Large Cap Stocks
American Express Company (AXP) $16.21 +1.50%
Seeing interest in American Express (AXP) April 15/10 put spread, now traded 6000X. Shares up 22 cents to $16.19 and looks like a buyer paying $1.35. Possibly closing.
Bank of America Corporation (BAC) $5.84 +5.04%
Two large crosses were excecuted in BAC options this morning, as shares trade up 4.8% near $5.81. 17,500 Feb 4 Puts were crossed for 13 cents, offer-side, likely closing part of the open interest at the strike. 10 mins later a block of 5000 Feb 6 calls were crossed at 65cents, the bid side, between [...]
Newmont Mining Corp Holding Co (NEM) $42.30 +7.50%
Newmont Mining (NEM) is up $2.85 to $42.20 after gold gained $31 to $945.20 an ounce. Recent trades include 2200 March 45/50 call spreads on the ISE. Looks like buyer paid $1.24.
Potash Corp (POT) $89.22 +1.54%
Potash (POT) March 85/70 put spread traded 2700X for $4.70 on the NYSE. POT was smoking early, hitting a high of $90.35. Now up $1.30 to $89.17 in active trading.
Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (RIO) $16.42 +3.99%
Nearly 150,000 puts traded on Vale de Rio Tuesday, with flow concentrated in March downside put strikes. Nearly 50,000 March 14 puts and 30,000 March 12 Puts traded, together creating more than 63,000 contracts of new open interest. Shares closed $1.18 lower, at $15.79, and data shows much of yesterday’s flow involved a roll down [...]
Research in Motion (RIMM) $50.11 -12.15%
RIM (RIMM) is the most actively traded equity options contract early Wed. Shares are trying to hold around $50 (down 12 percent) after the company lowered fourth quarter earnings guidance. Sellers have surfaced in the Feb 60s and buying interest appears to be picking up in the Feb 50s.
Yahoo Inc (YHOO) $12.75 +0.00%
Yahoo (YHOO) is up .9 pecent to $12.87 in pre-market action and calls saw an uptick in activity Tuesday. 98K contracts traded on the session, compared to 18K puts. A lot of the activity was late in the day due to increasing volume in the Feb 10/Mar 11 call spread. It traded 28K times and, [...]
Nike Inc (NKE) $45.05 -5.69%
The day after A-Rod, one of the company’s celebrity endorsers, admitted to steroid use, the news got worse for Nike (P/C Chart, news). After closing down $2.72 to $45.05 in Tuesday’s session, NKE slipped to $44.53 after hours when the company announced that it could cut up to 4 percent of its workforce, or 35,000 [...]
Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (RIO) $15.63 -7.90%
Downside put activity picking up, as shares trade down 7.5% near $15.70. A total of 27,000 March 12 puts have traded today, with the last 7000 trading from 40 to 44cents in the past 15minutes.
Waste Management (WMI) $28.54 -3.25%
Looks like strangle buyers in Waste Management (WMI) January 2010 puts at the 27.5 strike and calls at the 30 strike. 6,400 now traded (12,800 total). Looks like they paid $7.30. Shares are down 87 cents to $23.63 ahead of Feb 12 earnings (before market).
