Some less actively traded names seeing bullish order flow: ViroPharma (VPHM), Lincare (LNCR), Coinstar (CSTR) Bearish order flow: Supergen (SUPG), PPL, Kilroy Realty (KRC) Post Earnings: Baidu (BIDU), Sprint (S), Dean Foods (DF), XL Capital (XL), EOG, Mittal Steel (MT), NetGear (NTGR), TD Ameritrade (AMTD) Pre-Earnings: Amkor Tech (AMKR), Boston Scientific (BSX), Allstate (ALL), Activision Blizzard (ATVI), BHP, Expedia (EXPE), Patterson Energy (PTEN), Marriott (MAR), Equinix (EQIX) Ex-div: Aflac (AFL), Centerpoint Energy (CNP), Buckeye Partners (BPL), Rockwell (ROK), Murphy Oil (MUR)
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Unusual Activity Roundup, Feb 10
Posted on February 10th, 2010 3:40 pm
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13 users commented on " Unusual Activity Roundup, Feb 10 "
Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackOkay, disregard what I said yesterday about me not trading around earnings. ha. I took a SMALL position in those EQIX calls that have been so busy over the past two days ahead of earnings today. Purely a spec play, but the stock is due for a bounce. Or a complete meltdown. One or the other.
Doh! Looks like yesterday’s flow was bearish. Well, today’s isn’t. There was bullish flow on Feb 1 and Feb 2 as well.
good luck with that… they were upgraded yesterday. I’m watching ATVI earnings after hours today. Looking for a 20% pop for my options to expire in the money… lol. I have the feb $12 calls. looked like a good buy when it was trading at 11… not so good at $10… lol.
EQIX all over the map in after hours — $89 to $96 range. I think it will be okay. They beat, but guided in-line. There’s also some news about expanding some operations in Europe.
Good luck with ATVI.
Trying to figure out why AIG was up so big today. A lot of options volume in the final hour.
looks like ATVI missed huge on revenue but beat on eps… i’m surprised its up after hours. Eitehr way, doesn’t look like it will get over 12 by feb expiration… lol.
This is the only think I can find on AIG in the past hour: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703455804575057604189369396.html?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines
Thanks for the link. Maybe that’s it.
http://www.precentral.net/fcc-files-suggest-att-pre-due-may
this could explain the move in palm today… I’ll see what happens after earnings in March and then do a vertical call spread and sell some lower strike otm puts. i dont know what that position is named. A GSM pre in the states is definitely good news.
Good luck on EQIX Fred.
I did a lot of research, might have some confidence (was going to buy common myself), as the director usually buys around here (reference Finviz). I thought there #’s might be fine too, but if GOOG is planning this “huge” rollout or whatever, then the stock might recover, or……..? I’m thinking it might be a competitive position for earns.
I was depressed that it dropped. I was actually going to short it in my IRA buy buying/selling a call $5 above and buying a put $10 above on the front month.
EQIX just had SUCH a nice run into earnings almost every quarter, they had to really, really impress I think to make an impression. If you look at the 1 or 2 year chart (forget which), it is just phenomenal performance. Kinda like $CMP. Which is one of the very first stocks I ever wrote up too! hehe!
http://www.updown.com/CMP
lol 5xBEAR, I covered my short AIG 19 puts today!!!
and honestly?
I kept my 20 FEBs for cheapo insurance for the rest of my port.
I guess on T, that would be a risk reversal or stock replacement?
http://www.theoptionsguide.com might cover it, but all in all, if I want to take a bullish position, I usually sell a backmonth butterfly.
On T?
I’d sell 2 APR 30 puts, buy 2 25 puts, buy 2 35 puts (for example).
About the same end result….if you are more bullish, just add a middle put or do an earlier month (depending on timeframe).
Glad to see the conversation going tonite, good stuff!
Who do you have your IRA with? I’m with Scottrade and I remember back when AIG had the reverse split I was trading AIG (2 times)and AIG pref A (2 times) back and forth and broke the pattern day trader rule… I had to call SCottrade and get my account unlocked. It seems like their system doesn’t differentiate between the common and the preferred. So it might be possible to buy FCX pref M and sell the FCX calls without being naked.
I’m with Scottrade and Fidelity, but my IRA is with Fidelity. Scottrade kinda stinks IMHO. Fidelity is much better, but on a day to day basis, I kinda use both.
I had Scottrade as my trading account but after I started trading options, I switched to Interactive Brokers. Scottrade commissions were way too expensive.
I left my IRA with Scottrade because the high commissions will make me think twice before I enter/exit positions… lol.