Archive for May 10th, 2012
Option Volume Leaders as of 4:21 PM
Symbol Name Contracts Calls Puts Spot (Delayed) Spot Chg LLY Eli Lilly and Co 764,301 97.6% 2.4% $41.75 +0.45 CSCO Cisco Systems Inc 631,917 56.1% 43.9% $16.81 -1.97 BAC Bank of America Corporation New 416,294 67.0% 33.0% $7.7 -0.03 AAPL Apple Inc 350,122 57.7% 42.3% $570.52 +1.34 AVP Avon Products Inc 130,487 59.9% 40.1% $20.89 [...]
Dell Inc (DELL) $15.55 -0.77%
Dell loses 13 cents to $15.54 and a 6700-lot of Jun 15 puts on the computer-maker for 44 cents on ISE is an opening buyer, according to data from the exchange. 17,449 now traded. May 16 puts are also seeing interest. 6,240 changed hands. Total volume in DELL today is 31,000 puts and 6,800 calls, [...]
Near Term Weekly Option Straddle Snapshot
Symbol Expiry Strike Straddle Bid Straddle Ask Total Volume Total OI BAC May 11 8 $0.29 $0.33 87,906 45,935 AAPL May 11 570 $5.37 $5.85 44,232 13,150 CSCO May 11 17 $0.27 $0.32 29,806 6,586 JPM May 11 41 $0.53 $0.58 16,531 10,631 INTC May 11 27 $0.49 $0.52 14,615 17,274 FCX May 11 36 [...]
Sothebys (BID) $34.10 -3.78%
Sotheby’s (BID) is down $1.36 to $34.08 and seeing some pre-earnings jitters today, possibly because the stock has lost ground after each of the past four quarterly earnings releases for an average daily loss of 4.7 percent. The stock is on a six-day 12.8 percent slide ahead of the results, which are due out after [...]
American International Group Inc Corp (AIG) $32.23 +1.26%
AIG adds 39 cents to $32.22 and an Aug – Nov 35 (2X1) call ratio spread trades on the stock at 4 cents, 18400X, and probably rolls a position from August to a position in half as many Nov 35 calls. Open interest in the Aug 35s is 78K, with the bulk being opened in [...]
Chiquita Brands International Inc (CQB) $5.71 +0.09%
Chiquita Brands (CQB) is flat at $5.70 after slipping 28.9 percent on earnings yesterday. Trading remains active in the options today, as some investors are going bananas for downside puts on the stock. The top trade is a 1000-lot of Jun 5s for 10 cents per contract on CBOE. Aug 4 puts are the most [...]
H J Heinz Company (HNZ) $54.75 +1.50%
Heinz (HNZ) adds 78 cents to $54.72 and one longer-term options player is hoping to squeeze some upside profits from the stock and bought 12,000 Jan14 $60 calls on HNZ for $2.09 per contract. More than 13,000 now traded and will probably add to positions opened one month ago when 12,600 were bought for $1.45 [...]
PACCAR Inc (PCAR) $39.70 -1.93%
Paccar (PCAR) is off 64 cents to $39.84 and bearish flow is detected on the Bellevue, WA auto parts maker after multi-exchange sweeps of May puts traded on the stock in afternoon action Thursday. The largest is 965 May 39.3 puts for 62.5 cent per contract. 4,045 traded. May 37.3, 38.3 and 40.3 puts are [...]
Put/Call Ratio Leaders* as of 3:01 PM
Symbol Name Puts Calls RealTime P/C Avg P/C SAP SAP AG 4,071 59 69.00 1.21 TJX TJX Companies Inc 20,626 403 51.18 0.33 STLD Steel Dynamics Inc 7,311 180 40.62 2.85 CQB Chiquita Brands International Inc 6,102 153 39.88 0.53 PLCE Childrens Place Retail Stores Inc 2,673 71 37.65 0.74 SNV Synovus Financial Corporation 9,561 [...]
Qlik Technologies Inc (QLIK) $24.86 -6.44%
Qlik Technologies (QLIK) is off $1.67 to $24.90 in active trading of 1.9 million shares and has now suffered a two-week 19.2 percent slide since earnings were last reported. Options action in the Radnor, PA business software developer is picking up for a second time this week. Like Tuesday (see 5/8 color), the flow seems [...]
