Here is some untied, generally directional options activity that caught my eye during Wednesday’s trading: 1. ODP – Options volume exploded today doubling the entire existing open interest of 115,00 contracts coming into the day, …
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Here is a list of some untied, generally directional options activity that caught my eye during Tuesday’s trading: 1. SPLS – for the third consecutive day the stock saw unusually large call activity, with today trading …
Continue readingHere is a list of some untied, generally directional options activity that caught my eye during Monday’s trading: 1. SPLS – for the second consecutive trading day, options volume ran hot in SPLS at more than …
Continue readingHere is a list of some untied, generally directional options activity that caught my eye during Friday’s trading: 1. FXI – The Shanghai Composite closed up nearly 10% on the week, and is up another …
Continue readingI wanted to quickly breakdown a couple large options trades from yesterday that caught my eye: 1. YHOO – This morning, Bank Of America Merrill Lynch upgraded YHOO from Hold to Buy. Yesterday there was some …
Continue readingThe S&P 500 index closed at a new all time high yesterday. Hallelujah! Here is some unusual options activity that caught my eye yesterday: 1. XLF – total options volume ran 4x avg, with most of the …
Continue readingThe S&P 500 index closed up 0.64% yesterday, the largest one-day percentage gain since Oct. 31st. Interestingly for an up day, the CBOE composite put/call ratio closed at 1.13, its highest level since Oct. 22nd. …
Continue readingCalls were more active than puts yesterday, with the CBOE Put/Call ratio down to 0.80, its second lowest reading of the past 2 months. 1. F – Ford made a one month high yesterday, and the …
Continue readingOptions volumes were relatively light even with the pop in the VIX on the market selloff. Commodity-related ETFs had the most active options activity. 1. XLE – XLE closed just above its 200 day ma, the …
Continue readingIn a rare shift for Staples, the chatter over the weekend surrounding the stock was actually positive. Credit Suisse upgraded the stock on the back of the depressed valuation as well as the possibility for …
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