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Bloomberg: Traders Pile Into Long-Vol ETPs

Traders in one of the most popular exchange-traded notes tracking volatility are convinced the calm in U.S. stocks won?t last.

Total options and futures volume at CBOE Holdings during February was 88.5 million contracts.

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20150228/ISSUE01/302289980/why-even-mid-sized-trading-firms-are-hurting

http://nypost.com/2015/03/02/lumber-liquidators-stock-plummets-after-60-minutes-report/

http://wallstreetpulse.org/cboe-holdings-inc-nasdaqcboe-update-cboe-holdings-reports-february-trading-volume/338491/

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-03/india-vix-swings-after-loss-streak-as-nifty-set-for-record-high

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-03/traders-brace-for-end-of-quiet-after-vix-s-biggest-drop-options

17,500 of the Aug 8/5 put spreads traded for .50 and 17,500 of the Jan 2016 8/5 put spreads traded for .80.

Top 10 Most Active Equity Options & Strikes For Monday, March 2nd

50,000 XLE Mar 75 puts were sold to close at .70. Against that 40,000 XLE April 75 puts traded for 1.47.

A trader today bought 5157 of the MW April 50 calls paying 2.05. This is nearly 10X ADV of 645 calls/day and 4X total ADV.