PepsiCo, Inc. (PEP) shares are trading at their highest level in more than three months today and early option activity suggests some investors are looking for this recent uptrend in the stock to continue during the remainder of 2011.
Career Education Corp. (CECO), a provider of private, for-profit post-secondary education, is seeing unusual option activity this morning with opening Put sellers accounting for a majority of the volume.
Bullish Call buyers appear in satellite radio operator Sirius XM Radio Inc. (SIRI) this afternoon with two blocks of more than 19,500 March 2 strike options trading on the offers of $.13
Home-improvement retailer Home Depot Inc. (HD) is seeing Bullish option flow this morning ahead of their third quarter earnings release scheduled for tomorrow before the opening bell.
ON Semiconductor Corp. (ONNN), the Phoenix, AZ based supplier of high performance silicon solutions for energy efficient electronics, sees a Bullish option player early in today's session with a multi-exchange sweep of 8,000 December 8 Calls on the offers of $.40.
Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) sees a Bearish option player appear this morning with an investor purchasing the December 77.5-70 Put spread 9,400 times for $1.15.
Computer Science Corp. (CSC), a provider of information technology services to government and industry, sees its shares trading lower again today after yesterdays disappointing 2012 profit forecast.
Urban Outfitters Inc. (URBN) shares are having a rough day following yesterday's third quarter sales results released after the close.
Interesting pre-earnings option activity today in Wendy's Co. (WEN) with Bullish Call options accounting for nearly all the volume so far today
Early Call buyers appear in biopharmaceutical company Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (AMLN) this morning following news that the company will terminate its partnership with Eli Lilly for the diabetes drug exenatide.
Two noticeably Bullish option trades in Gulf of Mexico oil and gas producer McMoRan Exploration Co. (MMR) today with investors looking for the stock to climb back to the $16-$17.50 range over the coming months.
Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (ANR), the third-largest coal producer in the U.S., posted better than expected Q3 earnings results on Thursday, pushing the shares up as much as 14.9% during yesterday's session.