Personal & Household Goods
TiVo Inc (TIVO) $9.44 -0.11%
TIVO trades down a nickel to $9.40 and 40000 calls traded in the name so far. A lot of the action is being driven by May call spreads. The May 10 – 15 call spread trades at $1.05, 2000X and 1324X. The May 11 – 17.5 call spread trades at $1.10, 4000X and $1.175, 1800X. [...]
Lorillard Inc (LO) $78.18 +0.26%
Lorillard (LOW) adds 25 cents to $78.23, the day after the FDA said menthol doesn’t add to smoker risk. Shares rallied on the news yesterday and are building on the gains today. In options action, morning trades include a Mar 75 – April 65 put spread, at $1.68, 5000X on ISE. Sentiment data indicate that [...]
Lorillard Inc (LO) $79.18 +3.14%
Lorillard (LO) is trading up 3.2 percent to $79.24 after the FDA said that menthol doesn’t raise smoker risk. In options action, activity is being seen in Mar 70 – 75 put spreads and April 55 – 70 put spreads, traded on the ISE. The March spread traded 4080X at 80 cents and the April [...]
LeapFrog Enterprises Inc (LF) $4.50 +6.13%
LeapFrog Wireless (LF) leaps 25 cents higher, to $4.49, and call options are seeing interest today afer Piper Jaffray said MGA Entertaiment has expressed interest in LF. — Fly on the Wall. June 5 calls are the msost actives. 1,053 traded (96 percent ask), Mar 5 and 7.5 calls are seeing interest as well. Implied [...]
Hanesbrands Inc (HBI) $25.16 +1.15%
Hanesbrands (HBI) adds 24 cents to $25.12 and options volume is 6.5X the 22-day average, being driven by March 25 call buyers. The top trade is a 1729-contract block at $1.15 on ISE and an opening customer buyer, according to data from the exchange. 3,812 traded vs. 112 in open interest. Implied volatility is up [...]
Newell Rubbermaid Inc (NWL) $19.84 -0.45%
Newell Rubbermaid (NWL) loses a dime to $19.83 and one investor buys 3,000 Mar 20 calls at 45 cents each. 6,470 now traded (93 percent Ask) vs. 528 in open interest. Implied volatility is up 4 percent to 24, as some investors appear to be looking for additional upside in NWL in the weeks ahead. [...]
Garmin Ltd (GRMN) $32.86 +0.86%
Bullish flow detected in Garmin (GRMN), with 4195 calls trading, or 2x the recent avg daily call volume in the name. Shares are up 26 cents to $32.84 and speculators are focused on the Feb 33, 34 calls amid takeover speculation — Briefing.
LeapFrog Enterprises Inc (LF) $4.75 +10.47%
Leap Frog (LF) traded down to $4.18 early, but then leapt to a high of $4.63 on a Reuters report that Mattel (MAT) or Hasbro (HAS) might be interested in the company. Shares are up 20 cents to $4.50 and the top options trade is a lot of 141 Feb 5 calls at 15 cents. [...]
Eastman Kodak Co (EK) $3.65 +0.27%
Eastman Kodak (EK) adds 4 cents to $3.68 and options volume in the first fifteen minutes of trading today includes 8,970 calls and 111 puts. A recent multi-exchange sweep of 2,158 Feb 4 calls recently traded at 7 cents and above the 6-cent ask price. 7,134 traded. Another 1,165 Mar 4 calls changed hands (99 [...]
Activision Blizzard Inc (ATVI) $11.72 +0.69%
Activision Blizzard (ATVI) is up a nickel to $11.69 and call activity is picking up in the video game maker today. The top trade is 544 Mar 13s at 12 cents on ISE. It was part of a multi-exchange sweep of 2,500 and an opening buyer, according to ISEE data. 3,420 traded. Another 1,922 Feb [...]
