State Street Corp (STT) $31.55 +3.34%

| April 2, 2009 | 2 Comments More

State Street (STT) is up $1 to $31.53 and options volume is running at 2X the average daily. 32,000 puts and 17,000 calls traded so far. May 28 puts are the most actives. The 10K traded includes a block of 5000 contracts for $3.90 at 10:35 a.m. on the ISE, where sentiment data indicate an opening customer put buy. A lot of the remaining volume appears to be a mix of buyers and seller. Implied vols down -2, but remains elevated at 114.

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  1. ParadigmLost says:

    Fred,

    Mar 28 puts really means Apr 28, doesn’t it?

  2. fredruffy says:

    May, sorry, will edit

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