Archive for April 23rd, 2012
Option Volume Leaders as of 4:21 PM
Symbol Name Contracts Calls Puts Spot (Delayed) Spot Chg AAPL Apple Inc 993,982 60.3% 39.7% $571.7 -1.28 BAC Bank of America Corporation New 449,143 56.6% 43.4% $8.18 -0.18 NFLX Netflix Inc 219,064 46.8% 53.2% $101.84 -4.27 C Citigroup Inc New 133,805 53.5% 46.5% $33.25 -0.64 WMT Walmart Stores Inc 119,717 61.2% 38.8% $59.54 -2.91 MSFT [...]
United States Natural Gas Fund LP (UNG) $15.09 +4.79%
US Natural Gas Fund (UNG) adds 69 cents to $15.09 today and is now up nearly 6 percent from the record lows of $14.25 set Thursday. An interesting spread trade on the ETF today is a May 15 – 16 put spread, bought for 72 cents, 13315X on ISE. ISEE is reporting 18250 of the [...]
Near Term Weekly Option Straddle Snapshot
Symbol Expiry Strike Straddle Bid Straddle Ask Total Volume Total OI AAPL Apr 27 570 $40.55 $41.25 32,623 4,090 BAC Apr 27 8 $0.39 $0.41 25,422 20,942 AAPL Apr 27 575 $40.45 $41.50 24,384 4,404 NFLX Apr 27 100 $15.80 $16.10 23,521 1,483 CHK Apr 27 18 $1.06 $1.13 16,784 2,647 NFLX Apr 27 105 [...]
Watson Pharmaceutical (WPI) $69.44 +0.12%
Watson Pharmaceuticals (WPI) adds 9 cents to $69.45 and the same spread that saw interest last week is seeing interest again today. A May 70 – 75 (1×2) call ratio spread trades for $1.15, 1000X and might add to positions opened last week. It traded in a sweep (try /sweeps WPI) and also check last [...]
National Oilwell Varco Inc (NOV) $77.41 -0.35%
National Oilwell (NOV) loses 32 cents to $77.36 and a Jun 80 – 85 (1X2) call ratio spread is initiated on the oil driller for 46 cents, 2000X. Looks opening and traded another 1000X for 46 cents. The 1X2 is targeting a move to $85 through the expiration, or 9.9 percent over the next 53 [...]
Bank of America Corporation New (BAC) $8.16 -2.33%
The top equity options trade Monday is in BofA (BAC) after 50,000 May 7 puts were bought on the bank for 10 cents per contract. BAC is down 19 cents to $8.17 today on 229 million shares, which is typical volume for the bank, and is one of 27 Dow stocks set to finish with [...]
Netflix Inc (NFLX) $102.30 -3.59%
Bold pre-earnings options trade in Netflix (NFLX), as a May 115 – 130 call spread is bought on the stock for $2.85. It was a slight ratio, as 7,000 May 115 calls were bought for $3.96 and 6,800 May 130 calls sold at $1.11. It’s possibly a position adjustment, as the stock is down $4.14 [...]
Put/Call Ratio Leaders* as of 3:01 PM
Symbol Name Puts Calls RealTime P/C Avg P/C HST Host Hotels and Resorts Inc 6,581 61 107.89 0.53 BBD Banco Bradesco SA 7,908 303 26.10 1.44 MAPP MAP Pharmaceuticals Inc 4,683 186 25.18 1.32 HOT Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Inc 4,880 213 22.91 1.19 SFI Istar Financial Inc 2,950 189 15.61 2.41 HBAN Huntington [...]
Arm Holdings Plc (ARMH) $27.46 -1.44%
Arm Holdings (ARMH) loses 43 cents to $27.43 and options volume on the chipmaker is running 13X the daily average, being driven by a bearish three-way spread. An investor sold 8245 Jun 31 calls on the stock at 25 cents to buy 8245 Jun 24 – 27 put spreads for $1. The spread, for a [...]
Kodiak Oil and Gas Corporation (KOG) $8.92 -0.78%
Kodiak Oil and Gas (KOG) sees a second day of bullish order flow. Friday’s action (see 4/20 color) created 16,000 contracts of new open interest in the call options on the stock. Shares are down 11 cents to $8.88 and May 7.5 calls are again the most actives in the stock today. 4,579 traded. May [...]
