In a shift compared to most of 2014, overnight price action was characterized by a rally in China, specifically the Shanghai Composite, up almost 3%. The Hang Seng was up more than 1%, while Japan …
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The second day of the week saw the second consecutive rally day for global equities, the first such streak in more than a week. Emerging market etf flow dominated the action in the options markets. …
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China continues to be a potential risk factor in the background of a benign market environment for U.S. stocks. Retail sales and industrial production data releases overnight both missed expectations. A 10 year chart of …
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Here is a list of the some of the large options flow that caught our eye in an otherwise quiet day on a volume basis: 1. GM – had one of its worst days in …
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In a day that saw generally risk off activity, there was some interesting options activity that suggested some market participants were closing bearish bets or monetizing hedges in ETFs and Index options that dominated most …
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Here is a list of the some of the most interesting untied options activity from today: 1. EEM – volumes continue to run hot, with today’s volume almost 1.5x avg daily volume, but what stuck …
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ETFs were much more active on Wednesday relative to single stock options. Stock volumes also hit their highest level since February 7th, which was Payrolls Friday, and VIX spot closed at its highest level since …
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1. BAC – stock broke out to a new 52 week high today, now up almost 13% from the Nov 7th lows of this month. The most active options line was the Jan 15 calls …
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1. EBAY – the stock had its worst day in a month, quickly touching a very important technical support level at $50, a number it has bounced off of on 5 occasions this year. About …
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1. VIX – 2 massive trades on an otherwise quiet day that saw the VIX rise to the highest levels in more than a week. Shortly after 10am when the index was 12.91, a trader …
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