this unusual options alert can help traders discover the next big trading opportunities traders will search for circumstances when the market estimation of an option diverges heavily from its normal worth unusual trading activity could push option prices to exaggerated or underestimated levels below are some instances of unusual options activity happening in the communication services sector  these bulletbybullet explanations have been constructed using the accompanying table   for snap nysesnap we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish expiring in 17 days on october 15 2021 this event was a transfer of 296 contracts at a 8000 strike the total cost received by the writing party or parties was 435k with a price of 1470 per contract there were 31210 open contracts at this strike prior to today and today 13559 contracts were bought and sold   for dis nysedis we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish expiring in 3 days on october 1 2021 this event was a transfer of 716 contracts at a 18000 strike the total cost received by the writing party or parties was 451k with a price of 630 per contract there were 6987 open contracts at this strike prior to today and today 6945 contracts were bought and sold   regarding ntes nasdaqntes we observe a call option sweep with neutral sentiment it expires in 17 days on october 15 2021 parties traded 282 contracts at a 9000 strike this particular call needed to be split into 11 different trades to become filled the total cost received by the writing party or parties was 493k with a price of 1750 per contract there were 7442 open contracts at this strike prior to today and today 1627 contracts were bought and sold   for twtr nysetwtr we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish expiring in 52 days on november 19 2021 this event was a transfer of 500 contracts at a 6500 strike this particular call needed to be split into 16 different trades to become filled the total cost received by the writing party or parties was 1875k with a price of 3750 per contract there were 12852 open contracts at this strike prior to today and today 1292 contracts were bought and sold   for amc nyseamc we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish expiring in 17 days on october 15 2021 this event was a transfer of 200 contracts at a 4100 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 400k with a price of 2000 per contract there were 7227 open contracts at this strike prior to today and today 1060 contracts were bought and sold   for z nasdaqz we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish expiring in 115 days on january 21 2022 this event was a transfer of 347 contracts at a 13000 strike this particular call needed to be split into 20 different trades to become filled the total cost received by the writing party or parties was 354k with a price of 1020 per contract there were 1618 open contracts at this strike prior to today and today 986 contracts 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   premiumoption price the price of the contract for more information visit our guide to understanding options alerts or read more about unusual options activity