Smart Money Report

1. AAPL- The Sep 26 weekly $102/$105 1×2 ratio call spread was put on 10,406 times for a $0.45 debit. Volume was above the open interest in both options. Yesterday’s bullish option trade in Apple.
2. ACT- A rollout from 2,000 Sep 20 $240 calls (credit) into 2,000 Oct 18 $240 calls (debit). Volume was above the open interest in the Oct 18 $240 calls. There were rumors earlier today of M&A speculation between Pfizer (PFE) and Actavis.
3. AMAT- A rollout from 20,000 Jan 2015 $22 calls (credit) into 20,000 Apr 2015 $23 calls (debit). Volume was above the open interest in the Apr 2015 $23 calls. On 8/21, S&P Equity Research maintained a strong buy rating on Applied Materials.
4. KRE- The Dec $37/$40 bull risk reversal was put on 7,000 times for a $0.74 debit. Volume was above the open interest in both options. This is a bullish bet on U.S. regional banks.
5. MNK- 5,100 Jan 2015 $95 calls were bought for $4.70 each, against open interest of 547 contracts. This was tied to a sale of 194,000 shares. The most recent short interest data from NASDAQ shows that Mallinckrodt’s fell 42.09% to 15,801,913 shares short as of 8/29.

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