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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 [...]
McGraw Hill (MHP) Meltdown, Vols Spike
McGraw Hills (MHP) is under fire and implied volatility in the options on the stock is up sharply on news its S&P unit is likely to face civil charges related to mortgage-bond ratings. Moody’s shares are also under fire (see MCO color) and MHP dropped $7.79 to $50.55 on heavy turnover of more than 12 [...]
Moodys Corp (MCO) $51.20 -7.50%
Moodys Corp is seeing very heavy option volume and a large spike in implied volatilty as shares trade down nearly 8% on news that peer S&P may be sued over mortgage bond ratings prior to the 2008 financial crisis. Nearly 11,000 MCO puts have traded, 24x normal, vs 1400 calls, with most of the volume [...]
Put/Call Ratio Leaders* as of 3:01 PM
Symbol Name Puts Calls RealTime P/C Avg P/C MCO Moodys Corp 10,024 677 14.81 4.34 MHP McGraw Hill Companies Inc 4,698 346 13.58 0.37 SKS Saks Inc 3,365 284 11.85 0.81 GES Guess Inc 5,818 664 8.76 0.38 KMB Kimberly Clark Corp 5,679 857 6.63 1.32 COF Capital One Financial Corporation 7,651 1,195 6.40 0.87 [...]
WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 01/23/2013
Stock market averages are holding gains with help from big earnings movers. Overseas action was mixed and trading is lackluster in the commodities market. Crude oil is down $1.29 to $95.39 and gold shed $7.2 to $1686. It was a light news day on the economic front and headlines that the House voted in favor [...]
WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 01/09/2013
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is about midway in today’s range and, after rallying on Alcoa’s earnings early, drifted rather aimlessly in the afternoon session. The aluminum-maker unofficially kicked off the earnings reporting season with better-than-expected results and upbeat comments about aluminum pricing. Yet, more important earnings releases aren’t due out until next week and [...]
WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 01/04/2013
Market action was mixed through midday, but buying interest surfaced late in the day and market averages are probing session highs. The employment situation was in focus early after the Labor Department said the US economy added 155K jobs last month and the unemployment rate was steady at 7.8 percent. The numbers were mostly in-line [...]
WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 01/03/2013
Stock market averages are modestly lower after the big gains to start the New Year Wednesday. Some of the focus shifted to the jobs situation early after ADP reported that the economy added 215K private sector payrolls last month. Economists were expecting 160K. However, the Labor Department reported that jobless claims increased by 10K to [...]
Put/Call Ratio Leaders* as of 3:01 PM
Symbol Name Puts Calls RealTime P/C Avg P/C LM Legg Mason Inc 6,709 61 109.98 9.72 MCO Moodys Corp 4,444 112 39.68 4.51 NFX Newfield Exploration Co 17,198 445 38.65 0.50 MAT Mattel Inc 11,101 321 34.58 1.11 IBKR Interactive Brokers Group Inc 7,534 363 20.75 1.93 RTN Raytheon Co 16,694 1,172 14.24 0.51 GD [...]
Put/Call Ratio Leaders* as of 12:01 PM
Symbol Name Puts Calls RealTime P/C Avg P/C LM Legg Mason Inc 6,574 42 156.52 9.72 MCO Moodys Corp 4,003 56 71.48 4.51 MAT Mattel Inc 10,974 173 63.43 1.11 NFX Newfield Exploration Co 17,146 373 45.97 0.50 IBKR Interactive Brokers Group Inc 7,534 233 32.33 1.93 GCI Gannett Co Inc 2,837 140 20.26 1.80 [...]
