Despite the weakness in the broader stock market to start 2014, the CBOE put/call ratio has remained below 1 for every session since October 15th. That’s the longest such streak since late 2001/2002 (the real …
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Full holiday excitement was on exhibit yesterday, with the CBOE composite put/call ratio hitting 0.61, its lowest level since January 2011. 1. FB – Options were actually quite active yesterday, with more than 400k calls trading …
Continue readingDecember is the holiday season. It’s the season of giving, of sleigh bells, of gifts under the tree, of year-end recaps, and of course, the season of the Santa Claus Rally. The rationale behind the …
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We’ve received a number of questions about Twitter options over the last week. Options on TWTR will start trading today on weekly and monthly maturities. A few highlights from Greg Bender of Bloomberg in a …
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Market melt up continues, with the CBOE composite put/call ratio back near the lows of the year. Tech stocks dominated options volumes. FB – Customer bought Jan15 47 puts and sold Jan15 55 calls,for a net …
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Call activity picked up again (CBOE put/call back down to 0.85) as traders reached for upside. QQQ – Trader bought over 70k of the Dec13 81 calls, paying 1.43 on average. QQQ hit a new 10 …
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One of the better performing sub-sectors in 2013 has been the financial exchanges. The CME, ICE, NYX, NDAQ, and CBOE have all advanced more than 30% in 2013. Amazingly, even NYX is up more than …
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Yesterday was the first up day in the DJIA after a 6 day losing streak, its first such streak since July 2012. The SPX index bounced right up to its 50 day moving average around …
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After reading my quick post from regarding JOY’s Q2 earnings tomorrow a friend, who is long the stock a tad higher, asked me for educational purposes what overlays I would add to a long stock …
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JOY, the manufacturer of underground mining equipment is bucking the broad market weakness today (up ~1.4%) in front of their fiscal Q2 earnings report tomorrow morning before the open. The options market is implying …
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