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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Quiet volumes in stock and options after the long holiday weekend, and despite the opening gap higher of nearly 1%. TSLA – Looked like a closing seller of some fairly long dated puts today. A …
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MorningWord 8/29/13: The peak to trough correction in the SPX back in May/June was about 7.5% (from the intra-day levels), only to make new highs in a little more than a month from the June …
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MorningWord 8/8/13: Yesterday I wrote a post on JCP (here), where I detailed a few of the issues troubling the beleaguered retailer on the fundamental front, but also that the stock’s 23% decline in …
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Here is a quick recap of all of the trades that we initiated, closed, managed or expired in the week that was May 20th through May 24th:
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Target had its largest single volume day since Jan 2012 after a weak earnings report this week. The stock closed 4% lower on Wednesday after earnings, just after making a new all-time high on Tuesday. …
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MorningWord 12/31/12: The New Years Eve trading session is normally a bit of a quiet session with not a ton relevance, but today, with just six and a half hours left to trade in 2012 …
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MorningWord 12/28/12: You guys have heard us say it on many occasions, timing isn’t everything when it comes to trading, but it sure is pretty important. Three weeks ago I felt the way to play …
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