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Size Calls Sales and Put Buys in AMD

by | Jul 22, 2015 | Unusual Activity

46098 AMD Jan 2016 calls trade .05 and 22348 AMD Jan 2016 2 puts went up in 3 blocks on the PHLX and ISE.

Calls trade and puts trade AMD- size calls sales and put buys

AMD

Shares of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) are down .04 to 1.77 today ???AMD is near the bottom of the 52 week range.

  • Paper traded 46098 AMD Jan 2016 calls trade .05 and 22348 AMD Jan 2016 2 puts trade .54.
  • The ADV is 25344 contracts.
  • The OI is 44925 and 11250 contracts.

The volume went up in 3 blocks on the PHLX and ISE. ??The call and put volume are enough to be opening contracts.? None of this went up as a spread with the puts trading 45 min after the calls.? No stock went up with this position so the call sale is either against an existing position or an outright sell at .05.

  • IV 30 is trading for 68%.
  • HV10 is trading for 46%.
  • IV 30 is trading above the HV 10.

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. is a global semiconductor company with facilities across the world. The Company offers x86 microprocessors, as standalone devices or as incorporated as an accelerated processing unit (APU), chipsets, discrete graphics processing units (GPUs) and professional graphics, and server and embedded processors, dense servers, semi-custom System-on-Chip (SoC) products and technology for game consoles.

 

Calls and Puts trade in FB- Iron Condors trade around earnings

FB

Shares of Facebook Inc. (FB) are down 2.00 to 96.32 today. FB is near the top of the 52 week range.

  • Paper traded 5199 FB Aug 85/90 put spreads and 105/110 call spreads at .92 and .78.
  • The ADV is 259k contracts.
  • The OI is 59k/11k and 16k/6k contracts.

The volume went up in 4 blocks on the CBOE marked spread.? The trade as printed would be a short Iron Condor at 1.70.? The trader is looking for FB to stay within 10% of the range through earnings.? With the high OI this could be closing so check the OI tomorrow.? FB reports on Jul 29th.

  • IV 30 is trading 40%.
  • HV10 is trading for 29%.
  • IV 30 is trading above the HV 10.

Facebook, Inc. is a social networking company. The Company is engaged in developing products that enables users to connect and share through mobile devices and personal computers.

 

Calls trade in ABX- Calls trade

ABX

Shares of Barrick Gold Corp (ABX) are down .10 to 7.40 today. ?ABX is near the bottom of the 52 week range.

  • Paper traded 11259 ABX Sep 9 calls for .19. ??
  • The ADV is 26k contracts.
  • The OI 3098 contracts.

The volume went up in one block on the PHLX.? ?The Sep 7 puts went up as well with paper buying but did not go up marked spread.? The two volumes are similar out of pocket for cost and delta neutral so they could be linked.? The trader is looking for a big move either way in ABX if the two trades are linked

  • IV 30 is trading for 62%.
  • HV10 is trading for 82%.
  • IV 30 is above the HV 10.

Barrick Gold Corporation (Barrick) is a gold mining company. The Company is engaged in the production and sale of gold and copper, as well as related activities, such as exploration and mine development.