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WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 05/20/2013
With no economic data or earnings of broad market significance, it was a slow news day Monday morning. Gold and Silver saw intraday spikes, however. Some traders think it was related to a Bloomberg story that Moody’s might cut US credit rating in 2013 (LINK). For whatever reason, the metals, which were pummeled overnight, are [...]
WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 05/17/2013
Stock market averages opened higher and held the gains through economic data, then rangebound action returned. The Univ of Michigan Sentiment Index for mid-May and the List of Leading Indicators for April were both released during market hours this morning, and both were better than expected. Steady trading across much of Asia and Europe also [...]
WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 04/30/2013
Stock market averages erased morning losses and are holding modest gains through midday Tuesday. Data released early motivated a bit of market weakness after Chicago PMI came in at 49 for April, from 52.4 and below expectations of 52. However, a surprise uptick in Consumer Confidence helped offset worries about manufacturing, after the Conference Board’s [...]
WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 04/29/2013
Stock market averages are holding solid gains, but there’s not much news flow and very light volume behind the move. Pending Home Sales were up 1.5 percent and that was 1.4 percent more than expected. Personal Incomes and Spending rose .2 percent and .2 percent in March, which was mostly in-line with expectations. European equity [...]
WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 04/11/2013
Trading is mixed late-Thursday. The tech-heavy NASDAQ is in the red after IDC said that global PC shipments fell 13.9 percent last quarter. However, gains across most of Asian and European markets, as well as a substantial drop in jobless claims last week (seasonal quirk that adjusts the big jump the week before), helped offset [...]
WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 04/09/2013
Microsoft (MSFT) and Intel (INTC) are leading the Dow to a 90-point gain Tuesday. MSFT rallied 3.7 percent to $29.63 in brisk trading of 45 million shares. The move is leaving many scratching their heads, as there is no immediate news to explain the strength. Meanwhile, 160K calls and 62K puts traded in the name. [...]
Option Volume Leaders as of 4:21 PM
Symbol Name Contracts Calls Puts Spot (Delayed) Spot Chg AAPL Apple Inc 299,210 55.4% 44.6% $426.21 +3.01 BAC Bank of America Corporation 224,550 70.0% 30.0% $12.21 +0.24 C Citigroup Inc 115,449 64.1% 35.9% $43.56 +0.55 AIG American International Group Inc Corp 98,462 58.3% 41.7% $40.09 +1.47 FB Facebook Inc 97,115 64.7% 35.3% $26.849 -0.54 BBY [...]
WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 04/08/2013
Stock market averages are holding modest gains in very slow trading late-Monday. Trading was cautious early ahead of the earnings reporting season and after jobs data sent stocks sliding Friday. Alcoa (AA) unofficially kicks off the earnings reporting-season after the close, but the floodgate on Q1 reports doesn’t begin until next week. No economic data [...]
Option Volume Leaders as of 11:01 AM
Symbol Name Contracts Calls Puts Spot (Delayed) Spot Chg AAPL Apple Inc 121,154 53.8% 46.2% $425.24 +2.04 BAC Bank of America Corporation 75,305 58.0% 42.0% $11.975 +0.01 BBY Best Buy Company 59,498 71.7% 28.3% $25.01 -0.44 GOOG Google Inc 43,900 46.4% 53.6% $770.8 -12.25 FB Facebook Inc 43,248 67.7% 32.3% $26.88 -0.51 C Citigroup Inc [...]
Best Buy Company (BBY) $24.87 -2.28%
Best Buy (BBY) hit new 52-week highs early, but is now down 66 cents to $24.79 and one investor sold 9700 May 25 calls on the electronics retailer at $1.49 and bought 12,000 May 26 calls for $1.13. The activity in the May 26 calls looks opening and the May 25s might cover positions opened [...]
