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 losses today. Options volume is a bit lighter than usual, with 244K calls and 191K puts traded so far. Beyond the big block of 50K May 7 puts, the next biggest trades are part of a Jun 7 – 8 – 9 put butterfly spread, which was sold at 29 cents, 6600X on ISE. ISEE confirm that 13200 Jun 8 puts were bought for the body of the fly and the position seems to reflect the view the stock will recapture $9 by the June expiration (or fall below $7). BAC touched the $10 level several times in March, but is down nearly 19 percent since that time and came under pressure last week when earnings were reported.
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