Archive for April 27th, 2012
Option Volume Leaders as of 4:21 PM
Symbol Name Contracts Calls Puts Spot (Delayed) Spot Chg AAPL Apple Inc 670,012 57.3% 42.7% $603 -4.70 STX Seagate Technology 471,609 93.3% 6.7% $29.58 -1.51 AMZN Amazon com 456,276 53.3% 46.7% $226.85 +30.86 BAC Bank of America Corporation New 215,585 75.4% 24.6% $8.25 -0.02 F Ford Motor Company 177,934 85.6% 14.4% $11.6 -0.27 CHK Chesapeake [...]
Near Term Weekly Option Straddle Snapshot
Symbol Expiry Strike Straddle Bid Straddle Ask Total Volume Total OI AAPL May 4 605 $18.05 $18.30 13,407 1,774 F May 4 12 $0.52 $0.55 13,140 8,797 AAPL May 4 600 $18.15 $18.45 11,768 2,736 STX May 4 30 $1.33 $1.41 11,348 882 AMZN May 4 230 $8.60 $8.90 9,465 155 AMZN May 4 225 [...]
American International Group Inc Corp (AIG) $34.46 +2.22%
AIG is up 74 cents to $34.45 and new 52-week highs today. Afternoon options trades on the stock include a spread, in which the strategist apparently sold 14,600 Jan 30 calls at $6.68 to buy 29,200 Aug 35 calls for $2.44. The activity might roll a position in in-the-money Jan 30 calls after the stock’s [...]
Put/Call Ratio Leaders* as of 3:01 PM
Symbol Name Puts Calls RealTime P/C Avg P/C ITUB Itau Unibanco Banco Holding SA 3,741 362 10.33 3.03 FLS Flowserve Corp 2,874 306 9.39 1.89 FGP Ferrellgas Partners L P 3,448 451 7.65 3.22 FMCN Focus Media Holding Ltd 15,623 2,327 6.71 1.67 LO Lorillard Inc 10,027 1,531 6.55 1.67 OTEX Open Text Corp 2,844 [...]
Yahoo Inc (YHOO) $15.55 +0.13%
Yahoo (YHOO) adds 3 cents to $15.55 and 29,000 Jul 19 calls are bought on the Internet giant for a dime per contract. It’s possibly closing, as the block represents 20 percent of existing open interest in the contract, which is 143,923 and the second largest in YHOO (behind Jul 16 calls).
Hertz Global Holdings Inc (HTZ) $15.70 +2.21%
Hertz (HTZ) adds 34 cents to $15.70 and a May 15 – 16 (1X2) call ratio spread trades on the auto rental company for 2.5 cents, 2300X. It might roll a position up in strikes or, if opening, targeting a move to $16 (~1.9%) through the expiration (3 weeks). 11,000 calls and only 175 puts [...]
Collective Brands Inc (PSS) $20.99 +2.64%
Collective Brands (PSS) is up 55 cents to $21 on increasing volume of 2.8 million shares and call options on the retailer are busy as well. 15,000 calls and 2,125 puts traded so far. Jun 22 calls are the most actives, with 3,130 traded and 1,700 contracts were sold-to-open today on ISE, according to ISEE [...]
TripAdvisor Inc (TRIP) $37.46 +8.96%
Trip Advisor (TRIP) is up $3.06 to $37.44 on heavy volume of 4.2 million shares after peer Expedia posted upbeat earnings and ahead of the online travel company’s May 1st earnings release. The stock is notching new 52-week highs and options volume is 5X the daily average. 7,150 calls and 1,220 puts traded on the [...]
Goldcorp Inc (GG) $38.86 +0.39%
Goldcorp (GG) adds 16 cents to $38.87 and midday trades on the Vancouver-based miner include a three-way, in which 7400 Oct 36 puts were sold on the stock at $2.30 to buy 7400 Oct 40 – 48 call spreads for $2.25. Five cents was collected on the spread, which doesn’t look tied to stock. GG [...]
Near Term Weekly Option Straddle Snapshot
Symbol Expiry Strike Straddle Bid Straddle Ask Total Volume Total OI F May 4 12 $0.46 $0.48 11,129 8,797 AAPL May 4 605 $16.80 $17.10 5,339 1,774 GM May 4 23 $1.16 $1.25 5,261 184 ZNGA May 4 9 $0.70 $0.80 4,816 3,032 AAPL May 4 600 $17.10 $17.40 4,804 2,736 AMZN May 4 225 [...]
