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WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 01/30/2013
Stock market averages have pulled back a bit on disappointing economic news and after Fed officials maintained their pledge for additional bond purchases. Early economic news showed Gross Domestic Product unexpectedly declining at an annual rate of .1 percent in Q4. The decline marks the first quarter of contraction in several years and dumfounded, befuddled, [...]
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 [...]
E Trade Financial Corporation (ETFC) $9.85 +0.82%
Etrade (ETFC) ticks 10 cents higher to $9.87 and it looks like a Feb 10 straddle is sold on the online broker at 88 cents, 15000X to open. It might be tied to stock, as several blocks of shares, totaling more than 750K have traded today. Etrade will release earnings on Jan 24. 30-day ATM [...]
Charles Schwab Corporation (SCHW) $15.21 -0.43%
Schwab (SCHW) is off 6 cents to $15.24 and optoins volume on the discount broker is running 3.5X the daily average ahead of earnings. Feb 15 puts are the most active in the name. 5,030 traded against 172 in open interest and most of the flow is driven by a buyer of 4900 contracts for [...]
Press Event Fuels Facebook Inc (FB) Frenzy
Facebook (FB) is up $1.21 to $30.27 and its best levels since July amid a flurry of activity after the company scheduled a press event next week. The WSJ apparently broke the story this morning (HERE) and the report fueled a wide range of speculation about what the company might say, ranging from unveiling a [...]
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 [...]
Charles Schwab Corporation (SCHW) $15.39 +2.22%
Charles Schwab (SCHW) is up 26 cents to $15.43 and new 52-week highs on heavy volume of almost 10 million shares. Players in the options market are talking to Chuck as well. Call volume outpaces put activity by a ratio of ten-to-one, as 5,200 call options and 520 puts traded on the discount broker. Jan, [...]
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 [...]
