Istar Financial Inc (SFI) $6.13 +1.83%

| April 26, 2010 | 0 Comments More

iStar Financial (SFI) calls are seeing brisk trading ahead of the company’s April 29, before market, earnings release. Shares are up 7 cents to $6.09 and about 26K contracts traded, which represents 15X typical volume and compares to just 96 puts. June and July 5 and 7.5 calls are the most actives. Sone of the action appears to be rolling of bullish positions up in strikes. For example, a block of 3600 Jul 5s coincided with 7350 Jul 7.5 calls. SFI is up more than 30 percent since April 6 and received a lift last week after Reuters ran an article titled “iStar Out of Trouble for Now; Challenges Remain.” see 4/22 color.

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