Sothebys (BID) $39.40 -1.40%
Investors are bidding for puts and calls on Sotheby’s (BID) ahead of earnings. Shares are off 59 cents to $39.37 and the flow includes a multi-exchange sweep of 1,366 Mar 33 puts for 25 cents per contract. Data hints at a closing buyer. Meanwhile, April 45 calls are the most actives on the stock. 2,681 traded at a VWAP of $1.01 and sentiment data hints at opening customer buyers. Implied volatility isn’t changed much — down 1.4 percent to 52 — even as earnings are due out after the closing bell. Indeed, the stock doesn’t tend to see much volatility around earnings recently. The average daily post-earnings move over the past four quarters is 2.7 percent. Still, the March 39 straddle is currently trading for $3.60, or about 9.5 percent of the spot price.
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