Despite the overnight weakness in Asia, our equity markets found their footing right out of the gates after yesterday’s 2% drubbing. Below is a list of some untied single stock options trades that caught our …
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On a day that saw heavy selling across all the major indices including the Nasdaq’s worst day since 2011, these were some large options trades that caught our attention: 1. VIX – Huge roll in calls, trader …
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Macro instruments dominated options volumes once again on Friday, and the VIX closed at its highest level since early October. 1. VIX – Seller of 120k of the Feb 16/20 call spread at 1.10 to close …
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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 readingIn the past week, there have been a spate of upgrades in the housing sector following decent earnings numbers from DHI and PHM. Homebuilders have rocketed higher from their lowest levels in 2013, and are …
Continue readingTOL reports their fiscal Q4 earnings tomorrow morning before the bell. The options market is implying about a 3% move, which is a bit shy of the 4 quarter avg. move of about 3.5%. TOL has …
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