Here is some generally directional, untied options activity that caught my eye during Friday’s trading: 1. GE – The largest trade on the day across single stock, etf and index options was a long dated bullish …
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The largest trade on the day across single stock, etf and index options was a long dated bullish trade in GE. When the stock was $25.93 a trader paid .52 for 125,000 of the Jan2017 …
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Two weeks ago we took long exposure in GE looking to play a Dow laggard into what we felt were two potential positive catalysts (analyst day this week and Q4 earnings in Feb). We bought …
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This morning in my Notable Options Activity post I highlighted some short dated put buying in the industrial etf XLI . What I found interesting about XLI is that three of its five largest components (who make …
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In case you missed it, and you probably did, as Fast Money last night went head to head with the U.S. Soccer’s game against Belgium, we had a discussion of what to buy with equities …
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Interesting change in the options market yesterday, as the major indices closed higher, but implied volatility also generally closed higher as well, in contrast to the vol bleed that we have seen over the past …
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Since breaking out above 1900 to new all time highs on May 27th, the SPX has grinded higher by about 2.5% or about 50 points and now sits up 5.5% on the year, up 12% from …
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Back on February 27th I wanted to take a bullish view on GE with the idea that the stock’s underperformance since reporting their Q4 would abate and the stock would play catch up with the …
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After closing at the dead highs for 2013, also a 5 year high, GE has been a fairly dramatic under-performer in 2014, still down about 9% despite the S&P 500 back in the green and …
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The best traders out there have a field day in markets like this, riding the wave, and pressing the trade. If 2013 was a market that made geniuses out of those who just bought …
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