Home Depot Inc (HD) $46.88 -0.15%
Unusual trade in Home Depot (HD) after 16,000 March 37 puts are bought on the home improvement retailer for 6 cents per contract on PHLX. Looks opening. 16,192 traded against 739 in open interest. Another 16,083 Mar 38 puts traded on the stock. Total volume is 47,000 puts and 7,700 calls, yet levels of implied volatility are down 3 percent to 17.5. Still, the interest in deep OTM puts in HD is noteworthy as Microsoft has seen similar action today (see 10:59 color).
Category: All Stocks, Large Cap Stocks, Retail
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