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2015-03-18 Unusual Options Activity (ORCL) (PM)
Unusual Options Activity
AK Steel (AKS)- 6,000 Mar 27 weekly $4.50 calls were purchased for $0.08-$0.09 each. Other steel stocks, United States Steel, Steel Dynamics, and Nucor, have all saw big upside call buying in recent weeks.
ING Groep NV (ING)- 5,000+ Oct $15 calls were bought for $0.95-$1.05 each, following yesterday’s buyer of 14,000 Oct $15 calls. 2/3rds of the current total call open interest is from these Oct calls.
Oracle (ORCL)- 7,400 Apr 24 weekly $43 puts were sold for $0.48 each. The company raised their dividend 25% last night, but missed on Q3 revenue estimates (on a constant currency basis they were up 6%).
Philip Morris International (PM)- A rollout from 3,615 June $80 puts ($4.91 credit) into 3,108 June $77.50 puts ($3.50 debit) today. 8,000 Apr 17 $75 puts were purchased for $0.67-$0.69 each on March 10th.
Prudential Financial (PRU)- Roughly … Read More »
2015-03-10 ORM Market Commentary (S&P 500 Nears Key Support Levels)
ORM Market Commentary
S&P 500 Nears Key Support Levels
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Notes: A strong U.S. dollar and the start of the Euro Zone QE program on Monday ($1.2T program) are weighing on the currency. Given that this program could last until September 2016 or beyond (2% inflation target), it is not out of the question to see parity against dollar by the time their quantitative easing has ended.
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2015-03-10 Options Report (ACM) (APD)
Options Report
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Open Interest Updates From The Previous Trading Days Action
Bank of New York Mellon (BK)- Mar 20 $40 call open interest went from 13,063 to 17,027 contracts (more buying yesterday).
Continental Resources (CLR)- Apr $40 put open interest went from 1,451 to 3,825 contracts (buying yesterday).
Louisana-Pacific (LPX)- May $16 put open interest went from 3,433 to 5,578 contracts (more buying as part of a rollout).
Macerich (MAC)- Apr $95 call open interest went from 4,958 to 11,374 contracts and Apr $105 call open interest went from 2,642 … Read More »
