Traders were totally focused on macro instruments, with very large volumes in SPX and SPY options, and lower than normal volumes in single stock options. SPY – Volumes were about 75% higher than the 1 month …
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Call activity picked up again (CBOE put/call back down to 0.85) as traders reached for upside. QQQ – Trader bought over 70k of the Dec13 81 calls, paying 1.43 on average. QQQ hit a new 10 …
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EEM – options were extremely active today topping the most actives list with the largest trade being the sale of 111k of the March 43 Puts at .06 to close, vs buying 215k of the …
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XLF – as Dan mentioned yesterday in “Quick Hits”, there were large buyers of the March 18.50 and 19 calls. Today a block of 40K Apr 18 calls traded. Over 98K have traded on the …
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The most interesting headline of the day hit this morning, with AAPL opening higher on this news: (Reuters) – Apple Inc. on Thursday confronted its first major challenge from an activist shareholder in years as …
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