Objective Real Time Market Intelligence
Bare Escentuals (BARE) is seening unusual activity ahead of an earnings report due out tomorrow after the closing bell. The stock has been under pressure for the past hour or so and, after hitting an intraday high of $24.18, BARE (register to read more …)
Seeing buying interest picking up in the CBOE Volatility Index (.VIX) June 25 calls, with ten orders averaging 430 contracts coming through at 95 cents a contract between 13:11 and 13:15. Trading is cautious ahead of the FOMC announcement due (register to read more …)
QLogic (QLGC) May 15 and May 17.5 calls are seeing a sudden increase in buying interest ahead of an earnings report due out after the close of trading tomorrow. Total volume is running three times usual, with sentiment 90 percent (register to read more …)
Strangled. Cigna (CI) options are active today ahead of an earning report due out tomorrow morning before the opening bell. The June 45 calls and June 40 puts are the most actives. An order for 2,000 of the June 45 (register to read more …)
Seeing some buying interest in the US Oil Fund (USO) puts ahead of weekly inventorty data due out at 10:30. The July 87s are the most actives. 3,400 contracts have traded, with 100 percent hitting the offer. With crude up (register to read more …)
The CBOE Volatility Index (.VIX) is up .41 to 20.05 ahead of important event risk Wednesday through Friday. Tomorrow morning’s GDP report along with ADP’s early look at the April jobs situation could add a bit of volatility in early (register to read more …)
Capital One (COF) puts are seeing action today. In all, more than 47,000 contracts have traded, compared to 4,900 call options. Today’s action included an order of 9,500 June 50 puts at the ask and 19,000 of the June 40s (register to read more …)
The US Oil Fund (USO) is down $2.64 to $93.05 a share and USO put volume is outpacing call volume by a ratio of six-to-one. Todays action included the purhcase of 3,000 of the June 90/80 bear put spreads. (see (register to read more …)
Anheuser Busch (BUD) June 55 and 50 calls are seeing some interest today. Total volume is running three times usual, with 11,000 calls and 1,884 puts trading on the day. Directional sentiment measured by todays action is 61 percent bullish. (register to read more …)
The iShares MSCI Japan Fund (EWJ) is seeing four times its normal trading volume after a player bought 20,000 of the June 14 calls for 20 cents a contract. EWJ was recently down 5 cents to $13.29. Markets in Japan (register to read more …)
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