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Open Interest Updates From The Previous Trading Days Action

AECOM (ACM)- June $27.50 put open interest went from 3,632 to 8,398 contracts (more buying yesterday).
Air Products & Chemicals (APD)- Apr $140 put open interest went from 2,077 to 4,280 contracts (selling as part of a bull risk reversal yesterday).
Atmel (ATML)- Apr $9 call open interest went from 3,309 to 5,246 contracts (buying yesterday).
Bank of New York Mellon (BK)- Mar 20 $40 call open interest went from 17,027 to 18,663 contracts (more buying).
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Smart Money Report

APD- 1,700 Jan. 2016 $140 calls were bought for $6.25 each, against open interest of 23 contracts. Earnings are due out on 4/23.
COP- A rollout from 13,442 Apr. $70 calls (credit) into 13,442 Apr. $72.50 calls (debit). Volume was above the open interest in the Apr. $72.50 calls. The Apr. $70 calls were initially bought for $0.30-$0.35 each on 3/18.
FDO- A rollout from 2,500 Apr. 25 weekly $65 calls (credit) into 4k Apr. 25 weekly $63 calls (debit). Volume was above the open interest in the Apr. 25 weekly $63 calls. Earnings are due out on 4/10.
GPOR- 5,000 Apr. $70 puts were bought for $2.45 each, against open interest of 140 contracts. Gulfport Energy shares hit a new 52-week high today.
YPF- 3,668 July $35 calls were purchased for $2.00 each, against open interest of 11,067 contracts. Large open … Read More »

Smart Money Report

DLPH- 950 Feb. $65 calls were purchased for $0.60 each, against open interest of 143 contracts. Earnings are due out during the first week of February.
EWY- The Feb. $60/$63 strangle was sold 5k times for a $2.42 credit. Volume was above the open interest in both options. He/she thinks the South Korean ETF will remain between $60 and $63 through Feb options expiration.
GPOR- Sizable buying in the Jan. $52.50 and $57.50 puts. Volume was above the open interest in both options. There was a large buyer of 3,000 Feb. $62.50 puts for $4.30 each on 12/31. Also, later today there was a seller 3,800 Apr. $65 calls were sold for $4.10 each, against open interest of 6,235 contracts.
IWM- 7k Feb. $114 calls were bought for $3.07 each, against open interest of 8,088 contracts. Short-term support in the small … Read More »

Smart Money Report

CIT- A rollout from 1,850 Apr. 2014 $50 calls (credit) into 3,700 Apr. 2014 $55 calls (debit). Volume was above the open interest in the Apr. 2014 $55 calls.
CSCO- 7,500 Feb. 2014 $23 calls were purchased for $0.51 each, against open interest of 27,827 contracts.
GPOR- 3,000 Feb. 2014 $62.50 puts were bought for $4.30 each, against open interest of 70 contracts.
NSC- 3,591 Mar. 2014 $97.50 calls were purchased for $1.30 each, against open interest of 569 contracts.
AAPL- Apple shares are on pace to snap a four day losing streak, rising 1.02% today. The call to put ratio in (AAPL) options is 1.76, led by a buyer of 788 Jan. 2014 $570 calls for $7.45 each.

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 Unusual Options Activity

In today’s Unusual Options Activity Report we highlight a call rollout in CIT Group (CIT) and large put buyer in Gulfport Energy (GPOR).

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