Microsoft (MSFT, news, chart, volatility) call options are actively traded. 88,000 traded, compared to 23,000 puts. Jan 24 and April 21 calls are the most actives after a firm bought 4,370 Jan 22.5 (register to read more …)
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Microsoft (MSFT, news, chart, volatility) call options are actively traded. 88,000 traded, compared to 23,000 puts. Jan 24 and April 21 calls are the most actives after a firm bought 4,370 Jan 22.5 (register to read more …)
Looks like an investor is accumulating Cadence Design Systems (CDNS, news, chart, volatility) May 2.5 calls today. 10,000 have traded. The top trade is 6,000 at the offer for $1.60. The rest of (register to read more …)
Cerner (CERN, news, chart, volatility) shares are up 70 cents to $38.95 and June options are actively traded Wednesday. 10,000 June 42.5 calls recently hit on the bid for $3.30 while two blocks (register to read more …)
Interesting flow in Quality Systems (QSII, news, chart, volatility) this morning, with hundreds of small lot trades in the Jan 45 and 50 calls. Flow suggests a vertical spreads being sold for $1.
ADBE Calls on Adobe Systems have traded nearly 9x their normal volume several large spreads suggesting a roll of short calls from Jan to Feb expiry. Around 1pm a customer collected 92.5 cents by selling 4400 Feb 22.5 calls (register to read more …)
Akamai AKAM, news, chart, volatility) puts were actively traded Friday. 8,440 traded, compared to only 300 calls. Feb, Jan, and May puts at the 15 strike all saw increases in open interest and, (register to read more …)
Symantec (SYMC, news, chart, volatility) February 15 calls are actively traded. More than 6,000 have traded, compared to open interest of 68. Recent trades include a sweep of 5,000 contracts on the offer (register to read more …)
Microsoft (MSFT, news, chart, volatility) is up 25 cents to $19.43 after Oppenheimer said that recent talk of headcount reductions could boost earnings per share by 10 cents. It would be viewed as (register to read more …)

CNDS May 5 Put Open Interest (one-month)
Cadence Design Systems (CDNS, news, chart, volatility) May 5 puts have seen two days of increasing (register to read more …)
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