The continuation of the sell off in Biotech and large Pharma stocks could not have come at worse time for most investors, a week before what had otherwise been a stellar year for the sector. Here …
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Here is some untied, generally directional options activity that caught my eye during Monday’s trading: 1. RSX – when the Russia Vectors Equity etf was 15.94, five minutes prior to the close there was a …
Continue readingHere is some untied, generally directional options activity that caught my eye during Friday’s trading: 1. MS – Continues to see out of the money put buyers, short dated for generally low premium. Last week …
Continue readingHere is some untied, generally directional options activity that caught my eye during Thursday’s trading: 1. BABA – when the stock was 110.10, a trader paid 3.83 for 20,000 of the March 120/140 call spread to open vs …
Continue readingHere is some untied, generally directional options activity that caught my eye during Wednesday’s trading: 1. VIX – December expiration in the VIX was 24.09 on yesterday’s open, up 65% from the November settlement of …
Continue readingHere is some untied, generally directional options activity that caught my eye during Tuesday’s trading: 1. SPY – options volumes exploded yesterday, with total volume 1.7x the week average. Puts outnumbered calls by 1 million …
Continue readingHere is some untied, generally directional options activity that caught my eye during Monday’s trading: 1. USO – crude oil continues its putrid performance with crude futures having its worst day in more than 2 weeks closing, …
Continue readingHere is some untied, generally directional options activity that caught my eye during Friday’s trading: 1. VIX – the index closed at its highest level since October 20th (when the S&P500 was 100 points lower …
Continue readingHere is some untied, generally directional options activity that caught my eye during Thursday’s trading: 1. DG – There was a buyer of 10,000 Feb 80 calls to open for 1.40 when the stock was …
Continue readingFor the last few days we have highlighted what has appeared to be aggressive accumulation in Staples (SPLS) calls. From our Notable Options posts this week: Tuesday: 1. SPLS – for the third consecutive day the …
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