Followup on EMC upside call action Friday. A total of nearly 36,000 Nov 13 calls traded on the day, with implied vols lifting 22 points to 77.5%. The stock closed up 32cents to 11.78 and earlier this year was mentioned (register to read more …)
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Followup on EMC upside call action Friday. A total of nearly 36,000 Nov 13 calls traded on the day, with implied vols lifting 22 points to 77.5%. The stock closed up 32cents to 11.78 and earlier this year was mentioned (register to read more …)
Seagate (STX) is seeing active trading. Shares are up 63 cents to $7.04 amid a broader rally in the tech sector and volume in the options market is running five times the usual. 11,000 STX calls and only 270 puts (register to read more …)
The CBOE Volatility Index (.VIX) is running to session lows heading into the closing bell. VIX is down 6 points to 56.90 and back to levels last seen in October 22. The volatility index is running lower as the S&P (register to read more …)
Tenet Healthcare (THC) is seeing three times normal trading volume, with 4,800 puts and only 370 calls traded on the day. The action is scattered, with active trading seen in the January 2010 2.5, May 3, and November 4 puts. (register to read more …)
Yahoo (YHOO) calls are active. 51,000 have traded, roughly 5 times the number of put options. The January 20s are the most actives as a block of 19,379 contracts traded on the offer for 60 cents a contract 30 minutes (register to read more …)
EMC Corp. (EMC) has seen an increase in call buying in recent trading. The November 13s are the most actives, with more than 16,500 contracts traded and 93 percent hitting on the offer. Open interest is 18,655, suggesting some possible (register to read more …)
Cypress Biosciences (CYPB) is seeing a second day of heavy call volume. Yesterday, a block of 9,450 December 10 calls traded on the offer for 35 cents a contract. Today, more than 5,400 December 10s traded on the offer. No (register to read more …)
American Express (AXP) is the best gainer in the Dow Friday. Shares spiked about 45 minutes ago and hit session highs of $27.93 around 11:30 ET, before backing off to $27.46 (+1.40). In the options market, sentiment remains cautious despite (register to read more …)
Paychex (PAYX) is seeing bearish order flow. The stock is up 10 cents to $28.17 and volume in the options market is running double the usual. 5,100 puts and 127 calls have traded today. The top two trades: 1,229 December (register to read more …)
Puts are active with a customer buying in-the-money Nov 17.5 Puts for $6, or nearly 10cents over parity, to close a short straddle position established last June. More than 5,000 have traded in blocks of 500 contracts, and this trade (register to read more …)
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