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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Tomorrow morning before the opening HD reports their Q3 results. The options market is implying about a 2.8% one day move vs the 4 qtr avg of about 3.25% and the 8 qtr avg of about …
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Event: HD reports its fiscal Q3 earnings tomorrow morning before the open. The options market is implying about a 3.5% one day move, which is slightly above the 4 qtr avg of about 3.25% and …
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CSCO – stock got drilled today, down nearly 11% on what amounted to disastrous revenue guidance for the current quarter, below the 4% yoy consensus for growth to down 8-10%. Options activity was …
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BAC – A trader sold 125,000 Jan2015 $17 calls at .79 to close, vs the trader buying 4,125,000 shares for 14.45. Open interest in the strike is 194,000. EWJ – The Japanese ETF saw …
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INTC – saw heavy call activity today as it appeared there closing buyers of upside calls. These could have been long holders who had overwritten the stock. Shortly after 11am, a trader bought …
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EEM – The usual suspect was back with his monthly role down and out of puts. A trader sold to close 210k Nov 42.50 Puts at 1.60 and bought 250k of the Dec 41.50 …
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A month ago we put on a trade in HD that looked to take advantage of the technical set-up to sell near term gamma to finance owning long vol in the next earnings month, December. …
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The CBOE composite put/call ratio remained below 1 on Friday Nov 8th. The last time it was at 1 or higher was on October 15th. WFC – Customer sold over 100k of the Jan14 44 calls …
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