Here are some apparently directional untied options trades that caught our attention in today’s trading: While WTI Crude has been fairly range-bound, trading between $40 and $50 since late April, the commodity is finding some technical …
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Here was some large possibly directional options trades that caught my eye in today’s trading: GM: Shares of General Motors are having one of their worst days in months, down 4.25% following Q3 results that …
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In case you missed it, Halliburton (HAL) is abandoning their $28 billion take-over offer for competitor Baker Hughes (BHI), when Crude oil was 40% higher near $75. It’s interesting that BHI is basically trading at the levels where it …
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The Department of Justice is attempting to put the kibosh on Haliburton’s (HAL) $34 billion deal announced in November 2014 to Buy competitor Baker Hughes (BHI) back when crude oil was $75 a barrel. Shares …
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Last night on CNBC’s Fast Money we discussed some yet to close large m&a deals announced this past year, where the target is trading well below the typical “closing risk” discount: I was asked to weigh …
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In July we entered a bearish defined risk trade in SLB with the thought that it was likely to test its recent lows with little chance for a reversal in crude oil on the horizon …
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Overall market volumes were quite subdued to start the holiday week. Tech stocks saw the most options volumes as the Nasdaq was a leader. 1. IBM – Dan discussed the back and forth action in IBM …
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HAL has had a very steep fall from grace in the past 4 months, going from an all-time high of $74.33 on July 23rd to yesterday’s intraday low of $47.74, just a touch above the …
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Another low volume, tight range trading session. 10 day realized volatility in the S&P 500 index hit 2.5, its lowest level of the past decade. 1. MSFT – Most of the call volume in MSFT was …
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Options volumes were very light on Friday. In fact, it was one of the lightest days of 2014 for options, a reflection of the very low level of realized volatility (10 day realized volatility in …
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