2014-01-13 Unusual Options Activity
Posted on January 13th, by Mitchell Warren in Options Risk Management, Unusual Options Activity. Comments Off on 2014-01-13 Unusual Options Activity
Unusual Options Activity
- FFIV- 5,582 Apr. $100 calls were bought for $3.60 each, against open interest of 386 contracts.
- BAC- 7k Mar. $17 calls were sold for $0.54 each, against open interest of 43,795 contracts.
- GDXJ- 3,283 May $40 calls were purchased for $1.20 each, against open interest of 584 contracts.
- RNF- 1,740 Apr. $20 calls were bought for $1.40 each, against open interest of 1,053 contracts.
- AMAT- 4,812 Jan. 2015 $20 calls were purchased for $0.81 each, against open interest of 30,275 contracts.
- CMCSK- A rollout from 2k Jan. $50 calls (credit) into 2k Apr. $55 calls (debit). Volume was above the open interest in the Apr. $55 calls.
- AGN- 6k Apr. $125 calls were bought for $2.85 each, against open interest of 590 contracts.
- KBR- A possible rollout from 2,973 Mar. $33 calls (credit) into 2k Mar. $35 calls (debit). Volume was below the open interest in both options.
- SFM- The 1×2 Mar. $40/$45 ratio call spread was put on 2k times for a $1.00 debit. Earnings are due out on 2/6.
- IP- 3,363 Apr. $41 puts were bought for $0.44 and 4,484 Apr. $46 calls were sold for $3.30 each, resulting in a bear risk reversal.
- LULU- The Jan. 2015 $52.50/$72.50 call spread was put on 7,500 times for a $4.75 debit. Volume was above the open interest in both options.
- CBS- 9k Jan. 2015 $80 calls were purchased for $1.50 each, against open interest of 299 contracts.
- MHR- Sizable buying in the Feb. $8 and $9 calls into the close.
Updates: We sold our (NCR) Feb. $36 calls for $1.75 each, resulting in a gain of 55%.
We’re long the (FFIV) Apr. $100 calls for $3.90 each.
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