J C Penney Company Inc (JCP) $26.20 +1.00%
JC Penney (JCP), which was pounded for a 20 percent loss Wednesday and lost another 3 percent yesterday, is up 36 cents to $26.30 and one player opens a bullish longer-term options position on the retailer today — selling 5,000 Jan14 23 puts at $4.55 to buy 10,000 Jan14 30 – 37 call spreads for $2.15. 25 cents was collected on the three-way and seems to reflect confidence that shares will have recovered the two-day post-earnings slide by January 2014.
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