Archive for March, 2010
Posted on March 24th, 2010 3:40 pm
Some less actively traded names seeing bullish order flow: Dollar General (DG), Canadian National Railway (CNI), Supergen (SUPG) Bearish order flow: Exetor Resource (XRA), Carrizo Oil (CRZO), Infosys Tech (INFY) Post-Earnings: Lennar (LEN), Adobe (ADBE), Jabil Circuit (JBL) Pre-Earnings: Red Hat (RHT), Lulumon Athletica (LULU) Ex-div.: Cummins Engines (CMI), American Eagle (AEO)
Posted on March 24th, 2010 3:01 pm
Symbol |
Name |
Puts |
Calls |
RealTime P/C |
Avg P/C |
MHLD |
Maiden Holdings Ltd |
5,134 |
1 |
5134.00 |
1.89 |
RL |
Polo Ralph Lauren Corp |
5,201 |
104 |
50.01 |
1.77 |
ARIA |
Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc |
28,788 |
795 |
36.21 |
0.82 |
FCS |
Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc |
5,241 |
197 |
26.60 |
0.59 |
TLAB |
Tellabs Inc |
4,038 |
311 |
12.98 |
0.25 |
LGF |
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp |
19,526 |
1,521 |
12.84 |
0.61 |
BCS |
Barclays Bank Plc |
4,755 |
399 |
11.92 |
0.68 |
SYNA |
Synaptics Incorporated |
2,602 |
238 |
10.93 |
1.67 |
EL |
Estee Lauder Companies Inc |
4,392 |
431 |
10.19 |
1.88 |
TGT |
Target Corp |
10,489 |
1,276 |
8.22 |
1.04 |
*Scanning all single-stocks subject to 2500 contracts minimum call or put volume
Posted on March 24th, 2010 12:25 pm
Sprint call volume is well above normal today, with 46,000 contracts trading by midday as shares trade 5% higher to $4.04 in very heavy volume of 94 million shares. April 4 calls are most active, with 10700 trading in the 18 to 25cent range. May 4 and 5 strike calls also active, with a sweep buyer paying 41 to 42 cents for several thousand May 4 calls just before 10am.
Posted on March 24th, 2010 12:01 pm
Symbol |
Name |
Puts |
Calls |
RealTime P/C |
Avg P/C |
BCS |
Barclays Bank Plc |
4,625 |
150 |
30.83 |
0.68 |
LGF |
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp |
9,484 |
587 |
16.16 |
0.61 |
TLAB |
Tellabs Inc |
3,847 |
260 |
14.80 |
0.25 |
EL |
Estee Lauder Companies Inc |
4,340 |
322 |
13.48 |
1.88 |
TGT |
Target Corp |
9,833 |
1,019 |
9.65 |
1.04 |
SINA |
SINA com |
5,229 |
801 |
6.53 |
0.50 |
IPI |
Intrepid Potash Inc |
3,742 |
693 |
5.40 |
0.41 |
CMI |
Cummins Inc |
5,811 |
1,245 |
4.67 |
2.00 |
PAY |
Verifone Holdings Inc |
3,224 |
789 |
4.09 |
0.73 |
SHLD |
Sears Holdings Corporation |
2,749 |
762 |
3.61 |
1.01 |
*Scanning all single-stocks subject to 2500 contracts minimum call or put volume
Posted on March 24th, 2010 11:05 am
Ford Motor (F) trades up 8 cents to $13.98 and recent trades include the purchase of 12000 Sep 16 calls at 98 cents each. Ford announced today that it will report March sales results on April 1 at approximately Noon ET.
Posted on March 24th, 2010 11:01 am
Symbol |
Name |
Contracts |
Calls |
Puts |
Spot (Delayed) |
Spot Chg |
BAC |
Bank of America Corporation New |
172,046 |
69.3% |
30.7% |
$17.491 |
+0.36 |
C |
Citigroup Inc |
141,549 |
75.0% |
25.0% |
$4.16 |
+0.03 |
GE |
General Electric Company |
133,650 |
71.1% |
28.9% |
$18.69 |
+0.36 |
AAPL |
Apple Inc |
77,062 |
64.1% |
35.9% |
$230.054 |
+1.69 |
F |
Ford Motor Company |
60,727 |
73.5% |
26.5% |
$13.945 |
+0.04 |
LVS |
Las Vegas Sands Corp |
58,478 |
77.8% |
22.2% |
$22.2402 |
+0.79 |
S |
Sprint Nextel Corporation |
51,314 |
76.8% |
23.2% |
$4.04 |
+0.21 |
AIG |
American International Group Inc Corp |
38,321 |
61.0% |
39.0% |
$33.76 |
+0.48 |
CTIC |
Cell Therapeutics Inc |
34,236 |
29.9% |
70.1% |
$0.7458 |
+0.11 |
DVN |
Devon Energy Corp |
33,764 |
93.7% |
6.3% |
$65.965 |
+0.98 |
Posted on March 24th, 2010 9:44 am
TIVO sees a morning spike to $16.67 (+.52) and early options action is focused on April 17 and 18 calls. 2268 April 17s traded (47% Mid/40% Ask) and 1880 April 18s (35% Mid/37% Ask). Fly On the Wall cites renewed takeover speculation.
Posted on March 23rd, 2010 4:21 pm
Symbol |
Name |
Contracts |
Calls |
Puts |
Spot (Delayed) |
Spot Chg |
C |
Citigroup Inc |
598,104 |
68.6% |
31.4% |
$4.13 |
+0.09 |
BAC |
Bank of America Corporation New |
273,059 |
71.2% |
28.8% |
$17.13 |
+0.17 |
F |
Ford Motor Company |
233,813 |
55.6% |
44.4% |
$13.9 |
-0.09 |
JPM |
JP Morgan Chase and Co |
216,917 |
67.4% |
32.6% |
$44.58 |
+0.84 |
AAPL |
Apple Inc |
177,705 |
66.1% |
33.9% |
$228.36 |
+3.61 |
VALE |
Vale SA |
146,825 |
63.6% |
36.4% |
$31.57 |
+1.53 |
MSFT |
Microsoft Corp |
130,837 |
71.5% |
28.5% |
$29.88 |
+0.28 |
GE |
General Electric Company |
127,440 |
66.7% |
33.3% |
$18.33 |
+0.26 |
INTC |
Intel Corporation |
125,910 |
67.4% |
32.6% |
$22.6725 |
+0.43 |
CSCO |
Cisco Systems Inc |
99,023 |
59.6% |
40.4% |
$26.64 |
+0.36 |
Posted on March 23rd, 2010 3:42 pm
Some less actively traded names seeing bullish order flow: RTI International Metals (RTI), Advanced Auto Parts (AAP), Maquire Properties (MPG) Bearish order flow: Maiden Holdings (MHLD), CVB Financial (CVBF), Copano Energy (CPNO) Post-Earnings: Wal-green’s (WAG), Carnival Cruise (CCL), Fuqi International (FUQI), KB Homes (KBH) Pre-Earnings: Lennar (LEN), Adobe (ADBE), Jabil Circuit (JBL), General Mills (GIS) Ex-div.: None
Posted on March 23rd, 2010 3:01 pm
Symbol |
Name |
Puts |
Calls |
RealTime P/C |
Avg P/C |
INFA |
Informatica Corporation |
2,680 |
10 |
268.00 |
2.11 |
HST |
Host Hotels and Resorts Inc |
7,675 |
65 |
118.08 |
2.42 |
RYL |
Ryland Group Inc |
13,637 |
135 |
101.01 |
0.93 |
PBI |
Pitney Bowes Inc |
8,554 |
267 |
32.04 |
2.97 |
ITUB |
Itau Unibanco Banco Holding SA |
4,864 |
237 |
20.52 |
0.92 |
EW |
Edwards Lifesciences |
5,831 |
498 |
11.71 |
1.36 |
MDT |
Medtronic Inc |
7,384 |
1,184 |
6.24 |
0.65 |
SHAW |
Shaw Group |
2,768 |
489 |
5.66 |
1.27 |
APC |
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation |
7,806 |
1,671 |
4.67 |
0.51 |
CCL |
Carnival Corp |
13,656 |
2,973 |
4.59 |
1.32 |
*Scanning all single-stocks subject to 2500 contracts minimum call or put volume