We have a couple of individual stock short delta trades I wanted to check in on and talk about how we’re managing them.
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On this Monday’s Fast Money on CNBC we started off the conversation talking about Apple (AAPL) nearing the $800 billion market cap mark, and what I believe is sentiment towards the shares that is quickly approaching …
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Here is some generally directional, untied options activity that caught my eye during Tuesday’s trading: 1. SPY – the S&P 500 closed at a new all time high today, and despite total options volume running …
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A couple weeks ago we placed a bearish trade in MU on the heels of some very bearish options flow into the SMH and what we felt was waning momentum and poor technicals in MU, …
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This morning in my Notable Options post, I highlighted some pretty heavy put activity in the Market Vectors Semiconductor etf (SMH): SMH – saw bearish flow, when the Semiconductor etf was $55.64, a trader paid …
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Micron (MU) reports their fiscal Q1 results tonight after the close. The options market is implying about a 7% move between now and Friday’s close, the Jan 9th weekly 33.50 straddle (stock ref $33.50) is …
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Relatively light volume day on Monday ahead of the busy event schedule for the balance of the week (see yesterday’s The Week Ahead post for more details). The CBOE composite put/call ratio closed at 0.83, …
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SPY options and VIX options dominated volumes once again, though the CBOE put/call ratio fell back down to 1.05 from Friday’s 5 year high of 1.54. 1. SPY – The S&P 500 found intraday resistance near …
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SPY options volumes were very active on Friday as implied volatility spiked in the last few hours of the session. 30 day implied volatility in SPY is now right at the 2 year high from …
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Single stock options moved back to the forefront as realized volatility in the major indices has been quite light in the past week. 1. INTC – The Oct 36 calls traded 45k for 0.34 at the …
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