Updated with Video. The ProShares UltraShort Lehman Bond Fund (TBT), which moves (200%) the inverse the iShares Long Term Bond Fund (TLT), is acively traded. TLT is down after (register to read more …)
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Updated with Video. The ProShares UltraShort Lehman Bond Fund (TBT), which moves (200%) the inverse the iShares Long Term Bond Fund (TLT), is acively traded. TLT is down after (register to read more …)
Flow in the iShares Real Estate ETF is relatively bullish, with a block of Jan-09 calls bought to open, and a vertical put spread sold, likely to close. The ETF is currently trading near 37.00 and 5000 Jan 37 calls (register to read more …)
Puts on the iShares Long-Term Bond Fund (TLT) are active, as bonds get sacked during a shortened trading session Wednesday. The benchmark ten-year fell an impressive 1 22/32nd, as a strong jobs report, light volume, and long-awaited profit taking conspired (register to read more …)
Market Vectors Russia (RSX) January puts are active, after 10,000 traded at the 14 and 11 lines. The 14s hit bid-side for $1.50 while the 11s hit on the offer for 45 cents. Looks like closing of a vertical (register to read more …)
Calls on the XLF Financial ETF are trading more than twice their normal pace today, with 128,000 contracts trading, outnumbering puts 5:1. Shares are up 1.6%, near 11.87 and the Jan 14 calls lead the flow, with nearly 70,000 on (register to read more …)
5,000 iShares Japan (EWJ) Feb 7 puts have traded for 10 and 15 cents today. Looks like opening deep out-of-the-money put buys similar to EWG discussed earlier. EWJ is up 10 cents to $9.34 after Japan’s Nikkei rose 1.3 percent.
iShares Germany ETF (EWG) is up 52 cents to $18.84 after Germany’s DAX rose 2.25 percent Tuesday. Options volume is running at 5 times the average daily levels, with July 13 puts topping the most actives. 2,150 have traded. It (register to read more …)
Jan and Feb puts on the SPDR Basic Materials ETF (XLB) are actively traded. 10,000 of the Feb 19s hit on the offer for 75 cents while two blocks (5,000 ea) Jan 19s traded mid-market for 22 and 23 cents. (register to read more …)
Some bullish trading surfaced in the US Natural Gas Fund (UNG) Friday. With shares around $24, the top two trades of the day: 750 Feb 26 calls offerside for $1.55 and 750 Feb 30 calls on the bid for 55 (register to read more …)
US Oil Fund (USO) is down $2.24 to $30.82 and recently made a run to session lows, as crude oil slipped and dipped back below $40 a barrel. USO has now taken out last week’s low and is down 26.7 (register to read more …)
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