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 fb nasdaqfb we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish is expiring today parties traded 279 contracts at a 35000 strike this particular call needed to be split into 71 different trades to become filled the total cost received by the writing party or parties was 714k with a price of 2520 per contract there were 14788 open contracts at this strike prior to today and today 70190 contracts were bought and sold   for snap nysesnap we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish expiring in 7 days on october 1 2021 this event was a transfer of 500 contracts at a 8100 strike this particular call needed to be split into 38 different trades to become filled the total cost received by the writing party or parties was 1356k with a price of 2750 per contract there were 11490 open contracts at this strike prior to today and today 8755 contracts were bought and sold   for roku nasdaqroku we notice a call option trade that happens to be bullish is expiring today parties traded 265 contracts at a 32250 strike the total cost received by the writing party or parties was 384k with a price of 1450 per contract there were 670 open contracts at this strike prior to today and today 4773 contracts were bought and sold   regarding viac nasdaqviac we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment it expires in 7 days on october 1 2021 parties traded 405 contracts at a 4000 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 324k with a price of 800 per contract there were 2212 open contracts at this strike prior to today and today 1600 contracts were bought and sold   regarding amc nyseamc we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment it expires in 14 days on october 8 2021 parties traded 762 contracts at a 5500 strike this particular call needed to be split into 39 different trades to become filled the total cost received by the writing party or parties was 464k with a price of 610 per contract there were 1318 open contracts at this strike prior to today and today 1432 contracts were bought and sold   for twtr nysetwtr we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish expiring in 84 days on december 17 2021 this event was a transfer of 350 contracts at a 7000 strike this particular call needed to be split into 6 different trades to become filled the total cost received by the writing party or parties was 1470k with a price of 4200 per contract there were 8597 open contracts at this strike prior to today and today 1310 contracts were bought and sold   for z nasdaqz we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish is expiring today parties traded 218 contracts at a 9300 strike this particular put needed to be split into 19 different trades to become filled the total cost received by the writing party or parties was 370k with a price of 1700 per contract there were 620 open contracts at this strike prior to today and today 762 contracts were bought and sold   regarding lumn nyselumn we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment it expires in 119 days on january 21 2022 parties traded 450 contracts at a 1000 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 1350k with a price of 3000 per contract there were 5936 open contracts at this strike prior to today and today 460 contracts were bought and sold   for trip nasdaqtrip we notice a call option sweep that happens to be neutral expiring in 56 days on november 19 2021 this event was a transfer of 272 contracts at a 4200 strike this particular call needed to be split into 41 different trades to become filled the total cost received by the writing party or parties was 336k with a price of 1240 per contract there were 20 open contracts at this strike prior to today and today 295 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