Expectations for a Fed Funds rate increase at the November 2nd FOMC meeting aren’t particularity high at only about a 19%. For all intents and purposes, this might as well be zero, especially just 6 days …
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Here is some apparently directional untied options activity that caught my eye in today’s trading: DLTR: Shares of the dollar store are down 22% from their all time highs made in mid August, and having …
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On the open today Whole Foods (WFM) was trading within 1% of its 52 week and 5 year low. Then take-over chatter caused a 5% rip: To suggest the technical set up in WFM is …
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Allergan (AGN) has been involved in a couple of take-over dramas over the last few years. First in 2014 avoiding what would have been nearly certain death warding off Valeant (VRX) and agreeing to be …
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EWW , the iShares Mexico etf , saw unusual call volume today, about 10x average daily, and equaling about 50% of the current call open interest. Most of the volume came in two trades, one …
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Media reports that Qualcomm (QCOM) is in talks to acquire NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) for $30 billion sent the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (SOX) up nearly 3% in a straight line, as NXPI ripped 15% and QCOM …
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Here are a few apparently directional options trades that caught my eye in today’s trading: XLK: There appeared to be an opening bullish bet in the S&P Technology Select etf when the etf was trading $47.70, …
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We use this post to highlight unusual activity, especially what we perceive to be directional. We don’t suggest that this activity can be useful in making any investment/trading decisions about the underlying (i.e. blindly following …
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Here was some (apparently) untied directional options trades that caught my eye in today’s trading: BABA: the Chinese eCommerce giant Alibaba apparently has a date with its prior all time high near $120 (from late …
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Here is some untied apparently directional options activity that caught my eye in today’s trading: INTC: yesterday in this post I highlighted some out of the money call buying in November expiration (here), and today …
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