Stock market averages opened higher and held the gains through economic data, then rangebound action returned. The Univ of Michigan Sentiment Index for mid-May and the List of Leading Indicators for April were both released during market hours this morning, and both were better than expected. Steady trading across much of Asia and Europe also [...]
James River Coal (JRCC) is up 45 cents to $2.67 in active trading of 883K shares and options action is heating up as well. 4,625 calls and 1,245 puts in the first five minutes of Friday’s session. Early trades include a sweep of 2,970 Jun 3 calls for 15 cents per contract when the market [...]
Diana Shipping (DSX) is up 45 cents to $10.57 in active trading of 2.2 million shares as the sector sees relative strength on earnings from Eagle Bulk Shipping (EGLE). Options volume on DSX, which reports the morning of 5/22, is running 8X the daily average. 7,800 calls and 1,215 puts so far. Jun 11 calls [...]
James River Coal (JRCC) is up 45 cents to $2.67 in active trading of 883K shares and options action is heating up as well. 4,625 calls and 1,245 puts in the first five minutes of Friday’s session. Early trades include a sweep of 2,970 Jun 3 calls for 15 cents per contract when the market [...]
Diana Shipping (DSX) is up 45 cents to $10.57 in active trading of 2.2 million shares as the sector sees relative strength on earnings from Eagle Bulk Shipping (EGLE). Options volume on DSX, which reports the morning of 5/22, is running 8X the daily average. 7,800 calls and 1,215 puts so far. Jun 11 calls [...]
Odd action in VIX, as it moves up .52 to 13.29 and sesson highs, even as the S&P 500 gains 11.06 points and also moves to its best levels of the day of 1,661.49. Relatively active trading is happening in the index market, with about 619K calls and 511K puts traded SPX, VIX and other [...]
Stock market averages are modestly lower, but volume is light and action has been rangebound thus far. The only significant stat of the day showed Retail Sales up .1 percent in April and better than the .3 percent decline that was expected. But, trading was sluggish across the Eurozone. Crude oil lost 50 cents to [...]
James River Coal (JRCC) is up 45 cents to $2.67 in active trading of 883K shares and options action is heating up as well. 4,625 calls and 1,245 puts in the first five minutes of Friday’s session. Early trades include a sweep of 2,970 Jun 3 calls for 15 cents per contract when the market [...]
Diana Shipping (DSX) is up 45 cents to $10.57 in active trading of 2.2 million shares as the sector sees relative strength on earnings from Eagle Bulk Shipping (EGLE). Options volume on DSX, which reports the morning of 5/22, is running 8X the daily average. 7,800 calls and 1,215 puts so far. Jun 11 calls [...]
SPDR 500 Trust (SPY) May 163 puts are again the most actives. Almost 300K contracts traded yesterday and the flow created 207K in open interest. OI at that strike is now 291K and the 9th largest among all listed options contracts. Another 32,900 already traded today. Early trades looked like buyers paying 21 cents per [...]
May-13 160.5 C (Jumbo).. Boston Options exchange is rolling out the jumbos no SPY today. this is only a test…
Sprint (S) is off 7 cents to $7.29 and $7 puts on the stock (expiring 5/31) are the most actively traded equity options contract in the first thirty minutes of market action Monday. 9,100 contracts have changed hands. Open interest is sufficient to cover, but some investors are possibly buying the contract on concerns the [...]
JP Morgan (JPM) drops 26 cents to $48.78 and May 48 puts on the bank are seeing interest today. Recent trades included a 10626-lot for 26 cents per contract when the market was 24 to 26 cents. A 12,000-lot traded earlier today for 27 cents per contract. More than 27K now changed hands against 36,333 [...]
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Symbol Name Contracts Calls Puts Spot (Delayed) Spot Chg AAPL Apple Inc 536,053 50.8% 49.2% $433.26 -1.32 CSCO Cisco Systems Inc 397,942 84.5% 15.5% $24.24 +0.35 BAC Bank of America Corporation 338,617 77.2% 22.8% $13.43 +0.07 F Ford Motor Company 224,075 75.4% 24.6% $15.08 +0.44 MSFT Microsoft Corp 185,047 61.7% 38.3% $34.87 +0.79 TSLA Tesla [...]
Symbol Expiry Strike Straddle Bid Straddle Ask Total Volume Total OI AAPL May 24 435 $12.85 $13.45 16,713 3,963 BAC May 24 13.5 $0.35 $0.37 15,897 22,528 INTC May 24 24 $0.49 $0.51 13,102 941 XOM May 24 92.5 $1.54 $1.60 12,643 114 AAPL May 24 430 $13.20 $13.80 11,057 4,540 F May 24 15 [...]
Symbol Name Puts Calls RealTime P/C Avg P/C LYV Live Nation Entertainment Inc 3,779 56 67.48 6.98 GNK Genco Shipping and Trading Limited 9,142 273 33.49 3.54 NLY Annaly Capital Management Inc 23,469 1,010 23.24 1.36 SNTA Synta Pharmaceuticals Inc 2,651 231 11.48 1.04 MDLZ Mondelez International Inc 35,719 3,476 10.28 2.55 FTR Frontier Communications [...]
