DKS Jan 53 calls went up in 1 midsize block.? Paper flooded all exchanges to buy these calls for .25 and then DKS halted trading.?
Put buyers jump into VXX- long term put buyers
Shares of iPath S&P 500 VIX short term ETN (VXX) are down 1.00 to 32.96 today.?? VXX is near the middle of the 52 week range.
Paper traded 49900 VXX Jan 2017 15 puts for 3.00.?
- The ADV is 349k contracts.
- The OI is 11k contracts.
The volume went up in 1 large block.? Paper was filled just off of the offer and with VXX up from the print the puts are offered .10 lower.? The put buy is a long term bearish bet on the price of VXX.
- IV 30 is trading for 81%.
- HV10 is trading for 59%.
- IV 30 is trading over the HV 10.
The iPath S&P 500 VIX Short Term Future ETN (VXX) tracks the two near term VIX futures maintaining a 30 day duration mix of futures.?
Call buyers jump into DKS- lucky upside call buyers
Shares of Dicks Sporting Goods Inc. (DKS) are up 4.49 to 53.73 today.?? DKS is trading at the upper end of the 52 week range.
Paper traded 424 DKS Jan 53 calls for .25.?
- The ADV is 3596 contracts.
- The OI is 1169 contracts.
The volume went up in 1 midsize block.? Paper flooded all exchanges to buy these calls for .25 and then DKS halted trading.? The customers were getting advanced information on a potential buyout.? The volume shot up to 2124 with the calls now trading 1.55 bid.
- IV 30 is trading for 39%.
- HV10 is trading for 14%.
- IV 30 is trading over the HV 10.
DICK’S Sporting Goods, Inc. is a sports and fitness specialty omni-channel retailer offering a range of brand name sporting goods equipment, apparel and footwear in a specialty store environment.
Closing buy writers in LEN- ITM call close
Shares of Lennar Corp (LEN) are up 1.86 to 45.44 today.?? LEN is near the top of the 52 week range.
Paper traded 19900 LEN Jan 40 calls for 5.45.?
- The ADV is 6465 contracts.
- The OI is 25857 contracts.
The volume went up in 1 giant block.? The trade was marked buy-write and went up at .18 over parity.? The customer could be closing a short call/stock play now that the premium over parity is near 0.? Similar paper went up on the Jan 42 strike.? Most likely they are ending a bull run with this trade.
- IV 30 is trading for 37%.?
- HV10 is trading for 13%.?
- IV 30 is trading over the HV 10.
Lennar Corporation is a homebuilder and a provider of financial services and through its Rialto Investments (Rialto) segment. The Company’s homebuilding operations include the construction and sale of single-family attached and detached homes, as well as the purchase, development and sale of residential land directly and through unconsolidated entities in which it has investments.