Toyota Motors (TM) adds 42 cents to $84.02 and an Aug 77.5 – 82.5 put spread is bought at $1.27, 3000X. The bearish play looks opening and comes after a six-day 5.4 percent rally in shares of the Japanese automaker. (register to read more …) [...]

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GM adds 4 cents to $30.40 and Jul 31 calls are seeing interest ahead of today’s auto and truck sales numbers. 14,550 traded (81 percent Ask) against 20,610 in open interest. Another 3,310 Jul 30 calls changed hands. Implied volatility (register to read more …) [...]

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GM adds 47 cents to $29.47 and an investor sold 15,000 Jul 31 calls on the automaker at 31 cents each. The trade was tied to 280K shares at $29.50. August 30 calls are seeing interest as well. 10,660 traded, (register to read more …) [...]

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Ford (F) is down 12 cents to $13.03 and the Jun 13 put on the automaker is almost at-the-money after a 12.7 percent month-to-date skid in shares. The contract expires at the end of the week and 25,885 have traded (register to read more …) [...]

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Ford (F) loses a nickel to $13.96 and 131,000 call options have traded on the automaker. 80 percent of the volume is due to one trader. They sold 35,000 of the January 12.5 calls, which are 11.6 percent in-the-money, at (register to read more …) [...]

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Ford Motor (F) loses a dime to $14.82 and a 4500-contract block of Weekly $15 calls trades ahead of the automakers monthly sales numbers. It traded on the ISE at 8 cents and is an opening customer buyer, according to (register to read more …) [...]

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Tesla Motors (TSLA) gained $1.38 to $28.10 and options volume is approaching 5X the average daily on news the company’s CEO will buy 1.5 million shares and a Daimler affiliate will purchase 644K. The stock buys are part of a (register to read more …) [...]

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GM shares are down 82 cents to $32.22 after the auto-maker reported earnings and revenues that topped analyst estimates. A good report might have been baked in the cake after a ten-day 11.7 percent rally in GM shares. Meanwhile, overall (register to read more …) [...]

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GM touched a new 52-week low Tuesday morning, but is trading up 2 cents to $31.61, as the US automakers are showing some resilience today. Ford (F) has added 4 cents to $14.35. Meanwhile, in GM options action, a three-way (register to read more …) [...]

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Toyota Motors (TM) is off $1.87 to $85.65 and today’s options volume of 5290 calls/2685 puts is 3X the normal volume for the Japanese car maker. Shares had been under pressure prior to the Sendai earthquake. TM has now fallen (register to read more …) [...]

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