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 health care sector  these bulletbybullet explanations have been constructed using the accompanying table   for mrk nysemrk we notice a call option sweep that happens to be neutral expiring in 70 days on november 19 2021 this event was a transfer of 1010 contracts at a 7500 strike this particular call needed to be split into 66 different trades to become filled the total cost received by the writing party or parties was 1888k with a price of 1880 per contract there were 1191 open contracts at this strike prior to today and today 4336 contracts were bought and sold   for isee nasdaqisee we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish expiring in 189 days on march 18 2022 this event was a transfer of 349 contracts at a 1500 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 1186k with a price of 3400 per contract there were 18 open contracts at this strike prior to today and today 3542 contracts were bought and sold   regarding apls nasdaqapls we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment it expires in 7 days on september 17 2021 parties traded 200 contracts at a 3000 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 780k with a price of 3900 per contract there were 65 open contracts at this strike prior to today and today 3167 contracts were bought and sold   for cvs nysecvs we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish expiring in 7 days on september 17 2021 this event was a transfer of 243 contracts at a 8450 strike this particular put needed to be split into 9 different trades to become filled the total cost received by the writing party or parties was 262k with a price of 1080 per contract there were 281 open contracts at this strike prior to today and today 3007 contracts were bought and sold   for pfe nysepfe we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish expiring in 35 days on october 15 2021 this event was a transfer of 1056 contracts at a 4200 strike this particular put needed to be split into 28 different trades to become filled the total cost received by the writing party or parties was 274k with a price of 260 per contract there were 15692 open contracts at this strike prior to today and today 1131 contracts were bought and sold   for vray nasdaqvray we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish expiring in 7 days on september 17 2021 this event was a transfer of 331 contracts at a 700 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 314k with a price of 950 per contract there were 136 open contracts at this strike prior to today and today 1002 contracts were bought and sold   regarding ci nyseci we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment it expires in 216 days on april 14 2022 parties traded 696 contracts at a 24000 strike this particular call needed to be split into 53 different trades to become filled the total cost received by the writing party or parties was 3897k with a price of 5600 per contract there were 11 open contracts at this strike prior to today and today 643 contracts were bought and sold   for bmy nysebmy we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish expiring in 7 days on september 17 2021 this event was a transfer of 294 contracts at a 6300 strike this particular call needed to be split into 28 different trades to become filled the total cost received by the writing party or parties was 264k with a price of 900 per contract there were 252 open contracts at this strike prior to today and today 453 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