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KING Upside Call Buyers

by | Feb 10, 2015 | Unusual Activity

3200 KING Feb 15.54 calls went up in 1 block marked sold last. The calls over all look bullish into the earnings on Feb 12

Calls trade in KING- upside call buyers

KING

Shares of King Digital Entertainment (KING) are up .15 to 13.69 today.? KING is near the middle of the 52 week range.

Paper traded 3200 KING Feb 15.54 calls for .55.?

  • The ADV is 4393 contracts.
  • The OI is 2208 contracts.

The volume went up in 1 block marked sold last.? Total size on the strike was over 10000 contracts as a block of 3200 went up for .60.? The calls over all look bullish into the earnings on Feb 12th.? Much of the paper went up in midsize blocks sweeping most exchanges.

  • IV 30 is trading for 86%.
  • HV10 is trading for 37%.
  • IV 30 is trading above the HV 10.

King Digital Entertainment plc is an interactive entertainment company for the mobile world. The Company?s games include Candy Crush Saga, Pet Rescue Saga, Farm Heroes Saga, Papa Pear Saga and Bubble Witch Saga.

 

Put buyers in BXP- paying up put buyer

BXP

Shares of Boston Properties, Inc. (BXP) are even at 140.18 today.? BXP is near the top end of the 52 week range.

Paper traded 2066 BXP Mar 125 puts for .74. ??

  • The ADV is 447 contracts.
  • The OI is 0 contracts.

The volume went up in 1 block.? A put buyer started paying .45 in a wide market and kept paying up until eventually filled for .70.? Volume on the strike is 4900 contracts with this put buyer driving up the IV 1 point.? The early markets were .10-50 when the put buyer started driving up the price.? No stock went up tied to this trade.? It could be part of a div capture paly as the project dividend is .65 but after Mar expiration.

  • IV 30 is trading for 18%.
  • HV10 is trading for 24%.
  • IV 30 is trading below the HV 10.

Boston Properties, Inc. is an integrated, self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT) and owner and developer of office properties in the United States. The Company?s properties are concentrated in five markets: Boston, New York, Princeton, San Francisco and Washington, DC.

 

Calls trade in SFUN- long term buy writes

SFUN

 

Shares of the SouFun Holdings (SFUN) are down. 16 to 6.76. ??SFUN is trading near the low end of the 52 week range.

Paper traded 2700 SFUN Jan 2016 8 calls for .875.?

  • The ADV is 2752 contracts. ?
  • The OI is 425 contracts.

The volume went up in 2 blocks marked buy-write.? Stock went up just over 124,000 shares at the time of the call print.? If the both blocks of options are tied to stock, then the customer is putting on a ratio buy write (overwrite).? The bet is that SFUN will rise but not too much.

  • IV 30 is trading for 66%.
  • HV10 is trading for 62%.
  • IV 30 is trading over the HV 10.

SouFun Holdings Limited (SouFun) operates as a real estate Internet portal in China. The Company also operates home furnishing and improvement Websites. Through SouFun’s Websites, it provides marketing, e-commerce, listing, and other value-added services for China’s real estate and home-related sectors. SouFun’s Internet portal focuses and supports SouFun’s users in seeking information on the real estate and home-related sectors in China.