500 FXCM Feb 2.5 calls went up in 1 block, with subsequent volume over 6000 contracts with buyers on the Mar and May 2.5s.?
Puts trade in EBAY- downside spec on earnings
Shares of Ebay Inc. (EBAY) are down .06 to 53.61 today.? EBAY is in the middle of the 52 week range.
Paper traded 2316 EBAY Jan 30 Weekly 52 put for .75.?
- The ADV is 24027 contracts.
- The OI is 49 contracts.
The volume went up in 1 block.? Subsequent volume paid .75-.90 for over 20000 contracts.? There is serious speculation on EBAY tanking after earnings.? The largest stock block is 121k shares which is small relative to the 20000 contracts.
- IV 30 is trading for 30%.
- HV10 is trading for 23%.
- IV 30 is trading above the HV 10.
eBay Inc., is a global technology company. The Company enables commerce through three reportable segments: Marketplaces, Payments, and GSI. The Company by providing online platforms, tools and services to help individuals and small, medium and merchants around the globe engage in online and mobile commerce and payments, the Company can facilitate transactions. The Company also generates revenue through marketing services, classifieds and advertising. The Company has also created an open source platform that provides software developers and merchants access to its applications programming interfaces (APIs), to develop software and solutions for commerce. Its developer community includes more than 800,000 members. In December 2013, the Company announced that it has completed the acquisition of acquisition of Braintree.
Call traders in FXCM- call buyers betting on a recovery
Shares of FXCM Inc. (FXCM) are up .66 to 2.28 today.? FXCM is near the bottom of the 52 week range.
Paper traded 500 Feb 2.5 calls for .30. ??
- The ADV is 468 contracts.
- The OI is 5166 on the calls.
The volume went up in 1 block.? Subsequent volume is well over 6000 contracts with buyers on the Mar and May 2.5s.? While some of this could be short covering, there should be some longs jumping into these as well.? IV is down quite a bit as some good news filters through.
- IV 30 is trading for 170%.
- HV10 is trading for 1025%.
- IV 30 is trading below the HV 10.
XCM Inc. is an online provider of foreign exchange trading and related services to approximately 183,679 active retail customers across the World. The Company offers its customers access to over-the-counter foreign exchange markets through its technology platform.
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Calls trade in EWG- call buyers jump in
Shares of iShares MSCI Germany Index (EWG) are up .13 to 27.80. ??EWG is near middle the 52 week range.
Paper traded 30000 EWG Apr 30 calls for .35.?
- The ADV is 3775 contracts. ?
- The OI is over 1539 contracts.
The volume went up in 1 giant block.? The trade went up as a straight buy on the EWG.? With the possibility of QE coming to Europe, EWG looks poised for a move higher.? No stock went up against this trade.
- IV 30 is trading for 22%.
- HV10 is trading for 15%.
- IV 30 is trading over the HV 10.
iShares MSCI Germany ETF, formerly iShares MSCI Germany Index Fund (the Fund), is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the German market, as measured by the MSCI Germany Index (the Index).