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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Pulte Group (PHM) adds 12 cents to $7.64 and recent trades in the home builder include a 9765-contract block of Jul 7 puts on the 9-cent bid. It might be a closing trade. Open interest is 64,760 and the largest (register to read more …) [...]

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KB Homes (KBH) adds 67 cents to $15.92 on a good day for the builders after data showed New Home Sales up to an annual rate of 329K in December, from 280K the month before and better than the 300K (register to read more …) [...]

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Pulte Homes (PHM) adds four cents to $8.76 and Nov 9 calls are trading on the 48-cent bid this morning (bid-ask was 48 to 53 cents). Looks like opening call writers, with more than 10,100 traded (94 percent bid) and (register to read more …) [...]

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