What is a whale alert?

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.

What is a stock market whale?

In the financial markets, a whale is an investor or institution with significant capital who can directly influence price action. Stock market whales have outsized impacts on market prices and can manipulate share prices by increasing volatility or decreasing liquidity.

Is there a reliable indicator for whale trading?

While these are not the most reliable indicators, if you see a Whale dumping thousands of coins when it happens you can bet that will cause some volatility in the markets. While the coin overview pages are great, you can even "follow" these Whale addresses and see all the transactions they are making from a particular address.