This past weekend Barron’s ran the following story 10 Stocks With Reliable Yields Up to 5.7%. The uniting factor here is that not only do the companies have healthy dividend yields but also the potential for growth. …
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Options volumes were light once again for single stocks, with earnings season gradually winding down. The CBOE composite put/call ratio closed at 0.91. 1. DOW – The Jan15 57.5 calls traded 31,250 for 0.38 at the …
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Realized volatility remains elevated in the S&P 500 index, as it has moved more than 0.5% in either direction on 10 of the last 12 days. 1. YHOO – YHOO gapped higher after a strong earnings …
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Macro ETFs dominated options volumes, as the CBOE composite put/call ratio closed above 1 for only the third time in the past 6 months. 1. SPY – Put/call ratio has averaged about 1.6 over the past …
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Below is a list of some of the more interesting options blocks that traded today: 1. PFE – the Big Pharma company takes the prize for the single largest block of single stock options that traded …
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Below is a list of some of the more interesting options blocks that traded today: 1. DOW – with the stock at new multi-year highs &activists on its heels, calls getting busy. 40,000 Jan15 50 calls are bought for $2.78 to …
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1) AA – prior to last week’s disappointing Q4 results, the stock was trading at the highest levels in almost two years. Today a trader rolled calls up and out by selling 45,000 Jan 10 calls …
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CBOE put/call ratio remained near 3 year lows on Tuesday. The most traded names in single stock space were repeats (DIS, DOW, WMB) from the past week. 1. DIS – The Jan18th 75 calls traded over …
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Last week was the lowest volume week in 2013, and this week is likely to be another snoozer, with New Year’s Day on Wednesday. Friday options volumes were light, but here were the standouts: 1. …
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Calls in Jan14 expiry dominated flows as the S&P 500 index closed at another record. 1. XLF – Seller of more than 150k of the Feb 19 puts at 0.06 in the afternoon. A buyer of …
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