**Flow Monitor**
Huge Call Spread in VIX, Bullish Trading in DELL
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Mini Options on Apple (AAPL), Others to Begin Trading
The new 10-share MINI options on AAPL, AMZN, GOOG, SPY and GLD start trading Monday. Penny increments for all except GOOG which will trade in nickels. Expiries will match all ‘big’ listed terms but strikes may be differ. There is no fungibility between big and mini options at OCC but expiry procedures and all other [...]
Flow Monitor Tip — 03/16/2013
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Real-Time Put/Call Ratios
It’s very easy to get the latest put-to-call ratio for any stock using WhatsTrading.com’s Real-time Low Monitor. Enter a symbol and then press Enter. Then Select menu option to and hit Enter. Try Real-time Flow Monitor and get the latest options alerts for only $7 — HERE.
Gearing up for Earnings
Earnings season is upon us and you can see how players are positioning for earnings moves using symbol @earnings in Flow Monitor and then looking at the most actives. It will show you the most active options for companies that are due to report earnings this afternoon or tomorrow morning. Since the earnings calendar is [...]
Unusual Volume Alerts — Monday Spike
While overall options volumes are light today and projected to be less than 13 million contracts on the session, we’re seeing an interesting spike in the number of unusual volume alerts. Total volume is about 3.8 million calls and 3.3 million puts. Below is a list of names that have seen unusual volume alerts through [...]
Welcome
Welcome to the new Premium subscribers from over the weekend. Thanks for your support! We’re likely to see an uptick in VIX this morning, as S&P futures are ticking lower amid volatility in global financial markets Monday — especially the currency markets. EUR/USD is the key pair to watch, but the USD/YEN is seeing an [...]
Flow Monitor — @IVHIGH
@IVHIGH in the Flow Monitor is a symbol that will give you current options that are seeing levels of implied volatility moving to 52-week highs. If you try it today and look at the most actives, you see ESRX is on the list. Notice, the most actives: it’s probably a three-way spread. Basically, the strategist [...]
Another Symbol for Flow Monitor — @smallcap
Try symbol @smallcap in Flow Monitor and you can see some small cap names seeing unusual volume today (menu option 4). These names are sometimes moving or about to move!
