Here is some generally directional, untied options activity that caught my eye during Thursday’s trading: 1. MCD – saw a bullish roll. When the stock was 96 a trader sold to close 43,000 March 97 calls at …
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Yesterday shortly after the open I highlighted in Quick Hits a large block of short dated puts that were bought on Mosiac (MOS): Mar 4 2015, 9:55 AM Dan: MOS seeing some opening put buying,when …
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As the commodity sector gets hit one by one, starting with coal producers, then oil drillers, then precious metals miners, there is one sector that has gotten less press than the others – agriculture. Crop …
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While the broader market has embraced a confident, optimistic bent in 2013, fertilizer companies have been mired in a swamp of pessimism. The major trouble hit in late July when the Russian-Belarussian potash cartel announced …
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Single 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 …
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Single 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 …
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Slow 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 …
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CF is slightly higher from when we initiated a call butterfly ahead of earnings about 2 weeks ago. In that time, CF has actually been in a very tight range, between 185 and 192 for …
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I previewed CF earnings yesterday (below – report is after the close today). The stock piqued my interest after Dan Loeb’s Third Point announced a stake last Monday, and then the potash cartel broke up …
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Event: CF reports their fiscal Q2 earnings on August 6th after the close. The options market is implying about a 4.25% one day move, which is above the 4 qtr avg of about 2.25% and …
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