Ryland Group (RYL) loses 49 cents to $18.79 and an Apr – May 18 put spread is bought on the homebuilder for 54 cents, 12000X. Open interest in Apr 18 puts is sufficient to cover and the spread might roll (register to read more …) [...]

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Pulte Group (PHM) loses 52 cents to $8.96 and a hefty spread is initiated on the stock after 48,400 Apr 8 puts were sold on the homebuilder at 11 cents and 48,400 May 8 puts bought for 34 cents. The (register to read more …) [...]

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A couple of homebuilding names are the subject of put buying today. Ryland (RYL) has added 3 cents to $18.14 and is up more than 70 percent since September. A shareholder might be looking to hedge recent gains, as 11,271 (register to read more …) [...]

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Pulte Homes (PHM) adds a penny to $6.09 and a 15,884-contract block of Feb 6 puts trades on the homebuilder at 47 cents when the market was 47 to 50 cents. 19,169 now traded against just 9 contracts in open (register to read more …) [...]

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KB Homes (KBH) adds 47 cents to $7.50 and a 21,580-contract block of Jan 7.5 puts trades on the homebuilder at 48 cents when the market was 48 to 50 cents. It might be an opening put seller after data (register to read more …) [...]

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Lennar (LEN), which rallied 9.3 percent yesterday after NAHB reported that its index of homebuilder sentiment jumped to 18 in October from 14 the month before, is up another 2 cents to $15.94 today after data showed Housing Starts up (register to read more …) [...]

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DR Horton (DHI) sees an impressive rally Tuesday. Shares fell to a low of $9.4 early, but are now up $1.06 to $10.60 and moving to new session highs. The stock is up 12.8 percent off its lows of the (register to read more …) [...]

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Pulte Group (PHM) loses 36 cents to $4.01 and 35000 Jan 7.5 calls is sold on the homebuilder at 5 cents. It’s probably a closing trade, as open interest is 41,459 and the second largest position in the name. If (register to read more …) [...]

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KB Homes (KBH) is off 16 cents to $5.91 and 20000 Oct 8 calls are sold on the homebuider at 13 cents per contract. Open interest is 20,310 and so this might be a closing trade. If so, it exits (register to read more …) [...]

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DR Horton (DHI) adds 67 cents to $11.96 after today’s Housing Starts data showed an increase to 629,000 in June, which was up from 549,000 the month before and considerably better than the 570,000 that was expected. In DHI options (register to read more …) [...]

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