Options volume stats are interesting through midday, as 4.2 million puts and 4.1 million calls have traded so far. Higher volume in puts, relative to calls, strays from the recent pattern. The increase appears to be driven by action in (register to read more …) [...]

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A note to Premium subscribers: You have access to additional updates using Flow Monitor. These are automatically generated alerts based on trading activity and are triggered when call or put volume reaches a specific threshold. Here are some examples (register to read more …) [...]

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If you want to take a closer look at the options action in a specific name, use the Flow Monitor to see the Most Actives (Menu Option 4). For example, take a look in the Bearish Flow Table to the (register to read more …) [...]

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The Flow Monitor tool provides real-time options updates. Start by entering a ticker symbol and then select from a menu of commands. In addition, you can also (register to read more …) [...]

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Select Sector Basic Materials (XLB) with a four way trade yesterday that looked a lot like an iron butterfly — selling the June 32 straddle to buy the June 29 – 35 strangle, 10000X. However, looking at today’s open interest, (register to read more …) [...]

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Sorry, a little glitch this morning due to the Daylight Savings time change. Some of the updates are appearing multiple times. It should be fixed now. Sorry for the inconvenience. (Premium subscribers use ticker symbol @all and then 1 in (register to read more …) [...]

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A handful of restaurants are seeing bearish flow today. Darden Restaurants (DRI) is down 24 cents to $42.04 and 2770 Mar 41 puts traded (100 percent Ask). Brinker (EAT) is down 24 cents to $19.76 and 2213 April 17.5 puts (register to read more …) [...]

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Sequenom (SQNM) is up 56 cents to $5.89 and directional sentiment in the options market seems somewhat bullish, with 9750 calls and 1600 puts traded. Mar, April, June 7s are the most actives. Mar 6 calls are seeing interest as (register to read more …) [...]

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Type @all into the box and hit enter. Then, type 4 to see the day’s 10 most active options. Then, type the + sign and hit enter, to see the next ten. You can do this five times to see (register to read more …) [...]

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If you type @all into the Flow Monitor, a list of menu options appear. Type 1, hit enter, and you see all the color for today. It will include some stories that are not posted to the blog. EQIX is (register to read more …) [...]

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