The downward volatility we’ve seen in the last year or so in emerging market equity and debt, precious metals, industrial commodities and finally us equities and bond yields has typically been blamed on weak demand …
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Below is our list of the most interesting untied stock, etf and index options activity on the day: 1. INTC – a trader sold 25,000 Jan 15 30/32 call spreads at .21 to close. 2. COH …
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Macro themes continued to dominate the options flow, but there was an interesting seller of premium, likely a large holder looking to add yield to existing longs. Below is our list of the most interesting …
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Our list of the most interesting untied stock, etf and index options activity on the day: 1. EBAY – Stock had a wild ride today, closing up a tad after trading up more than 10% …
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1. EEM – there was a massive closing seller in Dec puts shortly before noon, could have been part of a roll that we have become accustomed to seeing early in the month, where a trader …
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Facebook dominated options volumes following the company’s Q3 results and guidance which left investors a bit clueless to say the least. The stock this morning opened down 5% and then rocked to be up almost …
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I am no economist, and certainly no expert on China, but the recent sprinkle of better than expected manufacturing data has caused many market participants to summarily dismiss the dreaded hard landing scenario for the planet’s second …
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Last week’s price action in the SPX , down about 1.8%, capping an almost 4.5% decline from the Aug 2nd all time high had the makings to the be the start of something real, despite …
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