Visa Inc (V) $51.53 +0.00%
Visa (V, news, chart, volatility) June 50 puts and June 55 calls both saw increases in open interest of more than 7,500 contracts. Most of the volume happened at 12:52 ET Thursday when a block of 7,250 June 50 puts traded on the offer for $8.55 a contract and two blocks totaling 7,250 (5,800 and 1,450) June 55 calls traded bidside for $7.72 and $7.71 a contract. A block of 690K Visa shares also traded at 12:52. The shares traded for $51.60. It appears to be a collar, where the investor wants to take ownership of the shares, but wants to downside protection. The short calls will limit the upside. The cost basis of the position is about $52.45 with a possible gain of 4.9 percent (plus dividends, excluding commissions) if Visa moves up to $55.00 or more by June options expiration.
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