Options Report

You need to be logged in to see this part of the content. Please Login to access.

Smart Money Report

BBRY- 10,000 Jan 2015 $11 calls were bought for $1.11 each, against open interest of 20,427 contracts. This was tied to a sale of 550,000 BlackBerry shares for $11.14. The call to put ratio is 5:1. Shares of (BBRY) are trying to breakout above the $11.00-$11.50 resistance level.
FTNT- The Nov $27/$29 call spread was closed out 15,000 times for a $0.50 credit. This trade in Fortinet was put on for a $0.48-$0.50 debit on October 21st. (FTNT) shares are at a new 52-week high today.
JD- The Jan 2015 $25/$29 bull risk reversal was put on 4,000 times for a $0.40 debit. Volume was above the open interest in both options. JD.com Q3 earnings are due out on November 17th.
SFM- A rollout from 5,000 Nov $30 calls (credit) into 5,000 Dec $30 calls (debit). Volume was above the open … Read More »

 Unusual Options Activity

In today’s Unusual Options Activity Report we highlight a bull risk reversal in JD.com (JD) and a call rollout in Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM).

You need to be logged in to see this part of the content. Please Login to access.

 Smart Money Report

ACI- 10,000 Oct. $4 puts were purchased for $0.85-$0.92 each, against open interest of 6,501 contracts. This is unlikely a hedge in Arch Coal given how far in-the-money these puts are. The put to call ratio is 39:1. Put activity is over 2x the average daily volume.
JD- 10,000 July $21 puts were sold for $0.40 each, against open interest of 370 contracts. (JD) has total option open interest of 590 contracts. This only the 8th trading day for the stock.
RF- Another 3,000 July $11 calls were bought for $0.12 each, against open interest of 8,472 contracts. There has been large buying in these calls in recent days.
SNDK- Nearly 4,000 June 21 $100 calls were purchased for $1.12-$1.38 each, against open interest of 1,110 contracts. The call to put ratio is 2.5:1. Net call premium is +$638K vs. net … Read More »