Hertz Global Holdings Inc (HTZ) $13.83 -5.40%
Hertz (HTZ) is off 81 cents to $13.81 and falling in sympathy with Avis Budget (CAR), which is suffering a 16.3 percent post-earning skid today. The top options trade in HTZ is a 3,100 contract block of Mar 14 calls for 85 cents at 10:10 this morning on ISE. Data indicate an opening buyer. It might roll out of a position in 3,100 Mar 13 calls, which traded fifteen minutes earlier at an average of $1.325 per contract when the market was $1.25 to $1.40. HTZ has suffered a three-day 7.2 percent slide, but is up 17.8 percent year-to-date. The roll might exit a position in ITM calls to open a new one in OTM Mar 14s. Hertz will release its earnings on Feb 22.
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