General Motors (GM, news, chart) puts were active Wednesday. 75,000 contracts traded, or roughly double the number of call options. Interestingly, the bulk of (register to read more …)
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General Motors (GM, news, chart) puts were active Wednesday. 75,000 contracts traded, or roughly double the number of call options. Interestingly, the bulk of (register to read more …)
Cemex (CX, news, chart) saw active trading for a second day. Yesterday, the focus was on the September 22.5 call options. Players were actively buying these calls and volume rose to more than 12,000 (register to read more …)
Fannie Mae (FNM, news, chart) resumes trading on management shake up news. Company names Michael Shaw chief risk officer, names David Hisey chief financial officer, names Peter Niculescu chief business (register to read more …)
Marvell Technology (MRVL, news, chart) is seeing double its normal trading volume, following two recent sweeps of September 15 put options. More than 11,466 contracts have traded, with almost two-thirds trading offerside. The same (register to read more …)
The Select Sector Technology Fund (XLK) is seeing six times normal trading volume on increasing action in the March 21 puts. XLK, which holds all of the technology-related S&P 500 companies, is up 30 cents to $23.21. In the options (register to read more …)
Homebuilder DH Horton (DHI, news, chart) is seeing bullish order flow. The stock is up 63 cents to $11.58 and more than 5,000 calls have traded, compared to just 405 puts. Most of the (register to read more …)
Network Appliance (NTAP, news, chart) calls saw an uptick in buying interest shortly after the opening bell (see 9:45 comment). The action continued throughout the day and now more than 37,000 contracts have (register to read more …)
Aflac (AFL, news, chart) is seeing bullish order flow. The stock is up $1.90 to $55.50 and volume in the options market is running double the normal. 5,700 AFL calls and 1750 puts have (register to read more …)
Put buying picking up in homebuilder Meritage Homes (MTH, news, chart). Volume is running 11 times the usual, with 27,000 MTG puts and 500 calls traded. Shares are doing well, up $1.61 to $21.82. (register to read more …)
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