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WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 05/13/2013
Stock market averages are modestly lower, but volume is light and action has been rangebound thus far. The only significant stat of the day showed Retail Sales up .1 percent in April and better than the .3 percent decline that was expected. But, trading was sluggish across the Eurozone. Crude oil lost 50 cents to [...]
CBOE Sees Call Buying on Heels of Supreme Court Decision
CBOE Holdings adds 47 cents to $39.78, new record highs, and a sweep of 500 May 40 calls trades on the stock for 30 cents, followed by another 500 for 34 cents. 1,084 now traded against 202 in open interest. Jun 28.25, Sep 40 and Sep 35 calls on CBOE Holdings are seeing interest as [...]
Buyers Seize Sprint Nextel (S) Puts
Sprint (S) is off 7 cents to $7.29 and $7 puts on the stock (expiring 5/31) are the most actively traded equity options contract in the first thirty minutes of market action Monday. 9,100 contracts have changed hands. Open interest is sufficient to cover, but some investors are possibly buying the contract on concerns the [...]
JP Morgan Chase and Company (JPM) Draws May Put Buyers
JP Morgan (JPM) drops 26 cents to $48.78 and May 48 puts on the bank are seeing interest today. Recent trades included a 10626-lot for 26 cents per contract when the market was 24 to 26 cents. A 12,000-lot traded earlier today for 27 cents per contract. More than 27K now changed hands against 36,333 [...]
Big Print in CBOE Volatility Index (.VIX) Before the Weekend
CBOE Volatility Index (.VIX) is up .05 to 13.18 and a substantial four-way spread trades on the index. 73,000 June 18 – 25 call spreads traded on VIX at 70 cents and 75000 Aug 18 – 24 call spreads for about $1.12. The August spread was bought-to-open. The activity in June probably covers a position [...]
SPDR S&P 500 [JUMBO] (SPY/1K) $163.31 +0.26%
May-13 160.5 C (Jumbo).. Boston Options exchange is rolling out the jumbos no SPY today. this is only a test…
DANG: Unusual Options Activity
Ecommerce China DangDang (DANG) is up 5 percent to $4.56 and in the midst of a DANG one-week 20.9 percent rally. Trading is heavy, with more than 2.3 million DANG shares trading. Meanwhile, there’s an uptick in DANG options activity as well. 6,350 DANG puts and only 200 DANG puts so far. The flow is [...]
Big Move in Barnes and Noble (BKS) Draws Call Buyers
Barnes and Noble (BKS) gapped higher at the open and is up $2.70 to $20.47 on surging volume of 9 million shares after Microsoft (MSFT) said it wants to buy the bookseller’s digital assets of Nook media and a college book joint venture for $1 billion. Options on BKS are seeing brisk trading as well. [...]
Early Birds Like Baidu (BIDU) Call Options
Baidu (BIDU) sees early call buying Wednesday. Shares of the Chinese Internet company are up 99 cents to $90.29 and making a move above an 50-day moving average, on no news. Meanwhile, Weekly 92.5 calls, which expire 5/24, are the most active in BIDU. 2,195 traded against 1,706 in open interest. May 92.5 and Weekly [...]
Gold, Miners (GDX) Back Under Pressure
Rough day for the miners, as the Market Vectors Gold Miner ETF (GDX) drops 3 percent to $28.80. Gold is back under pressure and recently down $25 to $1443. Options on GDX are busy as well. 52,000 puts and 12,000 calls so far. One player bought 12,000 Jun 27 puts on the fund for an [...]
