (or parties) were $54.8Kwith a price of $43.0 per agreement. There were 1632 open contracts on this strike before today and today 1797 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For ARDX ARDXwe notice A phone call choice trade that just happens to be the case optimistic, expires today. Parties acted 250 contract(s) with a $7.50 strike. The total costs received by the writing party (or parties) were $37.5Kwith a price of $150.0 per agreement. There were 921 open contracts on this strike before today and today 435 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For AMGN AMGNwe notice A put down choice sweep that just happens to be the case optimisticexpires in 105 day(s). August 16, 2024. This event was a transfer of 24 contract(s) with a $320.00 strike. This particular put had to be split into 14 different trades to be filled. The total costs received by the writing party (or parties) were $48.3Kwith a price of $2015.0 per agreement. There were 20 open contracts on this strike before today and today 250 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding BDX BDXwe observe a phone call choice sweep of bearish sentiment. It expires in 14 day(s). May 17, 2024. Parties acted 206 contract(s) with a $235.00 strike. This particular call had to be split into 26 different transactions to be filled. The total costs received by the writing party(ies) amounted to $111.2Kwith a price of $540.0 per agreement. There were 1190 open contracts on this strike before today and today 207 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding HROW HROWwe observe a phone call choice trade of optimistic sentiment. It expires in 168 day(s). October 18, 2024. Parties acted 100 contract(s) with a $6.00 strike. The total costs received by the writing party (or parties) were $49.2Kwith a price of $492.0 per agreement. There were 0 open contracts on this strike before today and today 100 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For CI CIwe notice A phone call choice sweep that just happens to be the case bearishexpires in 196 day(s). November 15, 2024. This event was a transfer of 21 contract(s) with a $350.00 strike. This particular call had to be split into 11 different transactions to be filled. The total costs received by the writing party (or parties) were $49.9Kwith a price of $2380.0 per agreement. There were 111 open contracts on this strike before today and today 76 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MDGL MDGLwe observe a phone call choice trade of optimistic sentiment. It expires in 77 day(s). July 19, 2024. Parties acted 50 contract(s) with a $260.00 strike. The total costs received by the writing party (or parties) were $61.5Kwith a price of $1230.0 per agreement. There were 62 open contracts on this strike before today and today 50 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding DXCM DXCMwe observe a put down choice trade of optimistic sentiment. It expires in 231 day(s). December 20, 2024. Parties acted 43 contract(s) with a $120.00 strike. The total costs received by the writing party (or parties) were $41.2Kwith a price of $960.0 per agreement. There were 0 open contracts on this strike before today and today 43 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding LLY LLYwe observe a phone call choice trade of bearish sentiment. It expires in 14 day(s). May 17, 2024. Parties acted 5 contract(s) with a $650.00 strike. The total costs received by the writing party (or parties) were $46.0Kwith a price of $9200.0 per agreement. There were 131 open contracts on this strike before today and today 42 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding TMDX TMDXwe observe a phone call choice trade of bearish sentiment. It expires in 77 day(s). July 19, 2024. Parties acted 10 contract(s) with a $100.00 strike. The total costs received by the writing party (or parties) were $31.8Kwith a price of $3180.0 per agreement. There were 115 open contracts on this strike before today and today 26 contract(s) were bought and sold.

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