Stock market averages slipped early and bounced around in a range through midday Friday. Volatility in overseas markets set the table for the morning losses and offset a better-than-expected reading on Durable Goods for April (+3.3 percent vs. 1.6 percent consensus). A round of disappointing earnings from a number of retailers – FL, SHLD, ANF, [...]
Pan American Silver (PAAS) is up 2 cent sto $12.22 and options volume on the stock is running 3X the daily average. 6,125 calls and 1,075 puts. Jul 14 calls are the most active. 2,415 traded against 787 in open interest. Looks like a sweep buyer paid 35 cents per contract on 2,400 contracts. Jun [...]
Pandora (P) is notching new 52-week highs and implied volatility in the options on the Internet radio company is elevated ahead of earnings. The stock is up 45 cents to $16.93 in brisk trading of 6 million shares. Meanwhile, about 45,000 calls and 7,200 puts traded on the stock so far. June 21 calls, which [...]
Pan American Silver (PAAS) is up 2 cent sto $12.22 and options volume on the stock is running 3X the daily average. 6,125 calls and 1,075 puts. Jul 14 calls are the most active. 2,415 traded against 787 in open interest. Looks like a sweep buyer paid 35 cents per contract on 2,400 contracts. Jun [...]
Pandora (P) is notching new 52-week highs and implied volatility in the options on the Internet radio company is elevated ahead of earnings. The stock is up 45 cents to $16.93 in brisk trading of 6 million shares. Meanwhile, about 45,000 calls and 7,200 puts traded on the stock so far. June 21 calls, which [...]
Odd action in VIX, as it moves up .52 to 13.29 and sesson highs, even as the S&P 500 gains 11.06 points and also moves to its best levels of the day of 1,661.49. Relatively active trading is happening in the index market, with about 619K calls and 511K puts traded SPX, VIX and other [...]
Stock market averages are modestly lower, but volume is light and action has been rangebound thus far. The only significant stat of the day showed Retail Sales up .1 percent in April and better than the .3 percent decline that was expected. But, trading was sluggish across the Eurozone. Crude oil lost 50 cents to [...]
Pan American Silver (PAAS) is up 2 cent sto $12.22 and options volume on the stock is running 3X the daily average. 6,125 calls and 1,075 puts. Jul 14 calls are the most active. 2,415 traded against 787 in open interest. Looks like a sweep buyer paid 35 cents per contract on 2,400 contracts. Jun [...]
Arch Coal (ACI) ticks seven sents higher to $5.08 and sweep of 1,218 June 5.5 calls traded on the stock for 17 cents a few minutes after the bell, then 1,490 more for 18 cents. Looks like early call buyers on the coal producer. 2,828 contracts traded.
SPDR 500 Trust (SPY) May 163 puts are again the most actives. Almost 300K contracts traded yesterday and the flow created 207K in open interest. OI at that strike is now 291K and the 9th largest among all listed options contracts. Another 32,900 already traded today. Early trades looked like buyers paying 21 cents per [...]
May-13 160.5 C (Jumbo).. Boston Options exchange is rolling out the jumbos no SPY today. this is only a test…
Serious put purchase in SIRI as an investor just bought 41,000 Jun 3.5 puts on the satellite radio operator for 14 cents per contract. The position is opening and not tied to stock. Shares are down 4 cents to $3.50 and more than 50K of these at-the-money puts traded against 3,755 in open interest. No [...]
Micron (MU) continues its climb to two-year highs and is up 44 cents to $11.67 in brisk trading of 13.4 million shares. In options action, an 8,400-lot of July 13 calls trades on the stock for 31 cents, followed by another 5,000-lot for 33 cents. More than 15,000 now traded against 9,845 in open interest. [...]
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Symbol Name Contracts Calls Puts Spot (Delayed) Spot Chg FB Facebook Inc 438,854 69.3% 30.7% $24.3125 -0.75 AAPL Apple Inc 359,106 58.6% 41.4% $445.15 +3.01 PFE Pfizer Inc 208,510 48.7% 51.3% $29.04 -0.07 TSLA Tesla Motors Inc 188,206 68.6% 31.4% $97.08 +4.35 BAC Bank of America Corporation 183,026 58.5% 41.5% $13.24 +0.03 GOOG Google Inc [...]
Symbol Expiry Strike Straddle Bid Straddle Ask Total Volume Total OI FB Jun 7 24.5 $1.32 $1.36 28,208 1,426 BAC May 31 13 $0.38 $0.40 17,730 25,757 FB May 31 24.5 $0.90 $0.94 11,064 1,925 BAC May 31 13.5 $0.40 $0.42 10,941 20,703 AAPL May 31 445 $11.50 $11.70 9,866 5,135 C May 31 50 [...]
Symbol Name Puts Calls RealTime P/C Avg P/C SFI Istar Financial Inc 6,302 5 1260.40 0.79 MCK McKesson Corp 9,416 210 44.84 0.94 CENX Century Aluminum Co 3,022 129 23.43 0.53 EL Estee Lauder Companies Inc 3,130 243 12.88 3.26 ASTX Astex Pharmaceuticals Inc 3,534 281 12.58 3.80 EDU New Oriental Education and Technology Group [...]
