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Calls Trade in MET

by | Oct 31, 2016 | Unusual Activity

10606 MET Jan2017/Jun2917 42.5 call spreads went 1 block on the PHLX

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Shares of Metlife Inc. (MET) are up .24 to 47.22 today. MET is near the middle of the 52 Week range..

  • Paper traded 10606 MET Jan2017/Jun2917 42.5 call spreads for .80.? ?
  • ADV is 1531.?
  • The OI is 13987 and 88 contracts.

The volume went 1 block on the PHLX marked spread.? With MET $5 ITM on these this is either a dividend roll or a long call roll out for more time. The Jan?s were sold .50 over parity which would be consistent with a long call holder rolling out to stay long.

  • IV 30 is trading for 28%.?
  • HV10 is trading for 15%.?
  • IV 30 is above the HV 10.

MetLife, Inc. (MetLife) is a provider of life insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management. The Company’s segments include Retail; Group, Voluntary & Worksite Benefits; Corporate Benefit Funding; Latin America (collectively, the Americas); Asia, and Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Its Retail segment is organized into two businesses: Life & Other, and Annuities. Its Group, Voluntary & Worksite Benefits insurance products and services include life, dental, group short- and long-term disability, property and casualty, long-term care, accidental death and dismemberment, critical illness, vision, and accident and health coverages, as well as prepaid legal plans.