Darden Restaurants (DRI) sees a midday spike and is up $4.11 to $55.62 on heavy turnover of 4 million shares. Options volume is 25X the daily average, being driven by May, June and July 55 call buyers. 17,000 calls and (register to read more …) [...]

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Dunkin Brands (DNKN), which gained 2.7 percent and moved to new 52-week highs on earnings news yesterday, is up 16 cents to $32.73. Morning options trades on the stock include a 1600-lot and a 1,000-lot of Jun 30 puts for (register to read more …) [...]

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Darden Restaurants (DRI) is down and implied volatility in the options on the stock is up after the company issued a warning for the second quarter and full year. Shares are off $5.50 to $42.23. Options volume is 15,000 puts (register to read more …) [...]

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Krispy Kreme is seeing Notably bullish option flow in front of Wednesday’s post-close earnings release. 3700 calls on the tape by 11am (vs 3 puts) and the focus is on the Dec 7.5 strike, where buyers have paid up to (register to read more …) [...]

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Mmmmmm donuts… Krispy Kreme call volume of nearly 3700 contracts (vs 50puts) is well above average for the name and is dominated by Feb 5 calls, currently 32% in the money and trading for an avg price near $2.48. (register to read more …) [...]

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Starbuck’s (SBUX) adds 94 cents to $40.42 and the top options trade on the stock today is a 3560-contract block of Oct 40 puts at $1.59 on ISE when the market was $1.59 to $1.62. Sentiment data indicate a customer (register to read more …) [...]

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Starbuck’s (SBUX) is up $1.32 to $39.08 and put options are brewing on the stock today. 18,000 contracts so far. Typical volume is 5,930 and 7,000 calls traded in the name. The top trade is a part of a spread, (register to read more …) [...]

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Some optimism is brewing in Starbuck’s (SBUX) ahead of earnings. Shares are up $1.08 to $40.05 after Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR) surged 16.6 percent on better-than-expected results today. Options on Starbucks are actively traded as well. 36,000 calls and (register to read more …) [...]

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Cracker Barrel (CBRL) is under fire today after the restaurant chain reported disappointing third quarter results and guided estimates lower for the fourth quarter. Shares are down $5.5 to $47.64. Today’s options volume of 1,700 puts and 385 calls is (register to read more …) [...]

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Peets Coffee (PEET) adds 96 cents to $46.97 and the Jun 50 – 55 call spread trades at $1.75, 500X, and 420X. More than 1000 in both contracts now traded and looks like opening activity. Shares rallied 9.4 percent yesterday (register to read more …) [...]

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