Whale Activity Detected in C3.ai and Other Tech Stocks

Check Out What Whales Are Doing With C3.ai - C3.ai (NYSE:AI)

Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bearish stance on C3.ai AI. And retail traders should know. We noticed this today when the trades showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga. Whether these are institutions or just wealthy individuals, we don't know. But when something this big happens with AI, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen. So how do we know what these investors just did? Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 19 uncommon options trades for C3.ai. This isn't normal. The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 10% bullish and 84%, bearish. Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 14 are puts, for a total amount of $730,451, and 5 are calls, for a total amount of $373,004. Predicted Price Range After evaluating the trading volumes and Open Interest, it's evident that the major market movers are focusing on a price band between $19.0 and $40.0 for C3.ai, spanning the last three months. Volume & Open Interest Trends Looking at the volume and open interest is an insightful way to conduct due diligence on a stock. This data can help you track the liquidity and interest for C3.ai's options for a given strike price. Below, we can observe the evolution of the volume and open interest of calls and puts, respectively, for all of C3.ai's whale activity within a strike price range from $19.0 to $40.0 in the last 30 days. C3.ai Option Activity Analysis: Last 30 Days Significant Options Trades Detected: Symbol PUT/CALL Trade Type Sentiment Exp. Date Ask Bid Price Strike Price Total Trade Price Open Interest Volume AI CALL TRADE BULLISH 04/17/25 $3.7 $3.65 $3.7 $22.50 $203.1K 1.5K 576 AI PUT SWEEP BEARISH 12/20/24 $3.1 $3.05 $3.1 $22.50 $106.9K 4.2K 2.9K AI PUT TRADE BEARISH 01/16/26 $19.65 $18.35 $19.35 $40.00 $96.7K 133 50 AI PUT SWEEP BEARISH 12/20/24 $3.05 $3.0 $3.07 $22.50 $83.9K 4.2K 1.9K AI CALL SWEEP BEARISH 04/17/25 $4.65 $4.55 $4.55 $20.00 $68.2K 369 226 About C3.ai C3.ai Inc is an enterprise artificial intelligence company. The company provides software-as-a-service applications that enable customers to rapidly develop, deploy, and operate large-scale Enterprise AI applications across any infrastructure. It provides solutions under three divisions namely, The C3 AI Platform, which is an end-to-end application development and runtime environment for designing, developing, and deploying AI applications: C3 AI Applications, which is a portfolio of pre-built, extensible, industry-specific, and application-specific Enterprise AI applications: and C3 Generative AI, which combines the utility of large language models. Geographically the company derives revenue from North America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Asia Pacific, and the Rest of the World. C3.ai's Current Market Status With a volume of 4,379,776, the price of AI is down -0.78% at $20.95. RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be oversold. Next earnings are expected to be released in 89 days. Options are a riskier asset compared to just trading the stock, but they have higher profit potential. Serious options traders manage this risk by educating themselves daily, scaling in and out of trades, following more than one indicator, and following the markets closely. If you want to stay updated on the latest options trades for C3.ai, Benzinga Pro gives you real-time options trades alerts. Market News and Data brought to you by Benzinga APIs

10 Information Technology Stocks With Whale Alerts In Today's Session - Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), C3.ai (NYSE:AI)

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 Information Technology sector: Symbol PUT/CALL Trade Type Sentiment Exp. Date Strike Price Total Trade Price Open Interest Volume NVDA CALL SWEEP BEARISH 09/13/24 $105.00 $26.8K 4.6K 49.8K AMD PUT SWEEP NEUTRAL 09/13/24 $120.00 $35.1K 1.6K 21.9K AAPL CALL TRADE BULLISH 09/13/24 $227.50 $43.7K 10.9K 7.3K DOCN CALL SWEEP BULLISH 10/18/24 $37.50 $33.3K 897 3.8K AI PUT SWEEP BEARISH 09/13/24 $21.00 $35.0K 656 2.5K QCOM PUT SWEEP BULLISH 09/06/24 $160.00 $30.2K 1.9K 2.1K ORCL PUT SWEEP BEARISH 09/13/24 $140.00 $25.2K 1.0K 1.2K ON PUT TRADE NEUTRAL 03/21/25 $60.00 $26.2K 15 1.0K PLTR CALL SWEEP BEARISH 11/15/24 $31.00 $138.6K 6.0K 704 MSTR CALL TRADE BEARISH 09/20/24 $128.00 $26.2K 930 607 Explanation These bullet-by-bullet explanations have been constructed using the accompanying table. * Regarding NVDA NVDA, we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 7 day(s) on September 13, 2024. Parties traded 112 contract(s) at a $105.00 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 $26.8K, with a price of $240.0 per contract. There were 4670 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 49821 contract(s) were bought and sold. * For AMD AMD, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be neutral, expiring in 7 day(s) on September 13, 2024. This event was a transfer of 652 contract(s) at a $120.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 8 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $35.1K, with a price of $54.0 per contract. There were 1660 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 21988 contract(s) were bought and sold. * Regarding AAPL AAPL, we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 7 day(s) on September 13, 2024. Parties traded 250 contract(s) at a $227.50 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $43.7K, with a price of $175.0 per contract. There were 10957 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 7387 contract(s) were bought and sold. * For DOCN DOCN, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 42 day(s) on October 18, 2024. This event was a transfer of 145 contract(s) at a $37.50 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 5 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $33.3K, with a price of $230.0 per contract. There were 897 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3857 contract(s) were bought and sold. * Regarding AI AI, we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 7 day(s) on September 13, 2024. Parties traded 500 contract(s) at a $21.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 38 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $35.0K, with a price of $70.0 per contract. There were 656 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2593 contract(s) were bought and sold. * For QCOM QCOM, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, is expiring today. Parties traded 179 contract(s) at a $160.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 25 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $30.2K, with a price of $169.0 per contract. There were 1915 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2159 contract(s) were bought and sold. * For ORCL ORCL, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 7 day(s) on September 13, 2024. This event was a transfer of 49 contract(s) at a $140.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 6 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $25.2K, with a price of $515.0 per contract. There were 1005 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1282 contract(s) were bought and sold. * Regarding ON ON, we observe a put option trade with neutral sentiment. It expires in 196 day(s) on March 21, 2025. Parties traded 50 contract(s) at a $60.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $26.2K, with a price of $525.0 per contract. There were 15 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1091 contract(s) were bought and sold. * For PLTR PLTR, we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 70 day(s) on November 15, 2024. This event was a transfer of 467 contract(s) at a $31.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 13 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $138.6K, with a price of $297.0 per contract. There were 6084 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 704 contract(s) were bought and sold. * Regarding MSTR MSTR, we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 14 day(s) on September 20, 2024. Parties traded 75 contract(s) at a $128.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $26.2K, with a price of $350.0 per contract. There were 930 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 607 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. 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