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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 [...]
Exelon Corp (EXC) $30.04 -1.35%
Exelon (EXC) is off 41 cents to $30.04 and some players in the options market seem to view today as an EXCellent opportunity to buy Feb 30 puts on the stock. A morning sweep of 3,727 contacts traded for 70 cents and, moments later, another 3,171 for 75 cents. 13,772 now tarded against 1,307 in [...]
WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 01/15/2013
Stock market averages are sporting modest losses, but market breadth is slightly positive. 250 S&P 500 stocks are higher and 245 are lower heading into the final 90 minutes of trading. Economic news was mixed after a report released this morning showed Retail Sales up .5 percent in December and .3 percent more than expected. [...]
Cameco Corporation (CCJ) $21.67 +2.12%
Cameco (CCJ) adds 51 cents to $21.73 in relatively active trading of 1.6 million shares and options volume on the Canadian uranium producer is 3X the daily average, with 8,850 calls and 1,125 puts traded in the name so far. Feb and Mar 22 calls are seeing the bulk of the flow and more than [...]
Put/Call Ratio Leaders* as of 3:01 PM
Symbol Name Puts Calls RealTime P/C Avg P/C PCS MetroPCS Communications Inc 104,764 2,082 50.32 0.67 CPB Campbell Soup Co 2,662 82 32.46 0.43 ASTX Astex Pharmaceuticals Inc 5,162 319 16.18 2.74 SAP SAP AG 3,279 401 8.18 1.84 AXL American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings Inc 2,658 351 7.57 1.33 RRC Range Resources Corp 2,928 [...]
Put/Call Ratio Leaders* as of 12:01 PM
Symbol Name Puts Calls RealTime P/C Avg P/C CPB Campbell Soup Co 2,515 20 125.75 0.43 PCS MetroPCS Communications Inc 30,220 632 47.82 0.67 ASTX Astex Pharmaceuticals Inc 5,002 114 43.88 2.74 ZIOP ZIOPHARM Oncology Inc 3,228 125 25.82 0.68 AXL American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings Inc 2,585 207 12.49 1.33 SCHW Charles Schwab Corporation [...]
VIX Spikes on Cliff Concerns
CBOE Volatility Index (.VIX) has recaptured the 20 level on “cliff” concerns. The S&P 500 Index (.SPX) wavered at the open and then came under fire 25 minutes ago after Senator Harry Reid warned that there isn’t enough time to avoid going over the fiscal cliff. The S&P is down for a fourth day and [...]
Herbalife Ltd (HLF) $37.41 -11.98%
Herblife (HLF) came under pressure Wednesday afternoon and implied volatility in the options on the stock saw an impressive spike after CNBC reported that Pershing’s Bill Ackman is short the stock. Ackman is expected to present his thesis tomorrow morning. Although the company’s CEO is out defending the stock on CNBC and alleging “market manipulation”, [...]
Smith and Wesson Holding Corp (SWHC) $9.55 +0.10%
Smith and Wesson (SWHC) drops 10 cents to $9.45 and came under pressure this afternoon on news a deadly shooting at an elementary in Newton, CT left 27 dead. Shares slipped, along with peer Sturm Ruger, and options volume in SWHC saw an increase in activity as well. Dec 9 puts, which expire at the [...]
Option Volume Leaders as of 4:21 PM
Symbol Name Contracts Calls Puts Spot (Delayed) Spot Chg AAPL Apple Inc 694,438 58.4% 41.6% $541.388 +11.57 BAC Bank of America Corporation 371,648 67.8% 32.2% $10.51 -0.06 AIG American International Group Inc Corp 325,340 69.4% 30.6% $35.26 +1.90 STX Seagate Technology 260,151 91.5% 8.5% $29.03 +0.12 VIAB Viacom Inc 210,353 99.4% 0.6% $54.545 +0.33 ORCL [...]
