Facebook Inc (FB) $32.96 +3.52%
Facebook (FB) adds 85 cents to $32.69 in brisk trading of 5.2 million shares and 40,000 options contracts already traded on the social media company after the stock was initiated with a Buy at Nomura Securities. Recent trades include sweeps of Weekly (6/29) 35 calls for 20 cents per contract and possibly players taking positions in anticipation of a move beyond $35 next week. Weekly 33 calls, whicih expire after today, are also busy. Meanwhile, the top trades were part of a July 30 – Aug 37 call spread, apparently bought for $2.15, 4850X on AMEX and possibly rolling a position (buy to close Jul, sell to open Aug ) of in-the-money calls to out-of-the-moneys after the stock’s 27.3 percent rally since June 5.
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