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.

Below are some instances of options activity happening in the Financials sector:

Symbol	PUT/CALL	Trade Type	Sentiment	Exp. Date	Strike Price	Total Trade Price	Open Interest	Volume
BNY	CALL	SWEEP	BEARISH	09/18/26	$155.00	$33.4K	2.6K	1.4K
BAC	CALL	SWEEP	NEUTRAL	07/10/26	$56.00	$71.1K	1.2K	254
PYPL	PUT	SWEEP	BEARISH	07/17/26	$45.50	$26.2K	19	244
COF	CALL	SWEEP	NEUTRAL	08/21/26	$180.00	$420.6K	102	204
BRO	CALL	SWEEP	BEARISH	07/17/26	$65.00	$44.7K	508	111
UBS	PUT	TRADE	NEUTRAL	01/21/28	$50.00	$56.5K	95	100
WFC	PUT	TRADE	BEARISH	01/15/27	$100.00	$153.0K	181	100
FDS	PUT	SWEEP	BEARISH	12/18/26	$260.00	$171.0K	7	33
COIN	PUT	TRADE	NEUTRAL	12/18/26	$150.00	$63.4K	1.7K	33
V	PUT	TRADE	BEARISH	08/21/26	$370.00	$33.1K	47	21

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• Regarding BNY (NYSE:BNY), we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 74 day(s) on September 18, 2026. Parties traded 62 contract(s) at a $155.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 23 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $33.4K, with a price of $540.0 per contract. There were 2661 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1476 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding BAC (NYSE:BAC), we observe a call option sweep with neutral sentiment. It expires in 4 day(s) on July 10, 2026. Parties traded 189 contract(s) at a $56.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 146 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $71.1K, with a price of $377.0 per contract. There were 1239 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 254 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For PYPL (NASDAQ:PYPL), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 11 day(s) on July 17, 2026. This event was a transfer of 197 contract(s) at a $45.50 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 18 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $26.2K, with a price of $133.0 per contract. There were 19 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 244 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For COF (NYSE:COF), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be neutral, expiring in 46 day(s) on August 21, 2026. This event was a transfer of 149 contract(s) at a $180.00 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 $420.6K, with a price of $2820.0 per contract. There were 102 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 204 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For BRO (NYSE:BRO), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 11 day(s) on July 17, 2026. This event was a transfer of 104 contract(s) at a $65.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 10 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $44.7K, with a price of $430.0 per contract. There were 508 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 111 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding UBS (NYSE:UBS), we observe a put option trade with neutral sentiment. It expires in 564 day(s) on January 21, 2028. Parties traded 100 contract(s) at a $50.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $56.5K, with a price of $565.0 per contract. There were 95 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 100 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For WFC (NYSE:WFC), we notice a put option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 193 day(s) on January 15, 2027. This event was a transfer of 100 contract(s) at a $100.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $153.0K, with a price of $1530.0 per contract. There were 181 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 100 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding FDS (NYSE:FDS), we observe a put option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 165 day(s) on December 18, 2026. Parties traded 45 contract(s) at a $260.00 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 $171.0K, with a price of $3800.0 per contract. There were 7 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 33 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding COIN (NASDAQ:COIN), we observe a put option trade with neutral sentiment. It expires in 165 day(s) on December 18, 2026. Parties traded 28 contract(s) at a $150.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $63.4K, with a price of $2265.0 per contract. There were 1724 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 33 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding V (NYSE:V), we observe a put option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 46 day(s) on August 21, 2026. Parties traded 17 contract(s) at a $370.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $33.1K, with a price of $1950.0 per contract. There were 47 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 21 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.

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