20000/40000 WMB Feb 47/49 calls went up in 2 large blocks marked spread. This opening trade is looking to benefit from a pop in WMB but not a too high jump.
Ratio spreads in WMB
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KING Upside Call Buyers
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
Futures Options Roundup: Foreign Exchange
Today’s futures options roundup features a look at foreign exchange. Specifically, the top 10 strikes and overnight changes in OI for the AUD, CAD, CHF, EUR, GBP, and JPY.
Early Put Closer in FNF
627 FNF Feb 34 puts went up in 1 block & total size on the strike was 3124 as seller knocked out the .10 bid.
Possible Roll Up in WMB
47995 WMB Feb 45 calls went up in 1 block & a size block of the Feb 48 calls went up for 1.08 65812x within 6 minutes of the first block.
Short-Term Bullish Action in XLF
This activity should be considered aggressively bullish volatility and bullish the underlying, although obviously this could be a hedge predicting a top in XLF.
Naked OTM Puts Trade in AAPL
13400 AAPL Mar 75 puts went up in 1 block. Without an opposing side is hard to imagine why someone would tie up the margin for .04.
Large Put Roll in TCK
16789 TCK May 13/15 put spread went up in 2 blocks. The trader is using the puts as a downside hedge or rolling up the puts to catch a move on earnings.
Possible Straddle Buyer in XLF
20000 XLF Mar 20 calls and puts went up in 2 blocks. No stock went up concurrently and both trades went up 5 min. apart.
3 way trade in VIX
Paper traded 6800/13800/6800 VIX Feb 20/25/35 Call Trees for .03 credit.
Bullish time spread in GLD
10000 GLD Feb 13 Weekly/Feb 27 Weekly 128 time spreads went up in 2 blocks marked spread. The trader wants a cheap upside play in GLD
Call Spreads Trade in EWZ
5000 EWZ Feb 35.5/37 call spreads went up in 2 blocks in the middle of the market but very close to the offer.