Ya’all know whats going in Japan regarding decades of failed monetary policy, and the recent introduction of negative interest rates. Abenomics seems like sooo 2012/2013 at this point, and it seems whatever the BOJ says …
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Here is some generally directional, untied options activity that caught my eye during Wednesday’s trading: 1. CSX – continues to see bullish options flow, when the stock was $36.15 a trader sold to open 8,000 May 33 …
Continue readingThe S&P 500 index stopped just short of a new high on Friday, but optimism was back in vogue. The CBOE composite put/call ratio closed at 0.76, its lowest level since Aug. 21st. 1. EWJ …
Continue reading1. BBRY – the stock continues to avoid its inevitable demise, now trading up some 57% from the December lows. One trader sees the $6 level as a sort of line in the sand and …
Continue readingSingle stock options blocks ruled the unusual activity on what was a volatile session in the morning, only to spend the afternoon praying for the weekend to come. AAPL: the three most actively traded single …
Continue readingSingle stocks ruled the large options block trades today, on what was a generally sideways day. JCP : stock is up more than 10% this week, the options flow has been fairly mixed but heavy. In …
Continue readingSlow creep up all day, at times it felt like watching paint dry, but there were a few large options trades of interest: EWJ: large roll in the 11 strike puts, a trader Sells 50k Sept …
Continue readingOn the lowest volume day in the SPY since May 6th, most option volume was concentrated in ETFs. GDX – Large buyer of the GDX Aug 24 puts, paying 1.25 average price for over 110k throughout …
Continue readingOn the fourth straight day of gains for the SPX, calls continued to see more interest in the options market. AAPL – Call to put ratio was at 1.2, with the weekly 525 puts and …
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