Bruker BioSciences Corp. (BRKR) is trading 16.58 down .05 for the day.? BRKR is trading well off of its 52-week highs.
Today paper traded, and most likely sold 2,500 of the BRKR Mar 15/17.5 strangle and bought to close the Feb 15/17.5 strangle.? Open interest is over 2,500 on the Feb strikes and looks like closing paper. BRKR trades 297 contracts per day on average. The Feb traded for .10 and the Mar traded for .75.? The implied volatility is up 2.3 points in Mar. The trade looks to be a roll to the next month.
30-day implied volatility is 41%.? ?10-day implied volatility is 15%.? 30 day implied volatility is trading over the 10 day historical volatility.?
Bruker Corporation (Bruker) is a global manufacturer of scientific instruments that address the needs of an array of customers in life science, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, clinical and molecular diagnostics research, as well as in materials and chemical analysis in various industries and government applications.