General Electric Company (GE) $19.84 +0.58%
General Electric (GE) adds 7 cents to $19.80 and is one of 23 Dow stocks holding gains heading into the final hour of trading Wednesday. An interesting recent trade on the stock today is a spread, in which the investor sold 25,000 August 21 calls on GE at 8 cents to buy 40,000 Oct 22 calls for 10 cents. The massive ratio spread traded on AMEX and might roll a position in Aug 21 calls opened on 6/22 when 25,000 traded for 22 cents (rolling out of Jul 20s). The activity in the Oct 22s looks opening and, if so, the spread seems to reflect diminishing expectations for a move to $21 (6.2 percent) through the August expiration (30 days) and hopes to a move beyond $22 (11.3 percent) by mid-October. Another bullish trade on the stock today is a risk-reversal, after one investor sold 10,000 Jul 19 puts on GE at 6 cents to buy 10,000 July 20 calls for 12.5 cents. The bullish combo might close a position ahead of this week’s expiration or it might be a short-term bullish play on GE’s earnings, due out the morning of expiration Friday.
Category: All Stocks, Industrial Goods & Services, Large Cap Stocks
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