Archive for April 26th, 2012
Option Volume Leaders as of 4:21 PM
Symbol Name Contracts Calls Puts Spot (Delayed) Spot Chg AAPL Apple Inc 764,873 59.4% 40.6% $607.7 -2.30 AMZN Amazon com 233,231 49.1% 50.9% $195.99 +1.57 BAC Bank of America Corporation New 219,920 70.2% 29.8% $8.27 +0.01 F Ford Motor Company 202,212 51.9% 48.1% $11.87 +0.14 AIG American International Group Inc Corp 138,629 77.4% 22.6% $33.71 [...]
Near Term Weekly Option Straddle Snapshot
Symbol Expiry Strike Straddle Bid Straddle Ask Total Volume Total OI AAPL Apr 27 610 $5.74 $6.20 94,326 17,596 AAPL Apr 27 605 $5.91 $6.44 66,794 12,701 F Apr 27 12 $0.41 $0.45 29,623 28,092 RIMM Apr 27 14 $0.27 $0.30 21,000 14,673 JPM Apr 27 44 $0.45 $0.50 13,635 12,132 INTC Apr 27 28 [...]
Finisar Corp (FNSR) $16.51 -0.36%
Finisar (FNSR) is down 8 cents to $16.49 and has been grinding higher off of the multi-month lows of $16.18 seen earlier today. Some players in the options market seem to be anticipating additoinal gains, as afternoon trades on the Sunnyvale, CA communication device-maker include multi-exchange sweeps of May and Jun 18 calls for 35 [...]
Zynga Inc (ZNGA) $9.40 +3.18%
Zynga (ZNGA) ticks 30 cents higher to $9.41 on heavy volume of 19 million shares ahead of this afternoon’s earnings release. 61,000 calls and 26,000 puts traded on the San Francisco social media company, which is 4X the daily average. The top trade is a three-way, in which the strategist sold May 8 puts to [...]
Ford Motor Company (F) $11.91 +1.58%
Ford options flow is brisk ahead of tomorrow morning’s earnings, with nearly 175,000 contracts trading and flow split evenly among calls and puts. Shares up 17cents to $11.90 and put buyers seem to be running the show, with the largest trade a 9300 lot of May 11 puts bought on the CBOE for 13cents against [...]
Starbucks Corp (SBUX) $60.93 +2.40%
Starbuck’s (SBUX) is up $1.50 to $61 on heavy volume of more than 10 million shares, as some investors seem to be expecting a bullish earnings report when results are released after the closing bell. 56,000 calls and 25,000 puts traded on the stock, which is 3X the daily average. The top trade is a [...]
Amazon com (AMZN) $194.65 +0.12%
Amazon.com (AMZN) is off 21 cents to $194.21 ahead of earnings and spot volume of 4.3 million shares is only about 5 percent more than the daily average for the online retailer. But options volume is projected to reach 173,000 contracts, which is almost 2X the daily average. Players are jockeying for position ahead of [...]
Put/Call Ratio Leaders* as of 3:01 PM
Symbol Name Puts Calls RealTime P/C Avg P/C PACR Pacer International Inc 2,526 67 37.70 1.78 PCYC Pharmacyclics Inc 2,618 106 24.70 4.45 PPO Polypore International Inc 2,607 119 21.91 2.16 APH Amphenol Corp 2,659 182 14.61 0.48 IPG Interpublic Group of Companies Inc 4,007 290 13.82 0.85 PH Parker Hannifin Corp 3,016 227 13.29 [...]
Hecla Mining Company (HL) $4.25 +2.29%
Hecla Mining (HL) adds a dime to $4.25 on relatively light volume of 2.1 million shares and call options on the Coeur D’Alene, ID miner are busy today. 6,620 calls and 560 puts traded on the stock so far. Midday trades include multi-exchange sweeps of 1700 Jun 4.5 calls for 19 cents and 905 Jun [...]
US Airways Group Inc (LCC) $9.98 +3.98%
US Airways (LCC) gains 40 cents to $10 in active trading of 7.8 million shares and options volume on the airliner is running more than 2X the daily average. 12,000 calls and 2,485 puts traded on the stock so far. Much of the volume is in June upside calls and includes a 2784-lot of Jun [...]
