Archive for June 28th, 2011
Yahoo Inc (YHOO) $14.95 +0.47%
Largest trade in Yahoo today was a customer opening buy of 8000 Jan 11 puts for 32c tied delta neutral 96K shares at $15.05. Enhanced ISEE data confirms a firm facilitated the trade using the ISEE QCC order type.
Option Volume Leaders as of 4:21 PM
Symbol Name Contracts Calls Puts Spot (Delayed) Spot Chg BMY Bristol Myers Squibb Co 579,918 98.9% 1.1% $28.6 +0.13 AAPL Apple Inc 265,873 56.4% 43.6% $335.26 +3.22 BAC Bank of America Corporation New 233,606 53.9% 46.1% $10.82 -0.03 SPRD Spreadtrum Communications Inc 166,444 25.0% 75.0% $12.49 -0.46 EBAY EBay Inc 155,033 38.4% 61.6% $28.96 +0.25 [...]
Hansen Natural Corporation (HANS) $80.16 +1.33%
Hansen Natural (HANS) adds $1.06 to $80.17 and the Sep 80 – 90 call spread on the beverage maker is sold at $3.45, 10000X. The trade is tied to 250K shares at $80.70 and possibly rolls a bullish position up in strikes after a 29.4 percent rally in shares since earnings were reported on May [...]
Valero Energy (VLO) $24.67 +4.08%
39,000 calls and 2,525 puts traded in Valero (VLO) today. Shares of the oil refiner are up 98 cents to $24.68 and the top trade is a Sep 26 – 27 call spread, bought at 32 cents, 13000X. A similar spread traded a week ago when the Sep 27 – 28 call spread on VLO [...]
Put/Call Ratio Leaders* as of 3:01 PM
Symbol Name Puts Calls RealTime P/C Avg P/C BPOP Popular Inc 50,518 1,104 45.76 1.48 SID Companhia Siderugica Hacional 5,062 114 44.40 2.41 EQIX Equinix Inc 3,269 85 38.46 1.13 LEN Lennar Corp 12,439 616 20.19 1.71 BPI Bridgepoint Education Inc 2,593 155 16.73 1.07 WDC Western Digital 16,843 1,545 10.90 0.64 ARIA Ariad Pharmaceuticals [...]
Mindray Medical International Ltd (MR) $27.40 +3.16%
Mindray Medical (MR), a Shenzhen, China medical instruments company, is up 86 cents to $27.42 and today’s options trades in MR include an Aug 25 – 30 bullish risk-reversal at 15 cents (collected), 1500X on AMEX. Looks like a new position and a bet that shares will continue to recapture some of the 10 percent [...]
Popular Inc (BPOP) $2.61 -0.76%
Big Prints in Popular (BPOP), as one stategist is apparently adjusting a position in the Puerto Rican bank. Shares are off 2 cents to $2.61 and the strategist bought 20,500 July 3 puts at 44 cents and sold 30,000 Oct 2.5 puts at 20 cents. It likely rolls a position opened a few months ago [...]
Bristol Myers Squibb Co (BMY) $28.60 +0.46%
19 optionable stocks will trade ex-dividend tomorrow morning, with $1.04m of net proceeds available to early call exercisers. Bristol Myers Squibb Co (BMY) leads the list with 36486 contracts subject to early exercise for a total of $715k. Large positions also exist in TSM, AXP, RGLD, CHK and MRX. Expect heavy ex-div trading in these [...]
iShares Trust Barclays 20 Year Treasury Bond Fund (TLT) $94.98 -0.70%
Volatile action in the bond pits this week, as a rally in the equity market and poor demand from an auction of 5-years sends Treasurys lower, yields higher. iShares Long-term bond fund (TLT) is down 78 cents to $94.87 midday. The three-day 2.6 percent skid has TLT shares testing a 200-day moving average. One player [...]
Shaw Group (SHAW) $32.19 +1.87%
Shaw Group (SHAW), a Baton Rouge, LA heavy construction company, is up 62 cents to $32.22 and Jul 34 calls are busy today. The action includes a multi-exchange sweep of 1,200 at the 57-cent asking price. 3,012 traded (85 percent Ask) against 3,084 in open interest. Jul 32 and 33 calls are seeing interest as [...]
